Livingston County, Missouri Genealogy

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Parent County
1837--Livingston County was created 6 January 1837 from &lt;a href="Carroll County, Missouri"&gt;Carroll&lt;/a&gt; County. County seat: Chillicothe

Places/Localities

 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on Missouri Place Names, 1928-1945 for all Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties

 * &lt;a href="Caldwell County, Missouri"&gt;Caldwell&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Carroll County, Missouri"&gt;Carroll&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Chariton County, Missouri"&gt;Chariton&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Daviess County, Missouri"&gt;Daviess&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Grundy County, Missouri"&gt;Grundy&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Linn County, Missouri"&gt;Linn&lt;/a&gt;

Maps
&lt;a href="http://www.histopolis.com/Place/US/MO/Livingston_County"&gt;Map of townships&lt;/a&gt; in Livingston County (Histopolis)

The &lt;a href="http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/"&gt;University of Missouri Digital Library&lt;/a&gt; has digital copies of &lt;a href="http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx/cgi/i/image/image-idx?sid=7474c95ce6e68ec22a63efb27869515c;page=index;c=platic"&gt;Missouri county plat books&lt;/a&gt;  for all Missouri counties including Livingston County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.

Newspapers
&lt;a href="http://www.newspaperarchive.com/"&gt;Newspaperarchive.com&lt;/a&gt; ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has &lt;a href="http://www.newspaperarchive.com/BrowseLocations.aspx?cntry=7&amp;st=58&amp;ci=5230"&gt;Chillicothe newspapers&lt;/a&gt; from the late 1800's and early 1900's that covered local news on Livingston County residents as well as residents from surrounding counties.

Deaths

 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to &lt;a href="http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/"&gt;Missouri Death Certificates&lt;/a&gt; more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
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