Cole County, Missouri Genealogy

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

Clerk Circuit has divorce and court records from 1821; Judge has probate records from 1821; Recorder Deeds has marriage and land records from 1821

Neighboring Counties
1820-- was created 16 November 1820 from Cooper County. County seat:

See an interactive map of boundary changes at N2Genealogy.

, MO Cole Fire

, Mo., March 14. -- The courthouse was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The records which were in fireproof vaults were not damaged. The building was insured for $70,000. The cost of replacing the structure, it was stated today would be $100,000, though the original cost was $59,000.

Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 15 Mar 1918 (source:GenDisasters)

Places/Localities
, To see a list of places in, click on [Show], in the bar above.

The has information on historical  place names for all  Counties.


 * All of the family biographies from the History of, (1889) by are available free online at My Genealogy Hound.


 * The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has burial records for National Cemetery and other Veterans Affairs National around the country.

Church
Lutheran


 * St. Paul Lutheran Church, Lohman, records in in  database at Archives.com ($).

Maps



 * Maps of townships (Histopolis)
 * The University of Digital Library has digital copies of county plat books (ca. 1930) for all  counties including . The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.
 * Map of 1904, with numerous small settlements (My Genealogy Hound)

Newspapers
Newspaperarchive.com ($) has historical newspapers available on-line. Their database has newspapers from the early 1900's that covered local news on residents as well as residents from surrounding counties.

Births

 * 1865-1874 - Birth Index 1865-1874. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883 - Birth Index 1883. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1883-1906 - Birth Index 1883-1906. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1885 - Birth Index 1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.


 * 1821-1865 - Marriage Books A and B Index 1821-1865. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1865-1881 - Marriage Books C and D Index 1865-1881. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1881-1885 - Marriage Books 1 and 2 Index 1881-1885. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * State Archives provides on-line access to Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883-1906 - Death Index 1883-1906. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and
 Historical Society 109 Madison Street, MO 65101 (573)-635-1850 Website: http://www.colecohistsoc.org/




 * Family History Center 4618 Henwick Ln, Jefferson, City MO 65109-0108 Location Map

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.