Stone County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Stone County

Stone County Courthouse PO Box 45 Galena, MO 65656 Phone: 417.357.6127 County Clerk has marriage and land records from 1851, probate and court records from 1800’s and military discharge records rec from 1918

Parent County
1851--Stone County was created 10 February 1851 from Taney County. County seat: Galena

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Stone 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

 * Barry
 * Carroll County, Arkansas
 * Christian
 * Lawrence
 * Taney

Local Histories
Sone County Historical Society put together a wonderful book called "History of Stone County Missouri" published in 1989. There are 3 volumes. The Family History Library has a copy of the first one. The call number is 977.8794H2h. Volume 2 has been sent to preservation and Vol 3 is currently being digitized. Vol 1 has a section on cemeteries, where to find them and a little about them. Also churches, newspapers, stories and legends, and a large section with almost 400 family histories

Maps

 * Map of Stone County townships (Histopolis)


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

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.