Audrain County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Audrain County

County Courthouse
County Recorder has marriage and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records; County Clerk has birth records 1883-1893; Probate Judge has probate records

Parent County
1831--Audrain County was created 12 January 1831 from Ralls County. County seat: Mexico

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Audrain County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Boone
 * Callaway
 * Monroe
 * Montgomery
 * Pike
 * Ralls
 * Randolph

Maps

 * Map of Audrain County townships (Histopolis)


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

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Moberly newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Audrain County communities.
 * ■ http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ has The Mexico Missouri Message which was published from 1899-1918 online. It can be searched using single words or combinations of words. It covers news local to Audrain county and the surrounding areas.

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.