Ozark County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Ozark County

Guide to Ozark County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce and court records; County Clerk has County Community minutes; Probate Court has probate records; Recorder Deeds has land records

Parent County
1841--Ozark County was created 29 January 1841 from Taney county. The name was changed to Decatur in 1843 and back to Ozark in 1845. County seat: Gainesville

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Missouri county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Missouri County Boundary Maps" (1804-1889) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Missouri counties see: Missouri Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog


 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Baxter County, Arkansas • Douglas • Fulton County, Arkansas • Howell • Marion County, Arkansas • Taney

Local Histories

 * Brown, Omer E. Son of pioneers : "recollections of an Ozaks lawyer". Point Lookout, Missouri : O.E. Brown family, c1973.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)


 * The Ozark region, its history and its people. Springfield, Missouri : Interstate Historical Society, 1917.
 * Vol. 1 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 2 Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Vol. 3 Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps

 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.


 * Map of Ozark County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Ozark County.

Civil War

 * - 16th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company C :- 16th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company H

Marriages

 * 1858-1885 - Ozark County Marriage Index 1858-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Historical Society
Ozark County Genealogical and Historical Society Ozark County Historium PO Box 4 Gainesville, MO 65655 Website: http://www.ozarkcountyhistory.org/Genealogy.html