Montgomery County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Montgomery County

Guide to Montgomery County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1864, divorce and court records from 1886; Probate Judge has probate records from 1890

Parent County
1818--Montgomery County was created 14 December 1818 from St. Charles County. County seat: Montgomery City

Boundary Changes

 * See an interactive map of Montgomery County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Audrain
 * Callaway
 * Gasconade
 * Lincoln
 * Osage
 * Pike
 * Warren

African American

 * 1865-1881 - Montgomery County Colored Marriage Index 1865-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Church
The Immaculate Conception Catholic church is located in Montgomery City. Their website is found at: http://www.mcicparish.org/. The church dates to 1861 but parish records for births,marriages and deaths begin to be recorded in the mid 1860's. There is a cemetery onsite with a fairly complete plot map for burials. The cemetery is run by a separate organization but the parish secretary knows how to reach them. The parish does not allow the public to view their records but the priest was willing to look up information as time permits.

Maps

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


 * Map of Montgomery County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Montgomery County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Jefferson City newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that sometimes included residents from Montgomery County communities.
 * http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ has The Montgomery Tribune which was published from 1900-1910 online. It can be searched using single words or combinations of words. It covers news local to Montgomery county and the surrounding areas.

Births

 * 1865-1881 - Montgomery County Birth Index 1865-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1863-1873 - Montgomery County Marriage Index 1863-1873. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.