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United States Missouri Grundy County

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

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Grundy County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 29, 1841
County Seat	Trenton
Courthouse
Address	Grundy County Courthouse 700 Main Street Trenton, MO 64683 Phone: 660.359.6305 Grundy County Website

County Courthouse

County Clerk has birth and death records 1881-1890;
County Recorder has marriage, divorce and land records;
Probate office has probate records^[1]

History

The county is named after U.S. Attorney General Felix Grundy (1777-1840).^[2]

Parent County

1841--Grundy County was created 29 January 1841 from Livingston County. County seat: Trenton ^[3]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Grundy 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

• Daviess
• Harrison
• Linn
• Livingston
• Mercer
• Sullivan

Resources

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

The History of Grundy County, Missouri an encyclopedia of useful information, and a compendium... (1881) is available online free from Google Books.

Maps

• Map of Grundy County townships (Histopolis)
  

• The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Grundy 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 Grundy County communities.

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Births

Marriages

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), Grundy County, Missouri. Page 400 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ "Felix Grundy," Wikipedia.
3. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).

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