Christian County, Missouri Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Clerk of the Circuit Court and Recorder has marriage, divorce, court and land records; Probate Office has probate records.

Parent County
1859 Christian County was created 8 March 1859 from Greene, Taney and Webster Counties.County seat: Ozark

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
1865 Fire destroyed the courthouse and all court records on August 20, 1865.

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
Douglas •  Greene  •  Lawrence  •  Stone  •  Taney  •  Webster

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Genealogy Cemeteries

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Land
Patents

Local Histories

 * Christian County: Its First One Hundred Years
 * Brown, Omer E. Son of pioneers : "recollections of an Ozaks lawyer". Point Lookout, Missouri : O.E. Brown family, c1973.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Christian 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 Christian 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 Christian County, Missouri:
 * - 6th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company L
 * - 72nd Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Milita (Union), Company C
 * - 72nd Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Milita (Union), Company H

World War II

 * 1941-1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Christian County, Missouri Genealogy's website has some Christian County obituaries available online.

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
 * 1840 - 1875 Christian County Birth Index 1840-1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

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 $

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

 * Christian County Museum and Historical Society P.O. Box 442 202 East Church Ozark, MO 65721 Phone: 417-581-7154 Website


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

Family History Centers



 * Springfield Missouri Family History Center 1357 S Ingram Mill Rd, Springfield, MO 65804 4450 United States Location on Map


 * Springfield Missouri South Family History Center 4450 S Farm Rd, 141 Springfield, MO 65810 United States Location Map