Records that survive
These are the record series from Gasconade 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 Deeds1822–1969
- Record of Births · County Clerk1822–1907
- Index to Marriage Licenses · Recorder of Deeds1883–2003
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1896
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1896
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1891
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1901
- Register of Births · County Clerk1891–1896
- Death Records · County Clerk1900–1920
Deeds and land
- Original Survey #3004 Granted · City Assessor1799
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1821–1984
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1821–1992
- Taxes · Collector1821–2020
- Swampland Records · County Clerk1826–1873
- Tax List · County Clerk1833–1835
- Board of Trustees · City Clerk1836–1942
- Plat Maps · County Clerk1837–1841
- General Land Grants · City Clerk1840–1841
- Tax Assessments and Payments · City Clerk1851–1895
- Town Trustees · City Clerk1868–1912
- Original Surveyor's Record Of · City Assessor1888
- Assessments · City Assessor1913–1921
- Deeds · County Clerk1932–1945
- and 5 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Probate Case File Index · Probate Court1821–1996
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1821–1996
- Wills · Probate Court1821–1918
- Bonds · Probate Court1825–1896
- Letters · Probate Court1825–1896
- Probate Records · Probate Court1827–1891
- Allowance Records · Probate Court1828–1856
- German Settlement Society in · City Clerk1836–1845
- German Settlement Society · City Clerk1838–1839
- Settlements · Probate Court1841–1907
- Probate Ledger · Probate Court1849–1867
- Appraisements · Probate Court1866–1888
- Inventories · Probate Court1867–1888
- Inventory Ledger · Probate Court1867–1893
- and 4 more series in the full listing
Naturalization
- Naturalization Papers · Circuit Court1834–1904
- Naturalization Records · City Clerk1834
- Declaration of Intention · Circuit Court1844–1949
- Naturalizations · Circuit Court1894–1929
- Naturalization Certificates · Circuit Court1907–1931
- Naturalization Petitions · Circuit Court1929–1949
Military and pensions
- Military Records · County Clerk1821–1865
- Military Service Records · County Clerk1918–1923
Tax records
- Assessments · Assessor1821–1827
- Taxes · Collector1822–2021
- Coroner Inquests · Collector1832–1992
- Merchant Accounts · County Clerk1834–1837
- Treasurer and Collector Accounts · Treasurer1836–1865
- Accounts · City Clerk1841
- Register - Lots Sold For Taxes · Treasurer1849
- Lots Sold For Taxes · City Clerk1855–1871
- Coroner Inquest Index · Collector1862–1942
- Merchant's and Tavern Licenses · City Clerk1865–1872
- Collector's and Treasurer's · City Clerk1871–1911
- Tax Assessments and Payments · City Clerk1871–1895
- Railroad Tax Book · Collector1879–2015
- Assessors Abstract · Recorder of Deeds1885–1973
- and 9 more series in the full listing
Court records
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1821–1910
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1821–1925
- Courthouse Records · County Clerk1821–1905
- Petitions · County Clerk1825
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1826–2003
- Minutes · Probate Court1827–1844
- City Meeting · City Clerk1839–1877
- Gasconade County Circuit Court · Circuit Court1844–1885
- County Court Minute Index · County Clerk1853–1938
- Immigration Record Index · Circuit Court1853–1867
- Circuit Court Record Index · Circuit Court1868–1888
- Town Council · City Clerk1893–1950
Schools
- German School · City Clerk1836–1912
- German School Board Records · City Clerk1849–1915
- Hermann School District · City Clerk1852–1866
- County School Records · City Clerk1876–1892
- German School Board Expenses · City Clerk1895–1914
- Special Census Enumerations · County Clerk1909
Other records
- Jurors Drawn · County Clerk1820–1845
- Bonds · County Clerk1821–1842
- Election Results · County Clerk1822–1902
- Road Petitions · County Clerk1822–1937
- Oaths of Office · County Clerk1823–1959
- Licenses · County Clerk1824–1925
- Estray and Stray Records · County Clerk1826–1920
- Petitions · County Clerk1835–1925
- Charles Roark Property Receipt · Treasurer1836
- Ordinance Book · City Clerk1836–1912
- Stock Book Index · City Clerk1836–1912
- Stock Book · City Clerk1836–1912
- Property Transactions · City Clerk1837–1842
- Sale of Lots - Records · City Clerk1838–1861
- and 22 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
- Gasconade 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: Gasconade 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, Gasconade" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Franklin County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Franklin County
Later formed partly from Gasconade County: Osage 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.