Barton County, Missouri Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records 1883-1897 and death records 1883-1899; Recorder of Deeds has divorce and land records; Probate Court has probate records; Magistrate Court, division 2, has court records.

Parent County
1855 Barton County was created 12 December 1855 from Jasper County. County seat: Lamar

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
1862 Courthouse burned in November 1862.

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
Cedar •  Crawford County, Kansas  •  Dade  •  Jasper  •  Vernon

Cemeteries

 * Barton County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. I at Ancestry.com ($)


 * Missouri Cemeteries Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Biographies from The History of Barton County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of Barton County townships (Histopolis)
 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Barton County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904 Barton County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1911 - 1938 at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1941-1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has
 * Joplin newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Barton County communities.

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

Births

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - 1893 Barton County Birth Index 1883-1893. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1887 - 1891 Lamar, Barton County, Birth Index 1887-1891. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1776-1988 - Missouri, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883 - 1893 Lamar, Barton County, Marriage Index 1883-1893. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries
Barton County Genealogical Society Meetings are the third Sunday of every month at 2:00 p.m. at the Mary K. Finley Library in Lamar, MO

Barton County Historical Society P. O. Box 416 Lamar, MO 64759 Phone: 417-682-4141


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