Schuyler County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Schuyler 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 and death records 1883-1893; Clerk of the Circuit Court has marriage and divorce records; Probate Judge and Magistrate Courts have probate and court records.

Parent County
1845 Schuyler County was created 14 February 1845 from Adair County. County seat: Lancaster

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties
Adair •  Appanoose County, Iowa  •  Davis County, Iowa  •  Putnam  •  Scotland

Cemeteries

 * Schuyler County Cemeteries
 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * History of Adair, Sullivan, Putnam and Schuyler counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present. Chicago, Illinois : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1888.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Watkins, Armara. History of Schuyler County : 1964 project Lancaster Garden Club. [Lancaster, Mo.] : Lancaster Garden Club, 1964.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Swanson, Arthur Malcolm. A History of Schuyler County, Missouri : showing the early development and expanding civilization and resources of a progressive community : sketches of the men who have made its past and whose lives are moulding its future. Trenton, Missouri : W.B. Rogers, [1945].
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

History Timeline
Emphasis for this timeline is on events that affected migration, records, or record-keeping. Unless otherwise mentioned, the events below were gleaned from Missouri Digital Heritage,

Maps

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


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

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

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

Regiments

Service men in Schuyler County, Missouri served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Schuyler County, Missouri:

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

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 $

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1845 - 1881 Schuyler County Marriage Index 1845-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1881 - 1885 Schuyler County Marriage Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

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.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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


 * Schuyler County Historical Society PO Box 215 Lancaster, MO 63548 Facebook


 * The Schuyler County History/Genealogy Club Facebook