Records that survive
These are the record series from Osage 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 Deeds1841–1994
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1895
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1893
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1898
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1894
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1893–1994
Deeds and land
- Land Patents · Recorder of Deeds1830–1870
- Abstract and Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1841–1989
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1841–1972
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1841–2000
- Land List · Recorder of Deeds1844
- Real Estate - Tax Book · Collector1845–2020
- Original Land Purchasers · Recorder of Deeds1858
- Plat Book · Recorder of Deeds1858–1962
- Taxes · Collector1858–2020
- Boundary Map · Recorder of Deeds1869
- Real Estate - Record of · Collector1871–2020
- Plat Maps of Linn, Mo · Recorder of Deeds1880
- Plat Book · County Clerk1885
- Osage County Road Record · County Clerk1886
- and 4 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Letters of Administration · Probate Court1841–1885
- Probate Court Records · Probate Court1841–1857
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1841–1918
- Probate Records · Probate Court1841–1892
- Wills · Probate Court1841–1960
- Witness Attendance Records · Probate Court1849–1879
- Settlements · Probate Court1854–1972
- Bonds · Probate Court1864–1914
- Inventories, Appraisements and · Probate Court1870–1891
- Supeonas · Probate Court1883–1887
- Appraisements · Probate Court1885–1898
- Inventories · Probate Court1889–1898
- Application For Appointments · Probate Court1891–1927
- Letters and Bonds · Probate Court1891–1923
- and 3 more series in the full listing
Naturalization
- County Court Records · County Clerk1841–1856
- Naturalizations · Circuit Court1841–1856
- Naturalization Papers · Circuit Court1867–1943
- Declaration of Intention · Circuit Court1882–1926
Military and pensions
- Military Bounty Book · Recorder of Deeds1864–1866
- Taxes · Collector1865–1866
- Soldier Records · Recorder of Deeds1917–1918
- Discharge, U.s. Army · Recorder of Deeds1919
- Veterans Book · Recorder of Deeds1919
- Civil War Pension Claim Records · Recorder of Deeds1921
- Veterans Discharge Records · Recorder of Deeds1943–1987
Tax records
- Tax List · County Clerk1844–1865
- Assessments · Assessor1845–1858
- Taxes · Collector1867–2020
- Merchant and Manufacturer · Collector1870–1920
- Railroad Tax Book · Collector1879–1903
- Register of License · Collector1891–1927
- Osage County Road Record · Assessor1906–1931
- Personal Property - Record of · Collector2007–2020
- Abstract Of Collections · Collector2017
Court records
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1840–1980
- Circuit Court Record Index · Circuit Court1841–1905
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1841–1890
- County Court Records · County Clerk1841–1902
- Docket Book · Circuit Court1841–1844
- Witness Attendance Records · Circuit Court1841–1859
- Minute Book · County Clerk1843–1857
- Index to County Court Records · County Clerk1877–1927
- Docket · Justice Of The Peace1881–1930
- Mayor's Docket · City Clerk1881–1922
- Assignment Register · Circuit Court1893
- Minutes · City Clerk1917–1999
- Justice of The Peace Docket · City Clerk1923–1945
- Board Minutes · Superintendent Of Schools1961
Schools
- Common School Report · Superintendent Of Schools1865
- School Records · Superintendent Of Schools1872–1964
- Model School Register · Superintendent Of Schools1903–1943
- Enumeration Folders · Superintendent Of Schools1913–1976
- Attendance Records · Superintendent Of Schools1917–1930
- Register of School Fund Loaned · Superintendent Of Schools1919–1940
- Official Board of Education · Superintendent Of Schools1935–1938
- List of Teachers · Superintendent Of Schools1957–1958
Other records
- Bonds · County Clerk1841–1867
- Index to Proceedings · County Clerk1841–1949
- Strays · County Clerk1841–1877
- Miscellaneous Index · County Clerk1843–1857
- Osage County Road & Bridge · County Clerk1869–1946
- State Census · County Clerk1876
- County Poor Farm Records · County Clerk1883–1951
- Register · City Clerk1892–1968
- Notary Public Book · County Clerk1901
- Atlas · County Clerk1913
- Bonds · City Clerk1928–1966
- Wpa Road Works · County Clerk1929–1943
- Special Road District · County Clerk1931–1952
- Water Supply · County Clerk1972
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 Osage 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: Osage 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, Osage" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Gasconade County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Gasconade County
Later formed partly from Osage County: Maries 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.