Records that survive
These are the record series from Greene 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 Deeds1833–1916
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1895
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1889
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1902
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1884–1889
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1899–1905
- Docket · Justice Of The Peace1912–1914
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1833–1969
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1833–1886
- Taxes · Assessor1843–1899
- Board of Trustees Minutes · City Clerk1912–1988
- Deeds · City Clerk1917–2003
- Assessment and Taxes · Collector1963–1977
- Real Estate - Tax Book · Collector1963–1973
- Taxes · Collector1963–1965
- Assessments and Taxes · Collector1974–1988
- Real Estate Tax Books · Collector1989–1990
- Real Estate Tax Stubs · City Clerk1989–1991
- Land and Park Purchase · City Clerk1990
- Biglieni Beauty Shop · City Clerk1994
- Biglieni Mini-Storage · City Clerk1996
- and 2 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Probate Records · Probate Court1830–1885
- Settlements · Probate Court1833–1970
- Bonds · Probate Court1834–1895
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1835–1993
- Wills · Probate Court1840–1983
- Probate Court Minutes · Probate Court1847–1950
- Inventories, Appraisements and · Probate Court1855–1970
- Probate and Common Pleas · Probate Court1856–1857
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1860–1967
- Inventories · Probate Court1865–1956
- Letters · Probate Court1882–1885
- Appraisements · Probate Court1885–1928
- Sale Records · Probate Court1893–1909
- Settlement Record - andWorld's · Probate Court1906
- and 23 more series in the full listing
Naturalization
- Naturalizations · Circuit Court1868–1888
- Senior Citizen Friendship Center · City Clerk1990
Military and pensions
- Blind Pension Records · Probate Court1921–1933
Tax records
- Assessors Book · Assessor1830
- Taxes · Assessor1833–1899
- Coroner Inquests · Collector1834–1932
- Direct Inheritance Tax Record · Probate Court1919
- Inheritance Tax Due · Probate Court1927–1970
- Collateral Inheritance Tax Record · Probate Court1961
- Taxes · Collector1963–1984
- Taxes, Deposits, and Receipts · City Clerk1985–1988
- Greene County Collector · Collector1991
- Miscellaneous Records · City Clerk1991
Court records
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1830–1899
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1833–1885
- Docket · Justice Of The Peace1835–1916
- County Court Records · County Clerk1871–1911
- County Poor Farm Records · County Clerk1875–1969
- Minutes · City Clerk1896–2002
- Board Minutes · City Clerk1897–1989
- Orders of Publication · Probate Court1900–1932
- Commitment Order to Training · County Clerk1917–1919
- School Board Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1959–1990
- Minutes And Sewer Bonds · City Clerk1960–1980
- Executive Council Minutes · Justice Of The Peace1966–1972
- Minutes and Agendas · City Clerk1969–2008
- Casey's General Store Add · City Clerk1991
- and 4 more series in the full listing
Schools
- School District Records · Superintendent Of Schools1908–1923
- Attendance Records · Superintendent Of Schools1924–1993
- R3 High School Addition · City Clerk1995
- R-3 Middle School Corridor · City Clerk1996
- R-III School District Additions · City Clerk2004
Other records
- Indenture of Apprenticeships · County Clerk1833–1854
- Wolf Scalp Bounties · County Clerk1843–1877
- State Census · County Clerk1844–1876
- Abstract of Titles · City Clerk1852–1969
- County Poor Farm Records · County Clerk1855–1980
- Warrant Register · County Clerk1870–1946
- Patient Register · County Clerk1881–1926
- Committee Reports · City Clerk1901–1938
- Annual Reports · City Clerk1905–1950
- Hunters License Register · County Clerk1905–1919
- Ordinances · City Clerk1907–2020
- Hawk Bounties · County Clerk1921
- Map of Ash Grove · City Clerk1925
- Audits · City Clerk1956–1999
- and 136 more series in the full listing
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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
- Greene 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: Greene 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, Greene" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Greene County: Barry County, Christian County, Polk County, Taney County, Webster County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1833, 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.