Records that survive
These are the record series from Randolph 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 Deeds1829–1895
- Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1829–1974
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1889
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1889
Deeds and land
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1829–1962
- Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1830–1993
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1841–1970
- Abstract & Index to Mortgages · Recorder of Deeds1875–1925
- Assessments · City Clerk1896
- Index to Mortgages · Recorder of Deeds1925–1962
- Taxes · Collector1947–2009
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1984–1989
Wills and estates
- Probate Record Index · Probate Court1829–1888
- Probate Records · Probate Court1829–1888
- Wills & Bonds · Probate Court1836–1920
- Wills · Probate Court1836–2000
- Settlements · Probate Court1843–1976
- Inventories & Sale Bills · Probate Court1855–1877
- Bonds · Probate Court1873–1926
- Letters of Administration · Probate Court1873–1920
- Inventories · Probate Court1877–1894
- Will Index · Probate Court1877–1914
- Appraisements · Probate Court1883–1899
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1886–1994
Military and pensions
- Discharge Index · Recorder of Deeds1918–1970
- Service Record Discharge · Recorder of Deeds1919–1968
- Soldier Discharges · Recorder of Deeds1967–1987
Tax records
- Taxes · Collector1965–2015
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1987–1993
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1858–1891
- First Record of Minutes · City Clerk1868–1872
- Minutes · City Clerk1868–2018
- Common Pleas · Court of Common Pleas1875–1886
- Board Minutes · Public School District1889–1991
- Miscellaneous Case Files · Probate Court1931–1977
Other records
- Atlas · County Clerk1876–1910
- Ordinances · City Clerk1891–2006
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 Randolph 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: Randolph 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, Randolph" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Ralls County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Ralls County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1829, 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.