Platte County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Platte County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth records 1883-1887 and death records 1883-1888; Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records; Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records; Probate Judge has probate and court records

Parent County
1838--Platte County was created 31 December 1838 from the Platte purchase. County seat: Platte City

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

 * Camden Point
 * Dearborn
 * Edgerton
 * Farley
 * Ferrelview
 * Houston Lake
 * Iatan
 * Lake Waukomis
 * Northmoor
 * Parkeville
 * Platte City
 * Platte Woods
 * Ridgely
 * Riverside
 * Tracy
 * Weatherby Lake
 * Weston

Neighboring Counties
Atchison County, Kansas • Buchanan • Clay • Clinton • Leavenworth County, Kansas • Wyandotte County, Kansas

Catholic
Deister Settlement


 * 1847-1853 - Deister Settlement Catholic Church Baptism Index 1847-1853. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Holy Trinity Teeleum Landeing, Weston


 * 1847-1876 - Holy Trinity Teeleum Landeing, Weston, Baptism Index 1847-1876. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1848-1885 - Holy Trinity Teeleum Landeing, Weston, Baptism Index 1848-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

City Directories

 * Kansas City, Missouri City Directories, 1889-91 at Ancestry.com ($)

Local Histories

 * William McClung Paxton's Annals of Platte County, Missouri, pub 1897, 1182 pages. A digital copy is searchable online using Google Books and FamilySearch (warning: downloads as a large file in a viewer). Also available as.
 * Kansas City, Missouri : its history and its people, 1808-1908 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * A civic history of Kansas City, Missouri at Ancestry.com ($)

Maps

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


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Platte County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for European settlers included:


 * Missouri River
 * Oregon Trail 1830s from western Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon
 * California Trail 1846 from western Missouri to northern California

Births

 * 1850-1877 - Platte County Birth Index 1850-1877. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1839-1882 - Platte County Marriage Index 1839-1882. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Platte County Marriage Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 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 & Genealogical Societies
 * Platte County Archives
 * Platte County Historical Society

Northland Genelogical Society

Mid-Continent Public Libraries in Platte City, Weston, and several locations in Southern Platte County.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Platte City Missouri Family History Center 2700 Ensign Dr, Platte City, MO 64079 United States

Web Sites

 * Missouri Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Missouri Genealogy Network Group on Facebook