Records that survive
These are the record series from Laclede 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 Deeds1849–1972
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1899
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1906–1993
- Marriage Applications · Recorder of Deeds1934–1973
- Marriage Licenses Index · Recorder of Deeds1992–2009
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1829–1973
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1849–2009
- Patent Record Index · Recorder of Deeds1857–1967
- Patent Records · Recorder of Deeds1857–1992
- Swamp Land Records · Recorder of Deeds1857–1944
- Swamp Land Sales · Recorder of Deeds1858–1931
- Swamp Land Patents · Recorder of Deeds1875–1975
- Notice of Levy On Real Estate · Recorder of Deeds1885–1968
- Cemetery Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1891–1962
- Homestead Records · Recorder of Deeds1891–1908
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1893–1999
- Instruments Filed · Recorder of Deeds1894–1903
- Instruments Register · Recorder of Deeds1894–1966
- Abstract & Index To Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1899–1993
- and 9 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Minutes · Probate Court1848–1856
- Probate Record General Index · Probate Court1849–1979
- Records · Probate Court1849–1859
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1850–1908
- Probate Records · Probate Court1850–1978
- Wills & Administration · Probate Court1850–1883
- Wills · Probate Court1850–1978
- Settlements · Probate Court1851–1978
- Abstract of Demands · Probate Court1852–1948
- Bonds · Probate Court1852–1978
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1852–1980
- Inventories & Appraisements · Probate Court1855–1883
- Inventories · Probate Court1855–1978
- Sale Bills · Probate Court1855–1952
- and 13 more series in the full listing
Military and pensions
- Military Record Index · Recorder of Deeds1918–1993
- Military Records · Recorder of Deeds1918–1968
- Military Service Records · Recorder of Deeds1919–1969
Tax records
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1902–1999
- Appraisments · Probate Court1912–1915
- Taxes · Probate Court1920–1962
- Tax Book · Collector1931–1945
- Taxes · Collector2000–2020
Court records
- Docket · Probate Court1849–1953
- Dockets · Probate Court1873–1875
- Minutes · Probate Court1944–1979
- Minutes · City Clerk1952–1997
- Orders Refusing Letters · Probate Court1956–1976
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1993–1996
Schools
- School Records · County Clerk1870–1937
- District Clerk's Records · Superintendent of Schools1887–1889
- Teacher's Term Reports · Superintendent of Schools1919–1967
Other records
- Ear Marks & Brands · County Clerk1863–1988
- Stray Records · County Clerk1885–1919
- Ordinances · City Clerk1887–1997
- Homestead Records · County Clerk1897–1908
- Resolutions · City Clerk1952–1980
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
- Laclede 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: Laclede 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, Laclede" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Camden County, Pulaski County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Camden County, Pulaski County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1849, 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.