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

County Courthouse
Lincoln County Courthouse 201 Main Street Troy, MO 63379 Phone: 636.528.4415 Lincoln County Website County Recorder has marriage records from 1825, land, death and burial records; Probate Judge has probate records from 1823; Clerk of the Circuit Court has divorce records.

Populated Places
The following are locations in Lincoln County, Missouri:


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

Biographies

 * Portrait and biographical record of St. Charles, Lincoln, and Warren Counties, Missouri : containing portraits and biographical at Ancestry.com ($)

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Court Records

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Goodspeed Publishing Company (Chicago). History of Lincoln County, Missouri from the earliest time to the present : including a department devoted to the preservation of sundry personal, business, professional and private records; besides a valuable fund of notes, original observations, etc.. Chicago : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1888.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps and Gazetteers



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of Lincoln County townships (Histopolis)
 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Lincoln County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.

Military Records

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865 at FamilySearch — index
 * at FamilySearch — images

Regiments

Service men in Lincoln County, Missouri served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Lincoln County, Missouri:

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Probate Records
'''Online Probate Records
 * 1750 - 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Birth

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1865 - 1881 Lincoln County Birth Index 1865-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1825 - 1879 Lincoln County Marriage Books 1 thru 3 Index 1825-1879. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1865 - 1881 Lincoln County Marriage Index 1865-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1879 - 1885 Lincoln County Marriage Books 4 and 5 Index 1879-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Death

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1866 - 1936 Lincoln County, Missouri Deaths, 1866-1936 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 Lincoln County Death Index 1883. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Libraries
List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Societies
Lincoln County Genealogical Society and Library 1023 Ridge Road Troy, MO 63379-5654 Phone: 636-528-7551 Website Lincoln County Historical and Archeological Society 211 West Collier Street Troy, MO 63379 Phone: 636-338-4344

Websites
Sites with online indexes or images of records Lincoln County:
 * Missouri Digital Heritage. Free. digital images of many types of records from institutions across the State
 * MOGenWeb. Free. Data may be submitted by individuals or complete transcriptions
 * USGenWeb Archives. Free. Data may be submitted by individuals or may be complete transcriptions
 * . Free. - The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records

Sites that search for links pertaining to Lincoln County:
 * RootsWeb resources. Free. Data may be submitted by individuals or may be complete transcriptions
 * Linkpendium. Free. Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
 * CyndisList. Free. Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)
 * StateofUS. Free. family history resources and government records
 * Missouri Genealogy. Free. Click links. Some sites they link to may have fees ($)