Records that survive
These are the record series from Christian 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
- Record of Births · County Clerk1840–1904
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1866–1917
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1884
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1887
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1895
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1886–1923
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1861–1970
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1865–1994
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1865–1899
- Assessments · County Assessor1868–1885
- Conveyance of Right of Way · County Clerk1882–1984
Wills and estates
- Wills · Probate Court1864–1925
- Bonds · Probate Court1865–1896
- Inventories · Probate Court1865–1913
- Letters of Administration · Probate Court1866–1875
- Settlements · Probate Court1866–1899
- Probate Records · Probate Court1870–1891
- Letters & Applications · Probate Court1875–1904
- Probate Minutes · Probate Court1881–1890
Tax records
- Taxes · Collector1870–1900
- Poll Tax Book · County Clerk1905–1920
Court records
- Circuit Court Case File Index · Circuit Court1860–1899
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1860–1962
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1865–1891
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1865–2001
- County Court Records · County Clerk1865–1987
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1882–1994
- Circuit Court Record Index · Circuit Court1883–1891
- Docket · Justice of the Peace1906–1947
- Minutes · City Clerk1907–2000
- Special Road District Minutes · County Clerk1910–1918
- Justice of The Peace Case Files · Justice of the Peace1928–1945
Other records
- Warrant Register · County Clerk1870–1994
- State Census · County Clerk1876
- Pharmacists Certificates · County Clerk1881–1919
- Board of Health Certificates · County Clerk1883–1985
- Stray Animal Notices · County Clerk1887–1915
- Road Reports · County Clerk1893–1898
- County Ward Book · County Clerk1897–1915
- Ordinances & Resolutions · City Clerk1900–2000
- Ordinances · City Clerk1904–2000
- Atlas · County Clerk1912
- Audit Report · County Clerk1917–1922
- Nurse's License Register · County Clerk1922–1932
- County Patients Register · County Clerk1942–1975
- Resolutions · City Clerk1948–1995
- and 5 more series in the full listing
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
- Christian 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: Christian 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, Christian" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Greene County, Taney County, Webster County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Greene County, Taney County, Webster County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1859, 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.