Records that survive
These are the record series from Moniteau 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
- Marriages1845–1917
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1889
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1887
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1894
Deeds and land
- Deeds1845–1939
- Index to Deeds1845–1996
- Taxes · Collector1849–1899
- School District Records · Superintendent Of Schools1941
- Deed Book · Recorder1975
Wills and estates
- Inventories and Sale Bills · Probate Court1844–1885
- Bonds · Probate Court1845–1897
- Letters of Administration · Probate Court1845–1877
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1845–1959
- Probate Records · Probate Court1845–1893
- Settlements · Probate Court1845–1894
- Wills · Probate Court1845–1923
- Probate Docket · Probate Court1857–1876
- Notices And Affidavits · Probate Court1864–1875
- Abstract of Demands · Probate Court1866–1911
- School District Records · Superintendent Of Schools1925–1932
Records of free Black and enslaved people
- Federal Census · County Clerk1850
Tax records
- Taxes · Collector1847–1899
- Assessments · Superintendent Of Schools1927–1946
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1845–1898
- Index to Cases · Circuit Court1845–1980
- Common Pleas Records · Court Of Common Pleas1869–1899
- Docket · Justice Of The Peace1870–1956
- Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1882–1937
- Board Minutes · County Clerk1931–1934
- Board Minutes/Enumerations · County Clerk1942–1947
Schools
- Provost Marshal Record Book · Superintendent Of Schools1862
- Board of Education Records · Superintendent Of Schools1866–1870
- School Enumerations · Superintendent Of Schools1870–1897
- School Records · Superintendent Of Schools1870–1942
- School District Records · Superintendent Of Schools1878–1953
- School Register · Superintendent Of Schools1882–1950
- Miscellaneous School Records · Superintendent Of Schools1900–1912
- Pupil Register · Superintendent Of Schools1915–1948
- District Clerk's Record · County Clerk1925–1930
- Enumerations · County Clerk1948–1951
- Enumeration Records · Superintendent Of Schools1952–1969
Other records
- State Census · County Clerk1876
- Class Register · County Clerk1938–1952
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
- Find Moniteau County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the recorder of deeds, the probate court and the circuit clerk.
- 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: Moniteau 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, Moniteau" 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, Morgan County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Cole County, Morgan County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1845, 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.