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Guide to Linn County Missouri genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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Linn County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 6, 1837
County Seat	Linneus
Courthouse
Address	Linn County Courthouse 108 N High Linneus, MO 64653 Phone: 660.895.5417 Linn County Website

County Courthouse

 

County Clerk has incomplete birth and death records 1883-1888;
County Recorder has marriage and land records from 1842;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records 1837; Probate Office has
probate records from 1840^[1]

History

Parent County

1837--Linn County was created 6 January 1837 from Chariton County. County seat: Linneus ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Linn County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Adair
• Chariton
• Grundy
• Livingston
• Macon
• Sullivan

Resources

Cemeteries

rootsweb has a great list of Linn County cemeteries with directions.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~molinn/lccem.html

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

The history of Linn county, Missouri: An encyclopedia of useful information (1882) is available online free from Google Books.

Maps

• Family Maps of Linn County, Missouri (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

• Map of Linn County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Linn County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
  

Military

Newspapers

• The Archives of The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune (1889-2009) provides free access to their newspapers online. Their newspapers covered local news that included residents from Linn County communities.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1817-1907 - Linn County Birth Index 1817-1907. Batch C515457 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1857-1885 - Linn County Birth Index, Volumes 2A and 2B, 1857-1885. Batch C515381 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1875-1887 - Linn County Birth Index, Volume 1, etc., 1875-1887. Batch C515458 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1857-1885 - Linn County Marriage Books 2A and 2B Index 1857-1885. Batch M515381 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1881-1885 - Linn County Marriage Book 1 Index 1881-1885. Batch M515382 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  
• 1883-1887 - Linn County Death Index 1883-1887. Batch B515458 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Linn County, Missouri. Page 402 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/d/d8/Igimissourij.pdf.

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