Ralls County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Ralls 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 1883-1886; Clerk of the Circuit Court/Recorder of Deeds has marriage, divorce, court and land records from 1821; Probate Judge has probate records.

Parent County
1820 Ralls County was created 16 November 1820 from Pike County. County seat: New London

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

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
Audrain •  Marion  •  Monroe  •  Pike County, Illinois  •  Pike

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Maps



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


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

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1750 - 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1824 - 1872 Ralls County, Missouri Wills, Volume I, 1824-1872 at Ancestry.com ($)

Births

 * 1827 - 1935  at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1837 - 1866 Ralls County Birth Index 1837-1866. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - 1893 Ralls County Birth Index, Volume A, 1883-1893. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

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 $
 * 1821 - 1895 Ralls County Marriage Index 1821-1895. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * The marriage records of Ralls County, Missouri at Ancestry.com ($)

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976  at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1883 - 1886 Ralls County Death Index 1883-1886. Batches  and  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 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

 * Ralls County Historical Society and Museum PO Box 182 Center, MO 63436 Phone: 573-267-3588

Libraries

 * Ralls County Public Library in Center, Missouri


 * Hannibal Free Public Library in Hannibal, Missouri