Dallas County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Dallas County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Recorder has birth, marriage, death, burial, divorce, probate, court and land records.

Parent County
1841 Dallas County was created 29 January 1841 from Polk County. County seat: Buffalo. Dallas was originally named Niangua County. Its name was changed to Dallas in 1844.

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
1863 Fire burned courthouse October 18, 1863. 1864, 1867 Fire also destroyed two subsequent buildings in 1864 and 1867, consuming most county records.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog




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

Neighboring Counties
Camden •  Greene  •  Hickory  •  Laclede  •  Polk  •  Webster

Biographies

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

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Genealogy Cemeteries

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent counties, Missouri. Chicago : Goodspeed, 1889.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Dallas County Historical Society (Buffalo, Missouri). The Dallas County, Missouri, history, 1841-1971. Cassville, Missouri : Dallas County Historical Society (Missouri), c1974.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


 * Map of Dallas County townships (Histopolis)


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

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 Dallas 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 Dallas County, Missouri:
 * - 16th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company I
 * - 8th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company F
 * - 26th Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A
 * - 4th Regiment, Missouri State Militia Cavalry (Union), Company L
 * - 6th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company I

World War II

 * 1941-1946 - at FamilySearch — index

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 - 1866 Dallas County Birth Index 1851-1866. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - 1922 Dallas County Birth Index 1883-1922. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1776-1988 - Missouri, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1867 - 1880 Marriage records, Dallas County, Missouri: book "A," 1867-1873, and "B," 1873-1880 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1867 - 1885 Dallas County Marriage Book 1 Index 1867-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 - 1924 Dallas County Death Index 1883-1924. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 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


 * Dallas County Historical Society, Inc. P.O. Box 594 Buffalo, MO 65622 Phone: Thelma Kurtz at 417-345-8694 Email: [mailto:lcrawford@windstream.net lcrawford@windstream.net] Website