Saline County, Missouri Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records 1883-1885.

Parent County
1820 Saline County was created 25 November 1820 from Cooper and Howard Counties. County seat: Marshall

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
1864 Courthouse burned in August 1864.

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
Carroll •  Chariton  •  Cooper  •  Howard  •  Johnson  •  Lafayette  •  Pettis

Biographies

 * Saline County, Missouri: 1876 Taxpayers and Biographies at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri : containing biographical sketches of prominent and at Ancestry.com ($)

Cemeteries

 * Saline County, Missouri Cemetery Records, Vol. 2-7 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Saline County, Missouri: Ridge Park Cemetery Records at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Catholic
Immaculate Conception, Shackelford


 * 1849 - 1876 Immaculate Conception, Shackelford, Baptism Index 1849-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1867 - 1885 Immaculate Conception, Shackelford, Marriage Index 1867-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

St. Joseph, Slater


 * 1866 - 1876 St. Joseph, Slater, Baptism Index 1866-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

St. Peter's, Marshall


 * 1871 - 1876 St. Peter's, Marshall, Baptism Index 1871-1876. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1872 - 1885 St. Peter's, Marshall, Marriage Index 1872-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories
A Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline counties, Missouri ... (1893) is available online free from Google Books. The first part of the book contains biographies of the U.S. presidents. The second part, starting on p.111, contains biographies Lafayette and Saline county residents.


 * Rainey, Thomas Claiborne. Along the old trail, volume I, pioneer sketches of Arrow Rock and vicinity. Marshall, Missouri : Daughters of the American Revolution. Marshall Chapter, 1914.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * Rigney, Francis E. Diamond Jubilee of The Annunciation and Immaculate Conception Parish, The First Catholic Church in Saline Co., Mo., The Irish Settlement A.D. 1840. [S. l.] : Jubilee Committee, 1927.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)
 * History of Saline County, Missouri : including a history of its townships, cities, towns and villages. St. Louis, Missouri : Missouri Historical Co., 1881.
 * Online atFamilySearch (Free)

Maps



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


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


 * Map of 1904 Saline County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

Civil War, 1861-1865
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1861 - 1865  at FamilySearch — index
 * at FamilySearch — images

Regiments Civil War service men from Saline County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies or regiments that were formed from men of Saline County.


 * Confederate Units:

- 5th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry, Company D, which became Marmaduke's Escort Company, Missouri Cavalry - 5th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry - Confederate, Company D - 5th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry - Confederate, Company E


 * Union Units:

- 71st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company B - 71st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company E - 5th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A - 5th Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company C - 71st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company F - 71st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company G - 71st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company H - 71st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Independent Company

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 Sedalia newspapers from the late 1800's and early 1900's that sometimes included Saline County residents.

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
 * 1835 - 1874 Saline County Birth Index 1835-1874. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - 1885 Saline County Birth Index 1883-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920  at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1800 - 1991  at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1820 - 1836 Saline County Marriage Index 1820-1836. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1820 - 1881 Saline County, Missouri Marriages, 1820-81, Vols. 1-4 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1835 - 1874 Saline County Marriage Index 1835-1874. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1875 - 1881 Saline County Marriage Index 1875-1881. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881 - 1885 Saline County Marriage Index 1881-1885. 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

Historical Society

 * Saline County Historical Society 101 Lafayette Avenue Marshall, MO 65340 Phone: 660-886-7546

Libraries

 * Marshall Public Library 214 North Lafayette Marshall, MO 65340 Phone: 660-886-3391 Website (Has cemetery and other genealogy resources)