Records that survive
These are the record series from Nodaway 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 Deeds1845–1927
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1845–1969
- Permanent Record of Births and · County Clerk1883–1931
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1893
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1889
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1893
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1886–1931
- Marriage Applications · Recorder of Deeds1899–1969
Deeds and land
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1840–1969
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1845–1873
- Abstract and Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1871–1990
- Assessment Book · Assessor1873
- Selective Service Record · Recorder of Deeds1940–1946
- Selective Service Records · Recorder of Deeds1940–1946
- Survey Book · Surveyor1988–1991
Wills and estates
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1845–1889
- Probate Records · Probate Court1845–1891
- Wills · Probate Court1846–1919
- Administration Records · Probate Court1858–1864
- Appraisements · Probate Court1871–1888
Military and pensions
- Military Discharges · Recorder of Deeds1865–1956
- Military Discharge Records · Recorder of Deeds1866
- Biography and Service Records · Recorder of Deeds1919–1920
Tax records
- Assessment Book · Assessor1859–1880
- School Tax Book · Collector1870–1877
Court records
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1845–1877
- Circuit Court Index · Circuit Court1845–1897
- County Court Minute Index · County Clerk1845–1991
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1845–1990
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1846–1887
- County Court Docket · County Clerk1854–1864
- County Court Execution Book · County Clerk1859–1866
- County Court Judgment Docket · County Clerk1859–1865
- Board Minutes · Public School District1871–1986
- Board of Education Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1980–1994
- School Board Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1985
Schools
- Teachers Contracts · Superintendent Of Schools1871–1975
- District Clerks Records · Superintendent Of Schools1873–1958
- Enumerations · Superintendent Of Schools1883–1975
- Attendance Records · Superintendent Of Schools1896–1917
- Permanent Grade Records · Superintendent Of Schools1903–1920
- Audits · Public School District1929–1975
- Teachers Records · Superintendent Of Schools1932–1938
- Clerks Record · Superintendent Of Schools1939–1944
- Non-teachers Contracts · Superintendent Of Schools1956–1975
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 Nodaway 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: Nodaway 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, Nodaway" 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
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1843, 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.