Records that survive
These are the record series from Jasper 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 Deeds1841–1969
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1896
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1897
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1897
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1884–1892
- Birth Register · City Clerk1907–1910
- Death Register · City Clerk1907–1910
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1989–1998
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1841–1972
- Index to Deeds and Mortgages · Recorder of Deeds1841–1887
- Mortgages · Recorder of Deeds1859–1937
- Index to Mortgages · Recorder of Deeds1887–1988
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1888–1999
- Plat Book · County Clerk1905
- Abstract and Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1940–1946
- Index to Releases · Recorder of Deeds1970–1989
- Real Estate - Record of · Collector1977–2000
- Real Estate - Tax Book · Collector1983–2000
- Taxes · Collector1983–2002
- Index to Federal Tax Liens · Recorder of Deeds1989–2000
- Index to Request For Notice · Recorder of Deeds1989–2000
- Index to State Tax Liens · Recorder of Deeds1989–2000
- and 3 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Probate Case File Index · Probate Court1841–1924
- Probate Estate Books · Probate Court1841–1873
- Probate Minutes · Probate Court1841–1861
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1841–1924
- Wills · Probate Court1842–1916
- Bonds and Letters · Probate Court1865–1908
- Probate Records · Probate Court1865–1886
Military and pensions
- Soldier Discharges · Recorder of Deeds1919–1974
Tax records
- Merchant and Manufacturer · Collector1869–1994
- Personal Property - Record of · Collector1877–2002
- Taxes · Collector1893–2005
- Assessments and Taxes · Collector1895–1903
- Fairview Cemetery Records · Collector1911–1942
- Sexton Reports · Collector1911–1990
- Personal Property - Tax · Collector1983–1995
- Railroad Tax Book · Collector1987–2001
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1841–1886
- County Court Records · County Clerk1841–1946
- Docket Books · County Clerk1842–1861
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1852–1899
- Jasper Co. Circuit Court Case · Circuit Court1861–1891
- Jasper County Circuit Court · Circuit Court1870–1887
- City Council Minutes · City Clerk1872–1998
- Circuit Court Record Index · Circuit Court1879–1889
- School Board Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1888–1979
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1891–1918
- Normal School Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1892
- County Court Record Indexes · County Clerk1918–1941
- Docket · Justice Of The Peace1931–1937
- Council-chamber · City Clerk1934–1935
- and 5 more series in the full listing
Schools
- School District Records · Superintendent Of Schools1879–1937
- School Registers · Superintendent Of Schools1896
- School Enumerations · Superintendent Of Schools1901
- · Public School District1950–1955
Other records
- Ordinances · City Clerk1873–2018
- Atlas · County Clerk1876
- Cemetery Records · City Clerk1877–1997
- Resolutions · City Clerk1880–1997
- Memorial Hall Plans · City Clerk1890–1898
- City Directories · City Clerk1896–1947
- County Directories · County Clerk1896–1912
- Childrens Home Records · City Clerk1899–1981
- Business Directories · City Clerk1901
- Ordinance Index · City Clerk1902–1983
- County Directories · City Clerk1913
- Sewer Permits · Public Works Superintendent1915–1980
- Miscellaneous Papers · Public Works Superintendent1933–1959
- Semi-annual Report · Public Works Superintendent1952–1980
- and 10 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
- Jasper 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: Jasper 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, Jasper" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
Offices change their hours and access rules; call before you visit.
Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Land not yet in any county
Later formed partly from Jasper County: Barton County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1841, 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.