Osage County, Missouri Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records from 1841; Probate Court has probate records from 1841; County Clerk has birth and death records.

History
Osage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The county was named for the Osage River. As of 2000, the population was 13,062. Its county seat is Linn[1]. The center of population of Missouri is located in Osage County, in the city of Westphalia

Parent County
1841 Osage County was created 29 January 1841 from Gasconade County. County seat: Linn

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 Map of US.org website.

Neighboring Counties
Callaway • Montgomery •  Gasconade •  Maries •  Miller •  Cole

Record Loss
1880 Fire damaged the courthouse on November 14, 1880. 1922 Fire destroyed the courthouse October 30, 1922.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Cities
Belle · Bland · Chamois · Linn · Meta · Westphalia

To see a list of places in Osage County, click on [Show], in the bar above.

Osage County Historical Society has information on historic places from Gasconade, Maries &amp; Osage Counties including sources and links to historic maps. Also see: The Ramsay Place Names File for Osage County. (State Historical Society of Missouri)

Biographies

 * All of the family biographies from the History of Osage County, Missouri(1889) by Goodspeed Publishing Company are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage counties, Missouri : from the earliest time to the present, including a department devoted to the preservation of sundry personal, business, professional and private records, besides a valuable fund of notes, original observations, etc., etc. Chicago : Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1889.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Maps of townships (Histopolis)

The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Osage 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
 * 1911 - 1938 at FamilySearch — index and images

Regiments

Service men in Osage 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 Osage County, Missouri:

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

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

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 - 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 $
 * 1841 - 1861 Marriage records, Osage County, Missouri, Book "A", 1841-1861 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1841 - 1875 - Osage County Marriage Index 1841-1875. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1875 - 1885 - Osage County Marriage Index 1875-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

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

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


 * Osage County Historical Society P.O. Box 402 Linn, MO 65051 Phone: 573-897-2932 Website

Family History Centers

 * Osage Beach Missouri Family History Center 54 Hwy KK, Osage Beach, MO 65049 United States Locaton Map