Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

There are many more issues with the waypointing for this collection than are documented here. To better determine which images you need, go to the FamilySearch Catalog and find the catalog entry for the vital records for the county you are researching and use the links to those images.

Question 1
Question 1: There seems to be some problems with the records in the Cape Girardeau waypoint. Can you clarify the contents of these records? Answer 1:


 * The records for 1950 have been mistakenly placed in the Cape Girardeau &gt; Marriage records 1877-1879 waypoint. These are records that were captured digitally initially and not from microfilm. There are no microfilms available for the 1877-1879 records. The engineers are tracing the issue and working to resolve it.
 * In the Cape Girardeau &gt; Marriage records 1912-1921 waypoint the dates should be changed to 1919-1921.

Question 2
Question 2: Can you tell me if you have any marriage records for Crawford/Phelps County? Answer 2: There are two misplaced folders in the St. Louis County waypoint that are from Crawford/Phelps County; Justice of the Peace stray records 1857-1861, and County marriage records 1857-1861

Question 3
Question 3: I am seeing records that are not marriage records in Dunklin County. Can you explain this? Answer 3: There are 3 sets of records labelled Index to Recorded Instruments Vols 4-6 that have been incorrectly placed in Dunklin County. They share the same film with the marriages. The engineers are aware of this and will resolve this problem.

Question 4
Question 4: I am looking for images for Jasper &gt; Marriage licenses 1927-1928 vol 50. Are there more available? Answer 4: The images for Marriage licenses 1927-1928 vol 50 were missed in the upload. There is no microfilm for these images. The engineers are aware of the problem and will resolve it as they can.

Question 5
Question 5: I am having trouble locating images in Lawrence County. There appears to be missing images. Can you help me with this? Answer 5: In the waypoint Marriage records 1904-1908 vol J the digital film was created from microfiche. The images were filmed from pages that appear to be facing pages in a book, but were filmed with the right side first, then the left. Some of these sets were out of order as well. There is an added problem of two pages filmed on some images, but not all. These were filmed one above the other and so the bottom page is not noticeable when first viewing the image. You must scroll down to see the second page. When searching this waypoint, take all these issues into consideration in your search.

Question 6
Question 6: At the waypoint Ray &gt; Marriage licenses 1960-1967 vol 23 there are no images. Are these images available for viewing? Answer 6: These images were missed in the uploading. There is no microfilm for these images, so at this time the images are not available for viewing.

Question 7
Question 7: Can you clarify the contents of the records in the St. Francois County waypoint? Answer 7: At this time the only records in St. Francois County are Deed records that have been mistakenly placed there. Marriage records for this county may be found in the catalog by doing a keyword search using the keywords "Missouri County Marriage records St. Francois". There are some records that can be viewed online.

Question 8
Question #8: Some records are missing. Where can the records be viewed? Answer 8: See the answers below for information about known missing records and respective film numbers, if available, or an alternate online location:
 * Jasper > Marriage licenses 1927–1928 vol 50 are not available online or on microfilm.
 * Ray > Marriage licenses 1960–1967 vol 23 are not available online or on microfilm.
 * St. Louis > Marriage licenses 1921 no 247012-250732 is missing online. Film 530861 contains the information, but it has not been digitized.

Question 9
Question #9: The Event Type and Year Range (waypoint) title does not properly reflect the actual digital record content. How can I determine what digital records are likely to be found within a collection? Answer 9: The list of known waypoint discrepancies describes the event type or year range existing in the collection:
 * Cape Girardeau > Marriage records 1877–1879 year span should be 1950.
 * Cape Girardeau > Marriage records 1912–1921 year span should be 1919–1921.
 * Dunklin > Index to recorded instruments 1889–1892 vol 4, Index to recorded instruments 1892–1895 vol 5, and Index to recorded instruments 1895–1898 vol 6 are not marriage records
 * Mercer >
 * Marriage licenses 1887–1928 vol 1–2 should be in Miller County.
 * Marriage licenses 1942 vol 26–27 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage licenses 1942 vol 27 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage licenses 1942 vol 27–28 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage licenses 1942 vol 28 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage licenses 1943 vol 28–29 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage licenses 1943–1944 vol 29–30 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage records 1837–1881 vol A–B should be in Miller County.
 * Marriage records 1881–1891 vol C should be in Miller County.
 * Marriage records 1891–1899 vol D should be in Miller County.
 * Marriage records 1900–1917 vol E–F should be in Miller County.
 * Marriage records 1916–1927 vol 13–15 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage records 1927–1928 vol 16 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage records 1928–1937 vol 16–19 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage records 1937–1940 vol 20–23 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage records 1942–1943 vol 26–27 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage records 1942–1948 vol 28–31 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Marriage records 1948–1951 vol 31 should be in Mississippi County.
 * Newton > “Applications for licenses …” waypoints should be in Nodaway County.
 * Newton > “Marriage records …” waypoints should be in Oregon County.
 * Oregon > “Marriage certificates…” waypoints should be in Perry County.
 * Oregon > Marriage licenses 1943–1953 vol 24–25 and Marriage records 1882–1902 vol 1–3 should be in Pemiscot County.
 * Pike >
 * Marriage contracts 1838–1893 should be in Ralls County.
 * Marriage licenses 1883–1926 vol 1–2 should be in Putman County.
 * Marriage records 1853–1881 vol 1–3 should be in Putman County.
 * Marriage records 1853–1966 should be in Putman County.
 * Marriage records 1881–1897 vol 1–3 should be in Putman County.
 * Marriage records 1897–1906 vol I–J should be in Polk County.
 * Marriage records 1897–1913 vol 4–5 should be in Putman County.
 * Marriage records 1903–1919 vol 1–2 should be in Pulaski County.
 * Marriage records 1913–1931 vol 6–7 should be in Putman County.
 * Pulaski, Putnam, Ralls, Randolph, Ray, and St. Louis Counties all contain waypoints that need to be verified for the correct county.
 * Ralls > Marriage records waypoints should be relocated to Ray County.
 * Saline >
 * Marriage certificates 1889–1896 should be in Scott County.
 * Marriage certificates 1896–1902 should be in Scott County.
 * Marriage certificates 1933–1935 should be in Scott County.
 * Marriage certificates 1936–1938 should be in Scott County.
 * Marriage certificates 1939–1940 should be in Scott County.
 * Marriage certificates 1941 should be in Scott County.
 * Marriage certificates 1941–1942 should be in Scott County.
 * Marriage certificates 1948–1950 should be in Scott County.
 * Scotland > Marriage records 1920–1929 vol 11–12, Marriage records 1950–1956 vol 18, and Marriage records index 1943–1972 vol 4–5 should be in Scott County.
 * Shannon >
 * Marriage records 1899–1909 vol J–K should be in St. Clair County.
 * Marriage records 1909–1926 vol L–M should be in St. Clair County.
 * St. Francois > Deed records 1822–1835 vol A and Deed records 1835–1840 vol B are not marriage records.
 * St. Francois > Marriage records index 1946–1947 male should be in St. Louis (Independent City).
 * St. Louis (Independent City) waypoints need to be verified for the correct county.
 * St. Louis (Independent City) > Marriage records index 1865–1931 vol 1–5 should be in Stoddard County.
 * St. Louis (Independent City) > Applications for licenses 1901–1914 vol C should be in Warren County.

Question 10
Question #10: How can I view the images in Lawrence > Marriage records 1904–1908 vol J? Answer 3: The images were filmed with the right-side pages first, then the left-side pages. Some of the pages are out of order. Some images include two pages, filmed one above the other, requiring you to scroll down to see the second page. Consider the above page configurations in your search efforts.

Question 11
Question #11: Where are the images for Polk County, Index to marriage records, vols. 1-4, 1836-1920? Answer 11: These have been incorrectly waypointed as Phelps County. The correct link should read, Polk County > [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G989-MDD?cc=2060668&wc=Q4JW-DP6%3A352314701%2C1583604902 Index to marriage records, vols. 1-4, 1836-1920].


 * Go to the Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records - FamilySearch Historical Records article
 * Go to the Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800–1991 collection