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United States Missouri Scotland County

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

	Missouri Online Records

Scotland County, Missouri
Map
Location of Missouri in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	January 29, 1841
County Seat	Memphis
Courthouse
Address	Scotland County Courthouse 117 S Market Street Memphis, MO 63555 Phone: 660.465.7027 Scotland County Website

County Courthouse

 

County Clerk has birth and death records 1883-1889;
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, court and
land records from 1841; probate Judge has probate
records from 1841^[1]

History

Parent County

1841--Scotland County was created 29 January 1841 from Lewis County. County seat: Memphis ^[2]

Boundary Changes

• See an interactive map of Scotland 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

• Adair
• Clark
• Davis County, Iowa
• Knox
• Schuyler
• Van Buren County, Iowa

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Scotland County, Missouri census records online, see: Missouri Census.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Map of Scotland County townships (Histopolis)
  

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

Military

Newspapers

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), Scotland County, Missouri. Page 405 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).

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