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

	Missouri Online Records

McDonald County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	March 3, 1849
County Seat	Pinneville
Courthouse
Address	McDonald County Courthouse Hwy W; Pinneville, MO 64856-0665 Phone: 417.223.4717 McDonald County Website

County Courthouse

 
Recorder Deeds has marriage records;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce, court and 
land records; probate Judge has probate
records^[1]

History

Parent County

1849--McDonald County was created 3 March 1849 from Newton County. County seat: Pineville. ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of McDonald County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Record Loss

Places/Localities

• The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.
  

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Barry
• Benton County, Arkansas
• Delaware County, Oklahoma
• Newton
• Ottawa County, Oklahoma

Resources

Cemeteries

BillionGraves

• Cowan Cemetery, Center
• Fox Cemetery, Powell East of Powell.
• Hagee Road Cemetery, Anderson East
• Pineville Cemetery, Pineville North
• Roller Cemetery, Powell

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

• McDonald County, Missouri County Historical Society
• An Illustrated history of McDonald County, Missouri: from the earliest ... by J.A. Sturges (1897) is available online free from Google Books.
• Biographies from The History of McDonald County, Missouri (1888) published by Goodspeed are available free on the My Genealogy Hound website.

Maps

• Map of McDonald County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Newspapers

• Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has Joplin newspapers and Neosho newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents from McDonald County communities.
  

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

• 1853-1860 - McDonald County Birth Index 1853-1860. Batch C515351 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]
• 1883-1887 - McDonald County Birth Index 1883-1887. Batch C515404 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Marriages

• 1865-1885 - McDonald County Marriage Books A thru C Index 1865-1885. Batch M515351 at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Deaths

• Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
  

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), McDonald 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} 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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