Linn County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Linn County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has incomplete birth and death records 1883-1888; County Recorder has marriage and land records from 1842; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records 1837; Probate Office has probate records from 1840

Parent County
1837--Linn County was created 6 January 1837 from Chariton County. County seat: Linneus

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Linn 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

 * Adair
 * Chariton
 * Grundy
 * Livingston
 * Macon
 * Sullivan

Cemeteries
rootsweb has a great list of Linn County cemeteries with directions.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molinn/lccem.html

Local Histories
The history of Linn county, Missouri: An encyclopedia of useful information (1882) is available online free from Google Books.

Maps

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


 * Map of Linn County townships (Histopolis)


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

Newspapers

 * The Archives of The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune (1889-2009) provides free access to their newspapers online. Their newspapers covered local news that included residents from Linn County communities.

Births

 * 1817-1907 - Linn County Birth Index 1817-1907. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1857-1885 - Linn County Birth Index, Volumes 2A and 2B, 1857-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1875-1887 - Linn County Birth Index, Volume 1, etc., 1875-1887. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1857-1885 - Linn County Marriage Books 2A and 2B Index 1857-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Linn County Marriage Book 1 Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883-1887 - Linn County Death Index 1883-1887. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

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.