Records that survive
These are the record series from Taney 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 Deeds1885–1913
- Marriage Licenses · Recorder of Deeds1886–1934
- Marriage Licenses & Applications · Recorder of Deeds1934–1972
Deeds and land
- Township Plats of Taney County · County Clerk1840–1920
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1881–1906
- Abstract of Collections · Collector1885–1897
- Abstract & Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1886–1895
- Assessments · County Assessor1886–1936
- Plat Book · Collector1886
- Taxes · Collector1886–1996
- Notaries,phys,pharmacists,bnds · County Clerk1887–1934
- Road Petitions, Surveys, & · County Clerk1895–1989
- Conveyances of Right of Ways · County Clerk1896–1976
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1929–1978
- Assessment & Taxes · Collector1975–1977
- Building Permits · City Clerk1981–1997
- Blueprints/Drawings w/Hwy 76 · City Clerk1993–1996
- and 1 more series in the full listing
Wills and estates
- Probate & Will Records · Probate Court1888–1916
- Work Projects Administration · County Clerk1939
- Blueprints/Drawings · City Clerk1998
Military and pensions
- Military Service Records · County Clerk1918–1921
Tax records
- Assessments & Taxes · Collector1883–1989
- Abstract of Collections · Collector1886–1934
- Taxes · Collector1888–1997
- Collector's Accounts · Collector1895–1900
- Warrant Register · Collector1898–1906
- Fee Bills · Collector1899–1907
- Assessments · County Assessor1902–1940
- Statement of Collections · Collector1914–1915
- Taxes · County Clerk1915–1921
- Assessment & Taxes · Collector1936–1937
- Blueprints/Drawings w/Pat Nash · City Clerk1986–1995
- Taxpayer Index · Collector1986–1991
Court records
- Court Orders · County Clerk1851–1899
- Circuit Court Case File Index · Circuit Court1879–1899
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1879–1899
- County Court Records · County Clerk1885–1994
- Minutes · County Clerk1885–1994
- Abstract of Juror Certificates · Circuit Court1886–1892
- County Court Record Index · County Clerk1886–1995
- Minutes · Circuit Court1886–1922
- Witness Claims · Circuit Court1886–1927
- Bar Dockets · Circuit Court1888–1917
- Court Fees · Circuit Court1888–1895
- County Court Minutes · County Clerk1896–1921
- General Docket & Fee Book · Sheriff1897–1909
- Docket · Justice of the Peace1911–1938
- and 9 more series in the full listing
Schools
- Public School Funds · Treasurer1879–1897
- School Notes & Bonds · Superintendent of Schools1881–1898
- Apportionment to School Fund · Treasurer1886–1895
- Teachers' Registers · Superintendent of Schools1886–1918
- Abstract of Collections · Collector1888–1895
- School District Accounts · Superintendent of Schools1895–1898
- Register of School Bonds · Superintendent of Schools1909–1925
- School District Enumerations · County Clerk1936–1946
- Board of Education · Public School District1955–1991
Other records
- Treasurer's Ledger · Treasurer1874–1909
- Journal · Treasurer1879–1907
- Ledgers · Treasurer1879–1924
- Accounts · Treasurer1885–1915
- Estray & Stray Records · County Clerk1885–1941
- Marks & Brands · County Clerk1886–1972
- Cash Book · Treasurer1893–1901
- Warrant Register · County Clerk1896–1923
- Dentist License & Diplomas · County Clerk1897–1914
- Bonds · County Clerk1901–1991
- Hunters Licenses · County Clerk1905–1906
- Stray Notices · County Clerk1908–1919
- Explosives · County Clerk1913–1917
- Ordinances · City Clerk1913–1983
- and 35 more series in the full listing
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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
- Taney 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: Taney 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, Taney" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Greene County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Greene County
Later formed partly from Taney County: Christian County, Stone County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1835, 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.