Camden County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Camden County

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

County Courthouse
County Records has marriage and divorce records from 1902; Probate Judge has probate records from 1902; Clerk Circuit Court has court records from 1902; Tompkins Abstract Office has land records

Parent County
1841--Camden County was created 29 January 1841 from Benton and Pulaski Counties. County seat: Camdenton. Camden County was originally named Kinderhook County. It was renamed in 1843.

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.

Populated Places
Towns:

Branch Camdenton Climax Springs Hurricane Deck Kaiser Lake Ozark Linn Creek Macks Creek Montreal Osage Beach Richland Stoutland Sunrise Beach Village of Four Seasons

Unincorporated Communities: 

Branch Hurricane Deck Kaiser Montreal

Townships:

Adair Auglaize Jackson Jasper Kiheka Niangua Osage Osceola Pawhuska Russell Warren

Neighboring Counties
Benton • Dallas • Hickory • Laclede • Miller • Morgan • Pulaski

Biographies

 * Family Biographies from The History of Camden County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Cemeteries
These sites contain lists of many of the cemeteries in Camden, as well as photographs and lists of burials.

http://camden.mogenweb.org/cemeteries.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moccga/
 * Camden County, Missouri, Cemetery Records, Vol. 1 at Ancestry.com ($)

Church
Camden County Missouri contained many churches over the years. Many small local churches were created and disbanded over the years. Known churches currently include.

Missionary Baptist Churches in Mack's Creek

The first known congregation was originally organized in September 1873 and held meetings in private homes and in the Mack's Creek School House until August 1880. For some reason this group disbanded in 1880. Founding members included Ben Allison, Martha Allison, Alfred Catron, Sarah Catron, Lucinda Catron, George Catron, George Heffner, and Elders Joe Miller, L.J. Tatum, and W.W. Palmer.

The same month this congregation disbanded, another Missionary Baptist Church was formed in Mack's Creek. This church continued until 1886. Known members were Elders J.M. Russell, J.M. Stincipher, and William West, as well as members J.E. Fowler and A.W. Kain.

The present Mack's Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized on January 24, 1910.

There were eight different Baptist meetings in and around Macks Creek.

Source: "The Builders, A History of Mack's Creek 1872-1972." Mack's Creek Lions Club

Other Camden County Churches:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jgood/churches_camden.html

Local Histories

 * Biographies from The History of Camden County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Maps

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


 * Map of Camden County townships (Histopolis)


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

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Jefferson City newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from Camden County communities.

Marriages

 * 1854-1882 - Camden County Marriage Book 2 Index 1854-1882. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

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

Societies and Libraries

 * The Camden County Genealogical Association was formed in 2004 and meets the third Saturday of every other month at the Camden County Library in Camdenton.


 * Camden County Genealogical Association Post Office Box 3316 Camdenton, MO 65020

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Osage Beach Missouri Family History Center

Websites

 * Biographies from The History of Camden County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.