Livingston County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Livingston County

Parent County
1837--Livingston County was created 6 January 1837 from Carroll County. County seat: Chillicothe

Boundary Changes

 * See an interactive map of Livingston County border changes at N2Genealogy.

Places/Localities

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Caldwell
 * Carroll
 * Chariton
 * Daviess County
 * Grundy
 * Linn

Land

 * Land Patent (1831-1969) From the Missouri State Archives.

Local Histories

 * A Past and present of Livingston County, Missouri A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement (1913) Volume 2 is available online free from Google Books. This book contains biographical sketches of Livingston County residents.


 * A History of Livingston County, Missouri (1937) The history was published by The Livingston County Centennial Committee.

livingstoncountylibrary.org/history.htm Livingston County History]. The site has County History, Communitiy Histories, Biographies, and a few Genealogy links.
 * The Livingston County Library has a web paged titled [http://www.

Maps

 * Map of Livingston County townships (Histopolis)


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

Military
_forts_prior_1902.htm Missouri Frontier Forts Prior to 1902]
 * A list of [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/forts/missouri_frontier

Newspapers

 * The Archives of The Chillicothe Constitution Tribune (1889-2009) provides free access to their newspapers online.

Deaths

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * MOGenWeb project May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
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