Phelps County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Phelps 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, court and land records from 1857, and probate records.

Parent County
1857 Phelps County was created 13 November 1857 from Crawford, Pulaski and Maries Counties. County seat: Rolla

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. The society's Research Center-Rolla has a collection that focuses on the history of southern Missouri and the Ozark Highland.

Neighboring Counties
Crawford •  Dent  •  Gasconade  •  Maries  •  Pulaski  •  Texas

Biographies

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

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Phelps County, Missouri Includes surname index. v. 1. Rolla and Miller Townships
 * Missouri Cemeteries Missouri Access Genealogy

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * Biographies from The History of Phelps 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)


 * Phelps County Centennial Association (Missouri). Yesterday lives again in Phelps County, Missouri. Rolla, Missouri : May Print Co., 1957.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.


 * Map of Phelps County townships (Histopolis)


 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Phelps County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904 Phelps County with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Military

 * 1900 - 1941 at FamilySearch — images
 * There is an index for the State Federal Soldiers' Home in St. James, Mo. in Marie Concannon's Index of residents State Federal Soldiers' Home of Missouri, St. James, Missouri, 1899-1946 (Worldcat). The home was provided for indigent Union veterans of the Civil War, their wives, widows, and army nurses.

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

Regiments

Service men in Phelps 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 Phelps 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 $

Births

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883 - 1890 Phelps County Birth Index, Volume 1, 1883-1890. Batches and  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 $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1857 - 1867 - Phelps County Marriage Index 1857-1867. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1867 - 1885 - Phelps County Marriage Index 1867-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1867 - 1881 - Marriage records, book 1, Phelps County, Missouri, 28 March 1867-12 May 1881

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


 * Phelps County Genealogical Society PO Box 571 Rolla, MO 65402 Phone: 573-364-9597 Email: [mailto:pcgs@rollanet.org pcgs@rollanet.org] Website


 * Phelps County Historical Society 305 W 3rd Street P.O. Box 1861 Rolla, MO 65402 Phone: 573-364-5977 Facebook.

Family History Centers

 * Rolla Missouri Family History Center 8 Burgher Dr, Rolla MO 65401 United States Location Map