Bollinger County, Missouri Genealogy

United States Missouri  Bollinger County

Guide to Bollinger County, Missouri ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records 1882-1892; Clerk Circuit Court has court records and Registrar has marriage, divorce and land records; Ciruit Judge has probate records

Parent County
1851--Bollinger County was created 1 March 1851 from Cape Girardeau, Stoddard and Wayne Counties. County seat: Marble Hill

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Missouri county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Missouri County Boundary Maps" (1804-1889) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
The courthouse burned in 1866 and 1884.

Places/Localities
Town/city records in the FamilySearch Catalog




 * The State Historical Society of Missouri has information on historical Missouri place names for all 114 Missouri Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Cape Girardeau •  Madison  •  Perry  •  Stoddard  •  Wayne

Court

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images

Local Histories

 * History of southeast Missouri. Embracing an historical account of the counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron. Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co., 1888.
 * Online at MissouriDigitalHeritage (Free)

Maps



 * Maps of Missouri (1804-1889)
 * Interactive map of Bollinger County townships (Histopolis)
 * The University of Missouri Digital Library has digital copies of Missouri county plat books (ca. 1930) for all Missouri counties including Bollinger County. The city of St. Louis is not included in this collection.

Civil War

 * - 8th Regiment, Missouri Cavalry - Confederate, Company A

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1750 – 1988 at FamilySearch — images
 * 1766 - 1988 Missouri Wills and Probate Records 1766-1988 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Births

 * 1827 - 1935 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1851 - 1910 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * 1883-1892 - Bollinger County Birth Index 1883-1892. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Marriages

 * 1800-1991 at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1802-1969 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
 * 1750-1920 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1805-2002 Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002 at Ancestry.com $
 * 1850 Missouri Marriages to 1850 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1865-1885 - Bollinger County Marriage Books 1 thru 3 Index 1865-1885. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Deaths

 * 1867 - 1976 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1834 - 1910 Missouri, Death Records, 1834-1910 at Ancestry.com — index/images $
 * Missouri State Archives provides on-line access to Missouri Death Certificates more than 50 yrs old starting in 1910.
 * 1883-1892 - Bollinger County Death Index 1883-1892. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Societies and Libraries
Bollinger County Historical Society, P.O. Box 402, Marble Hill, MO 63764; Ph: (573) 238-4374


 * List of Missouri Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies