Jackson County, Missouri Genealogy

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

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.

Records 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
Cass • Clay • Johnson • Johnson County, Kansas • Lafayette • Ray • Wyandotte County, Kansas

Cemeteries

 * Jackson County cemeteries on Find a Grave


 * Blue Springs Cemetery (Find a Grave) 2800 Southwest Walnut Street Blue Springs, MO 64015-3321

BillionGraves:


 * Blue Ridge Lawn Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City
 * River Ridge Lawn Cemetery, Kansas City
 * Union Cemetery, Kansas City

Catholic
Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish, Kansas City


 * 1834-1876 - Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish, Kansas City, Baptism Index 1834-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1846-1876 - Immaculate Conception Cathedral Parish, Kansas City, Marriage Index 1846-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

St. Mary's, Independence


 * 1848-1876 - St. Mary's, Independence, Baptism Index 1848-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850-1883 - St. Mary's, Independence, Marriage Index 1850-1883. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

St. Patrick's, Kansas City


 * 1869-1885 - St. Patrick's, Kansas City, Baptism Index 1869-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1869-1885 - St. Patrick's, Kansas City, Marriage Index 1869-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Independence Dist
 * Centropolis
 * Independence
 * Kansas City

Lutheran

 * Records of Grace Lutheran Church, Kansas City, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

City Directories

 * Fold3.com ($) has Kansas City Directories 1865-1923 (only 4 yrs. missing) available online.
 * Kansas City, Missouri City Directories, 1889-91 at Ancestry.com ($)

Local Histories
The History of Jackson county, Missouri containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., biographical sketches of its citizens, Jackson county in the late war... history of Missouri, map of Jackson county ... (1881) 1006 pages, is available online free from Google Books.

Google Books has several books on Kansas City and its residents including:


 * Kansas City, Missouri its history and its people 1808-1908, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3 (1908) by Carrie Westlake Whitney.
 * Men who are making Kansas City a biographical directory (1902) by G. Creel and J. Slavens.

Maps

 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.


 * Map of Jackson County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Jackson County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904 Jackson County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European and African American settlers included:


 * Missouri River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s to 1890s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California

Military

 * Fold3.com ($) has Civil War and other military records available online.

Civil War Battles
The following Civil War Battles was fought in Jackson County


 * August 11, 1862 = Independence I


 * August 15-16, 1862 = Lone Jack


 * October 21, 1864 = Little Blue River also known as Westport


 * October 22-23, 1864 = Byram’s Ford also known as Big Blue River


 * October 22, 1864 = Independence II


 * October 23, 1864 = Westport

Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

Marriages

 * Marriage licenses dating back to 1826 are available to be searched and viewed at http://records.jacksongov.org/search.asp?cabinet=marriage.
 * 1827-1860 - Jackson County Marriage Index 1827-1860. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1827-1872 - Jackson County Marriage Index 1827-1872. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1872-1881 - Jackson County Marriage Index 1872-1881. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Jackson County Marriage 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.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Historical Societies
Jackson County Historical Society P.O. Box 4241 Independence, Missouri 64051 Phone: History Center (816) 461-1897; Archives (816) 252-4754 Website: http://jchs.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jchs.org

Libraries
The Kansas City Public Library 14 West 10th Street Kansas City, MO 64105 Phone: (816) 701-3400 Website: http://www.kclibrary.org/databases

Family History Centers

 * Blue Springs Missouri Family History Center1416 SW 19th St, Blue Springs, MO 64051-5203 United State Location Map


 * Kansas City Missouri Family History Center 13025 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64145-1211 United States Location Map


 * Riverview Missouri Family History Center 2540 Brooklyn, Kansas City, MO 64127 United States Location Map


 * Platte City Missouri Family History Center 2700 Ensign Dr Platte City MO 64079 United States Location Map

Web Sites
A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:

Missouri, Jackson, Voter Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records)