McDonald County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  McDonald County

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

County Courthouse
Recorder Deeds has marriage records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records; probate Judge has probate records

Parent County
1849--McDonald County was created 3 March 1849 from Newton County. County seat: Pineville.

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
For a list of record loss in Missouri counties see: Missouri Counties with Burned Courthouses

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties
Barry • Benton County, Arkansas • Delaware County, Oklahoma • Newton • Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Biographies

 * Family Biographies from The History of McDonald County, Missouri (1888) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Cemeteries
BillionGraves


 * Cowan Cemetery, Center
 * Fox Cemetery, Powell East of Powell.
 * Hagee Road Cemetery, Anderson East
 * Pineville Cemetery, Pineville North
 * Roller Cemetery, Powell

Local Histories

 * McDonald County, Missouri County Historical Society
 * An Illustrated history of McDonald County, Missouri: from the earliest ... by J.A. Sturges (1897) can be read online.
 * Biographies from The History of McDonald County, Missouri (1888) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Maps

 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of McDonald County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including McDonald County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Historic maps of McDonald County, Missouri 1861 to 1904, free access on My Genealogy Hound.

Newspapers

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

Births

 * 1853-1860 - McDonald County Birth Index 1853-1860. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883-1887 - McDonald County Birth Index 1883-1887. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1865-1885 - McDonald County Marriage Books A thru C Index 1865-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

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

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Historical Society
McDonald County Historical Society P. O. Box 572 Pineville, MO 64856 Phone: (417) 223-7700 Website: http://www.mcdonaldcohistory.org/

Library
McDonald County Library 808 Bailey Road Pineville, Missouri 64856 Phone: (417) 223-4489 Website: http://www.librarymail.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mcdonaldcountylibrary

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * McDonald County, MO History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Missouri Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Missouri Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.