Records that survive
These are the record series from Audrain 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
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1837–1975
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1837–1939
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1885
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1885
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1886
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1886
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1837–1899
- General Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1837–1879
- Lands Subject to Taxation · County Clerk1838–1858
- Miscellaneous · Recorder of Deeds1838–1895
- Taxes · Collector1838–2020
- Lands Forfeited to The State · County Clerk1847
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1870–1900
Wills and estates
- Bonds · Probate Court1837–1900
- Guardian Bonds · Probate Court1837–1920
- Wills · Probate Court1837–1996
- Probate Records · Probate Court1838–1897
- Settlements · Probate Court1863–1888
- Inventories, Appraisements & · Probate Court1865–1919
- Letters · Probate Court1866–1897
- Will Index · Probate Court1880–1975
Military and pensions
- Soldier Discharges · Recorder of Deeds1865
- Civil War Discharges · Recorder of Deeds1866–1870
- Soldiers Memorial Association · Recorder of Deeds1920–1929
Tax records
- Assessments · County Assessor1838–1876
- Assessments & Taxes · County Assessor1862–1869
- Taxes · Collector1877–2020
- Statement of Collections · Collector1906
Court records
- Circuit Court Case File Index · Circuit Court1837–1911
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1837–1964
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1837–1888
- County Court Records · County Clerk1837–1866
- Minutes & Ordinances · City Clerk1914–1966
- Minutes · City Clerk1955–1996
Schools
- Estimate of School Expenses · Superintendent of Schools1873–1874
- Certificates Issued · Superintendent of Schools1877–1889
- Records · Superintendent of Schools1897–1958
- Teacher Reports · Superintendent of Schools1897–1973
- Teachers Report · Superintendent of Schools1897–1951
- Teacher Term Reports · Superintendent of Schools1935–1972
- General Information Forms · Superintendent of Schools1937–1972
- Exam Reports · Superintendent of Schools1938–1950
- Correspondence And Forms · Superintendent of Schools1940–1955
- Reading Circle Books · Superintendent of Schools1944–1946
- School Records · Superintendent of Schools1954–1982
Other records
- Commissions Issued · County Clerk1837–1871
- Marks & Brands · County Clerk1837–1971
- Record of Accounts · County Clerk1837–1849
- Road & Bridge Petitions · County Clerk1837–1902
- Stray Records · County Clerk1837–1851
- Wolf Scalp Receipts · County Clerk1843–1854
- State Census · County Clerk1850–1856
- Records · County Clerk1852–1859
- Township Maps · County Clerk1870–1874
- Ordinances · City Clerk1947–1997
- Treasurer's Report · City Fire Department1985–1992
- Expenses · City Fire Department1993
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 Audrain 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: Audrain 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, Audrain" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Ralls County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Ralls County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1831, 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.