Jefferson County, Missouri Genealogy

United States &gt; Missouri &gt; Jefferson County

Parent County
1818--Jefferson County was created 8 December 1818 from Ste. Genevieve and St. Louis Counties. County seat: Hillsboro

Neighboring Counties

 * Franklin
 * Monroe County, Illinois
 * St. Francois
 * Ste. Genevieve
 * St. Louis
 * Washington

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries in Jefferson County, Missouri (transcriptions, Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Cemeteries of Jefferson County (articles, Jefferson County Historical Society)

Census

 * 1830 census, images (RootsWeb)
 * 1830 census index, surnames A-E (RootsWeb)
 * 1830 census index, surnames F-K (RootsWeb)
 * 1830 census index, surnames L-R (RootsWeb)
 * 1830 census index, surnames S-Z (RootsWeb)
 * 1840 census, images (RootsWeb)
 * 1850 census, images (RootsWeb)
 * 1850 census agricultural schedule (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)
 * 1860 census agricultural schedule (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)
 * 1870 census agricultural schedule (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)
 * Jefferson County, Missouri Links to Online Census Records (Census Online)

Church

 * Church Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)

Court

 * Court Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)

Land

 * Land Patents: 1831-1969 (State Archives)
 * Land Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)

Local Histories

 * Articles: Items of History (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Family Histories (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Goodspeed's History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford, &amp; Gasconade Counties, Missouri, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888, Jefferson County portion (GenWeb)
 * Jefferson County, Missouri History Books (indexes) (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Rutledge, Zoe Booth, Our Jefferson County Heritage (index only; Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Whipple, Etta, History of Jefferson Co. Baptists 1798-1949 (index only; Jefferson County Historical Society)

Maps and Gazetteers

 * 1876 map (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)
 * 1876 township map (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)
 * A Directory of Towns, Villages, and Hamlets Past and Present of Jefferson County, Missouri
 * Historical Townships of Jefferson County, Missouri (RootsWeb)
 * Jefferson County, Missouri Township and Range Survey Maps (RootsWeb)
 * Post Offices of Jefferson County, Missouri in 1876 and 1898 (RootsWeb)

Military

 * Military Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Union Provost Marshal's File of Papers Relating to Two or More Civilians (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)
 * Union Provost Marshal's File of Persons Exempt from Serving in the Civil War (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)

Miscellaneous

 * Deceased Physicians (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Duffner's Dairy and the People's Dairy (De Soto Historical Society)
 * Historical Postcards and Photos (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Passports - Early 1900s (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Railroad Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)

Newspapers

 * De Soto Weekly Facts, 1895-1899 transcriptions
 * Jefferson Democrat, 1870-1888 transcriptions
 * Jefferson Leader, 1866-1868 transcriptions (Charlotte's Corner)
 * Jefferson Watchman, 1883-1884 transcriptions (Charlotte's Corner)
 * Newspaper Transcriptions (Jefferson County Historical Society)

Probate

 * Wills &amp; Probate Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)

Schools

 * Schools (Jefferson County Historical Society)

Taxation

 * 1862 Real Estate and Personal Property Tax (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)
 * 1894-1901 Back Taxes for Real Estate; Personal Property (Jefferson County Genealogical Society)

Vital Records

 * Funeral Home Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Marriage Records (Jefferson County Historical Society)
 * Vien Ici (local area marriage records)
 * Vital Record Resources and Transcriptions (Jefferson County, Missouri GenWeb)

Societies and Libraries

 * Arnold Historical Society
 * The De Soto Historical Society
 * Herculaneum Historical Society
 * Historic Tanglefoot Association
 * Jefferson County, Missouri Historical Society
 * Kimmswick Historical Society Museum
 * Museum (De Soto Historical Society)

Web Sites

 * The Hildebrand Saga
 * History of Jefferson County, Missouri and History of the Lee Family
 * Jefferson County, Missouri (RootsWeb)
 * Jefferson County, Missouri Genealogical Society
 * Jefferson County, Missouri Genealogy Forum (GenForum)
 * Jefferson County, Missouri GenWeb
 * Jefferson County, Missouri Historical Society
 * Jefferson County, Missouri History, Records, Facts, Genealogy and Ancestry (Family History 101)
 * Surnames and Researchers in Jefferson County, Missouri (RootsWeb)
 * Surnames and Researchers in Jefferson County, Missouri (RootsWeb)