Pulaski County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Pulaski 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 marriage, divorce, probate and court records from 1903.

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
1903 Courthouse fire destroyed most Pulaski County Court records on June 13, 1903.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog



Neighboring Counties
Miller •  Maries  •  Phelps  •  Texas  •  Laclede  •  Camden

Biographies
Family Biographies from The History of Pulaski County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Cemeteries

 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Biographies from The History of Pulaski County, Missouri (1889) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.


 * History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent counties, Missouri. Chicago : Goodspeed, 1889.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Map of 1904 Pulaski County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images

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

Regiments

Service men in Pulaski 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 Pulaski County, Missouri:
 * - 12th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company I
 * - 32nd Regiment, Missouri Infantry (Union), Company H
 * - 6th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry (Union), Company H
 * - 63rd Regiment, Enrolled Militia, Missouri Infantry (60 days 1864) (Union), Company B
 * - 63rd Regiment, Enrolled Militia, Missouri Infantry (60 days 1864) (Union), Company C

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 $

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
 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1805 - 2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $

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

Genealogy/Historical Society
Genealogy/Historical Society of Pulaski County P.O. Box 144 Waynesville, MO, 65583 Phone: (573) 774-6883 - Lorraine Rigsby Email: jemumer@yahoo.com - Jeff Mitchell Website

Library
Pulaski County Library District P.O. Box 340 Richland, MO. 65556 Phone: (573) 765-3642 Website