Records that survive
These are the record series from Andrew County that the Missouri State Archives has on microfilm, with the office that kept each and the earliest and latest years filmed. A span can include gaps.
Marriages, births and deaths
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1913–1920
Deeds and land
- Taxes · Collector1934–2008
- Real Estate - Record of · Collector1988
Wills and estates
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1840–1921
- Bonds · Probate Court1841–1854
- Letters of Administration · Probate Court1841–1902
- Probate Records · Probate Court1841–1887
- Wills · Probate Court1842–1918
- Settlements · Probate Court1873–1890
- County Poor Farm Records · County Clerk1927–1933
Naturalization
- Naturalizations · Circuit Court1869–1904
Military and pensions
- Military · County Clerk1863
- Enlistment and Discharges · County Clerk1864
Tax records
- Coroner Inquest Index · Collector1866–1950
- Coroner Inquests · Collector1866–1950
- Ledger · Collector1871–1895
- Taxes · Collector1913–2008
- Assessments and Taxes · Collector1922–1965
- Abstract of Collections · Collector1979–1985
- Accounts · Collector1982
- Personal Property - Record of · Collector1988
Court records
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1841–1850
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1841–1998
- County Court Records · County Clerk1841–1996
- Executions of County Court · County Clerk1845–1871
- Minutes · County Clerk1846–1997
- Andrew County Circuit Court · Circuit Court1849–1858
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1873–1887
- Board of Equalization Minutes · County Clerk1898–1908
Schools
- School Enumeration Records · Superintendent Of Schools1912–1982
- School Records · Superintendent Of Schools1920–1957
- School Record Index · Superintendent Of Schools1937–1957
Other records
- Journal · County Clerk1841
- Oaths of Loyalty · County Clerk1853–1870
- Oath of Loyalty Index · County Clerk1861–1870
Open the full roll-by-roll listing (PDF)
Source: Missouri State Archives, Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm. Recorder of deeds records dated 1970 or later must be requested from the county. Counties kept birth and death registers under an 1883 law until its repeal in 1893, with coverage varying by county; statewide registration began in 1910.
Where to find the records
- Find Andrew County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the recorder of deeds, the probate court and the circuit clerk.
- The recorder of deeds
Deeds and mortgages, and marriage records, usually from the county's beginning. Licenses were required from 1881; earlier books record the marriages themselves.
- The probate court
Wills, estates, guardianships and curatorships. Since 1979 it has been the probate division of the circuit court.
- The circuit clerk
Civil and criminal cases, divorces and, in many counties, naturalizations.
- The Missouri State Archives
In Jefferson City: microfilm of county records from Missouri's counties and the City of St. Louis, and free online databases, including death certificates from 1910 that are more than 50 years old.
- Missouri State Archives: Andrew County records on microfilm (PDF)free
Every roll the state archives holds for this county, with the office, title, dates and reel number.
- Missouri Death Certificates, 1910–1975free
Search the Missouri State Archives' death certificate index by name and view the certificates.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Missouri, Andrew" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1841, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Missouri's probate files often hold far more than a will: inventories, sale bills listing the buyers (often relatives and neighbors) and the receipts of heirs. Check the circuit court too, where heirs went to divide land.