Audrain County, Missouri Genealogy

Guide to Audrain County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Recorder has marriage and land records; Clerk of the Circuit Court has divorce and court records; County Clerk has birth records 1883-1893; Probate Judge has probate records.

History

 * Johnston family reunion at Mexico, Missouri : August 30 to Sept. 2, 1941. at Ancestry.com ($)

Parent County
1831 Audrain County was created 12 January 1831 from Ralls County. County seat: Mexico

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.

Neighboring Counties
Boone •  Callaway  •  Monroe  •  Montgomery  •  Pike  •  Ralls  •  Randolph

Cemeteries
Missouri Genealogy Cemeteries Missouri Cemeteries

Census

 * 1732-1933 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Court

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * History of Audrain County, Missouri . . . : including history of its townships, towns, and villages together with a condensed history of Missouri, a . . . history of Audrain County . . . biographical sketches. Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1970. original published: St. Louis, Missouri : National Historical Co., 1884.
 * Online at FamilySearch (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * Map of Audrain County townships (Histopolis)
 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Audrain 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 Audrain 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 Audrain County, Missouri:
 * - 1st Provisional Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company A
 * - 53rd Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company C
 * - 61st Regiment, Enrolled Missouri Militia (Union), Company G

World War I

 * Audrain County, Missouri Draft Records, 1917 at Ancestry.com ($)

World War II

 * 1941-1946 - at FamilySearch — index

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1800 - 1991 at FamilySearch — index

Newspapers

 * Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Moberly newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from Audrain County communities.
 * Chronicling America has The Mexico Missouri Message which was published from 1899-1918 online. It can be searched using single words or combinations of words. It covers news local to Audrain county and the surrounding areas.

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
 * 1839 - 1866 Audrain County Birth Index 1839-1866. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $

Marriages

 * 1750 - 1920 at FamilySearch — 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
 * 1836 - 1879 Audrain County, Missouri Marriage Records, 1836-79 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1837 - 1861 Audrain County Marriage Book A Index 1837-1861. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry — index $
 * 1861 - 1885 Audrain County Marriage Book B-1 Index 1861-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1865 - 1882 Audrain County Marriage Index 1865-1882. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1870 - 1917 Audrain County, Missouri Marriages, 1870-1917 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1885 Audrain County Marriage Book 2 Index 1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1876 - 1905 Audrain County, Missouri Deaths, 1876-1905 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1883 - 1886 Audrain County Death Index 1883-1886. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885 - 1903 Audrain County, Missouri Obituaries, 1885-1903 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1904 - 1916 Audrain County, Missouri Obituaries, 1904-16 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1917 - 1929 Audrain County, Missouri Obituaries, 1917-29 at Ancestry.com ($)
 * 1930 - 1942 Audrain County, Missouri Obituaries, 1930-42 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

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


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


 * Audrain County Genealogical Society 305 W. Jackson St. Mexico, MO 65265