Records that survive
These are the record series from Miller 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
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1837–1993
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1837–1972
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1891
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1889
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1891
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1889
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1837–1944
- Power of Attorney · Recorder of Deeds1838–1955
- Taxes · Collector1843–1981
- Lease Records · Recorder of Deeds1855–1909
- Surveyor Records · Surveyor1855–1860
- Swampland Patents · County Clerk1858–1934
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1867–1982
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1871–1895
- Tax Judgement Book · Collector1873–1876
- Mortgages · Recorder of Deeds1901
- Conveyance of Right of Way · County Clerk1907–1915
- Appraisements · Probate Court1913–1939
- Probate Records · Probate Court1915–1945
- Tax Sale · Collector1934–1939
- and 1 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Bonds · Probate Court1837–1902
- Letters of Administration · Probate Court1837–1886
- Probate Case File Index · Probate Court1837–1939
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1837–1939
- Probate Records · Probate Court1837–1980
- Wills · Probate Court1840–1980
- Settlements · Probate Court1849–1987
- Inventories · Probate Court1855–1865
- Appraisements & Sale Bills · Probate Court1865–1917
- Appraisements · Probate Court1865–1886
- Notices · Probate Court1868–1885
- Probate Minutes · Probate Court1869–1981
- Guardian & Curator · Probate Court1895–1902
- Inventories & Appraisements · Probate Court1917–1981
- and 3 more series in the full listing
Naturalization
- Declaration of Intentions · Circuit Court1909–1929
Military and pensions
- Discharge of Soldiers · Recorder of Deeds1860–1918
- Blind Pension Records · Probate Court1923–1946
- Military Draft Registration · County Clerk1930
Tax records
- Taxes · Collector1867–1989
- Board Minutes/Taxpayers · County Clerk1874–1909
- Poll Tax · County Clerk1899–1937
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1925–1982
- Bonds · County Clerk1951–1952
- Assessments · Collector1952–1989
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1837–1888
- County Court Records · County Clerk1837–1949
- Board of Equalization Minutes · County Clerk1867–1982
- School Meeting Minutes · County Clerk1871–1884
- Docket · Justice of the Peace1873–1942
- Board Minutes · County Clerk1878–1953
- Board Minutes/Enumerations · County Clerk1882–1951
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1887–1985
- School Board Minutes · Public School District1899–1979
- Board Records and Minutes · County Clerk1916–1945
- Minutes · County Clerk1927–1964
- Board Minutes/Warrants · County Clerk1934–1950
- Board Minutes/Attendance · County Clerk1941–1946
- Clerk's Record/Minute Book · County Clerk1943–1946
Schools
- Teacher's Register · County Clerk1879–1963
- School Register · County Clerk1890–1961
- School Funds · County Clerk1892–1943
- School District Record · County Clerk1903–1926
- Teachers Register · Public School District1907–1944
- School District Records · County Clerk1910–1959
- School Enumerations · County Clerk1911–1939
- District Clerk's Records · Superintendent Of Schools1919–1940
- Common School Diplomas · County Clerk1923
- Oath of Directors/Teacher's · County Clerk1926–1939
- Permanent Records (High School · County Clerk1930–1950
- Room Register · County Clerk1934–1937
- Teacher's Register/District · County Clerk1936–1942
- Attendance Register · County Clerk1937–1945
- and 6 more series in the full listing
Other records
- Marks & Brands · County Clerk1837–1971
- Commissions · County Clerk1838–1879
- Bond Register · County Clerk1854–1965
- Record of Meeting and Report · County Clerk1870–1885
- Estray & Stray Records · County Clerk1880–1910
- Health Certificates · County Clerk1883–1914
- Physicians & Surgeons Register · County Clerk1883–1915
- State Board of Health · County Clerk1883–1982
- District Clerk's Record · County Clerk1889–1959
- Coroner Inquests · Coroner1891–1972
- Clerk's Record · County Clerk1892–1955
- Board of Health Certificates · County Clerk1893–1909
- Record of Explosives · County Clerk1897–1914
- Dental Exam Certificates · County Clerk1898–1966
- and 19 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
- Miller 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: Miller 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, Miller" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Cole County, Pulaski County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Cole County, Pulaski County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1837, 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.