Gentry County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Gentry County

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records 1883-1893 and marriage records from 1885; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and land records from 1885; Circuit Court division 2, has probate records from 1885

Parent County
1841--Gentry County was created 12 February 1841 from Clinton County. County seat: Albany

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Gentry County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Andrew
 * Daviess
 * Dekalb
 * Harrison
 * Nodaway
 * Worth

Cemeteries
carnegie.lib.mo.us/index.php/genealogy/cemetery-transcriptions

Maps

 * Interactive map of Gentry County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Gentry County.

Deaths

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.