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United States Missouri Sullivan County

	Missouri Online Records

County Courthouse

Sullivan County Courthouse
109 N Main Street
Milan, MO 63556
Phone: 660.265.3786 

Recorder Deeds has incomplete birth records 1867-1895,
marriage and land records from 1845, death records 1883-1896;
Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records from 1845;
Probate Judge has probate records from 1845^[1]

History

Parent County

1843--Sullivan County was created 17 February 1843 from Linn County. County seat: Milan ^[2]

Boundary Changes

See an interactive map of Sullivan 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
• Grundy
• Linn
• Macon
• Mercer
• Putnam

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Interactive map of Sullivan County townships (Histopolis)

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

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), Sullivan County, Missouri. Page 406 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).