Records that survive
These are the record series from Bollinger 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 Deeds1865–1957
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1866–1957
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1891
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1892
- Divorces · Circuit Court1884–1969
- Circuit Court Case File Index · Circuit Court1951–1981
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1951–1981
Deeds and land
- Miscellaneous Genealogy Record · County Clerk1811–1942
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1851–1932
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1852–1902
- Taxes · Collector1865–1899
- Assessments · County Assessor1868–1872
Wills and estates
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1866–1916
- Probate Records · Probate Court1866–1929
- Wills · Probate Court1866–1943
- Probate Minutes · Probate Court1871–1934
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1872–1995
- Bonds · Probate Court1874–1905
- Settlements · Probate Court1874–1935
- Probate Case File Index · Probate Court1887–1995
Naturalization
- Declaration of Intention · Circuit Court1909–1925
- Naturalizations · Circuit Court1909–1925
Military and pensions
- Soldier Discharge Index · Recorder of Deeds1918–1961
- Soldier Discharges · Recorder of Deeds1918–1943
Tax records
- Taxes · Collector1861–1899
- Assessments · County Assessor1867–1872
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1866–1958
- County Court Records · County Clerk1866–1917
- Special Execution Record · Collector1872–1876
- Judgments · County Clerk1876
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1880–1980
- Circuit Court Case File Index · Circuit Court1885–1980
- Circuit Court Record Index · Circuit Court1929–1967
Other records
- Little River Drainage District · County Clerk1908–1925
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 Bollinger 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: Bollinger 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, Bollinger" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Cape Girardeau County, Stoddard County, Wayne County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Cape Girardeau County, Stoddard County, Wayne County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1851, 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.