Records that survive
These are the record series from Boone 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 Deeds1821–1919
- Marriages · Justice of the Peace1859–1886
- Marriage Licenses · Recorder of Deeds1940–1960
- Orders For Marriage License · Probate Court1940–1960
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1821–1886
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1821–1890
- Taxes · Collector1861–2014
- Assessments · County Assessor1875–1933
- Assessments · Collector1888–1905
- Plat Map · Recorder of Deeds1893
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1934–1987
- Tax Index · Collector1993–2014
Wills and estates
- Probate Case File Index · Probate Court1819–1981
- Probate Estates Index · Probate Court1820–1860
- Wills · Probate Court1821–1968
- Probate Accounts · Probate Court1823–1837
- Probate Fees · Probate Court1825–1970
- Inventories · Probate Court1855–1870
- Inventories & Appraisements · Probate Court1858–1980
- Probate Estate Index · Probate Court1860–1900
- Notices · Probate Court1861–1873
- Bonds · Probate Court1869–1969
- Letters · Probate Court1869–1974
- Letters, Testamentary · Probate Court1869–1895
- Probate Records · Probate Court1872–1972
- Bonds & Applications · Probate Court1875–1955
- and 19 more series in the full listing
Military and pensions
- Blind Pensioners · Probate Court1934
Tax records
- Income Tax · County Clerk1863–1866
- Taxes · Collector1870–2014
- Assessments · Collector1887–1900
- Assessments · County Assessor1889–1933
- Divisions of Columbia Index · Collector1926
- Collector's Accounts · Collector1929–1933
- Tax Statements · Collector1930
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1939–1971
- Inheritance Tax Judgments · Probate Court1968–1977
Court records
- Circuit Court Case File Index · Circuit Court1821–1903
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1821–1974
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1821–1925
- County Court Records · County Clerk1821–1970
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1824–1961
- County Order Book Index · County Clerk1836–1863
- Records · Justice of the Peace1839–1861
- City Council Minutes · City Clerk1851–1925
- Circuit Court Record Index · Circuit Court1859–1935
- Common Plea Case Files · Court of Common Pleas1860–1921
- Common Pleas Records · Court of Common Pleas1860–1913
- Docket · Court of Common Pleas1860–1918
- Execution Docket · Court of Common Pleas1860–1901
- Index to Court Papers · Court of Common Pleas1860–1912
- and 9 more series in the full listing
Other records
- Records · Justice of the Peace1839–1905
- Certificates · Justice of the Peace1890–1915
- Dental Examiner Certificates · County Clerk1897–1961
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
- Boone County official website
Hours, addresses and phone numbers for the recorder of deeds, the probate court and the circuit clerk, and any online record search the county offers.
- 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: Boone 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, Boone" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Howard County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Howard County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1821, 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.