Boone County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Boone 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, court and land records from 1810.

Parent County
1820 Boone County was created 16 November 1820 from Howard County. It was named for Daniel Boone. County seat: Columbia

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 Missouri Counties.

Populated Places

 * Ashland
 * Columbia
 * Huntsdale
 * Pierpont
 * Rocheport
 * Two Mile Prairie

Neighboring Counties
Audrain •  Callaway  •  Cole  •  Cooper  •  Howard  •  Moniteau  •  Randolph

Cemeteries

 * Boone County, Missouri, Cemetery Records Vol. 2 (Part 1 and 2), 5, 6, 7, 8 (Part 1 and 2) at Ancestry.com ($)


 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Genealogy Cemeteries

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories
A [http://books.google.com/books?id=_PwBAAAAMAAJ ''History of Boone County, Missouri Written and comp. from the most authentic official and private sources; including a history of its townships, towns, and villages...''] (1882) is available online free from Google Books.


 * Columbia : the coming city of central Missouri. Digital images of original published: Columbia, Mo. : Statesman Pub. Co., 1910. Salt Lake City : Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Map of Boone County townships (Histopolis)
 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Boone County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904 Boone 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 Boone 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 Boone County, Missouri:

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War Battle was fought in Boone County


 * December 28, 1861 = Mount Zion Church
 * Map showing Civil War battles in Missouri

World War II

 * 1941 - 1946 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at | FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has Jefferson City newspapers and Moberly newspapers from the early 1900's covering local news that included residents from Boone County communities.
 * Columbia Missouri Statesman, 1843-1886. Searchable online at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Digital Collections as part of the Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers.

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

 * 1821 - 1873 Boone County Birth Index 1821-1873. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1860 Boone County Birth Index 1851-1860. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 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 $
 * 1821 - 1872 Boone County Marriage Books A and B Index 1821-1872. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1865 - 1882 Boone County Marriage Index 1865-1882. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1872 - 1880 Boone County Marriage Index 1872-1880. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881 - 1885 Boone County Marriage Book 1 Index 1881-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1843 - 1886 Columbia Missouri Statesman, 1843-1886. Searchable online at the State Historical Society of Missouri’s Digital Collections as part of the Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers.
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1871 - 1891 Boone County, Missouri Obituaries, 1871-91 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1892 - 1901 Boone County, Missouri Obituaries, 1892-1901 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1902 - 1913 Boone County, Missouri Obituaries, 1902-13 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Societies and Libraries

 * Genealogical Society of Boone County and Central Missouri P.O. Box 26 Columbia, MO 65205


 * Genealogical Society Of Central Missouri P.O. Box 26 Columbia, MO 65205


 * Boone County Historical Society 3801 Ponderosa Drive Columbia, MO 65201 Phone: 573-443-8936


 * Centralia Historical Society 319 East Sneed Street Centralia, MO 65240 Phone: 573-682-5711


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

Family History Centers

 * Columbia Missouri Family History Center 4708 Highlands Pkwy, Columbia, MO 6520333-5269 United States Location Map
 * Columbia Missouri Family History Center 4708 Highlands Pkwy, Columbia, MO 6520333-5269 United States Location Map