Records that survive
These are the record series from Warren 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 Deeds1833–1963
- Permanent Record of Births · County Clerk1883–1889
- Register of Births And Stillbirths · County Clerk1883–1889
- Register of Deaths · County Clerk1883–1889
- Permanent Record of Deaths · County Clerk1884–1894
- Marriage Applications · Recorder of Deeds1901–1920
- Index to Marriages · Recorder of Deeds1985
Deeds and land
- Abstract and Index to Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1833–1985
- Deeds · Recorder of Deeds1833–1969
- Real Estate - Tax Book · Collector1867–1971
- Cemetery Deeds · City Clerk1889–2005
- Assessments · Collector1900
- Collector's Deeds · Collector1941–1994
- Assessments and Taxes · Collector1972–1996
Wills and estates
- Probate Case Files · Probate Court1833–1900
- Probate Records · Probate Court1833–1889
- Wills · Probate Court1833–1918
- Wills and Bonds · Probate Court1843–1877
- Settlements · Probate Court1868–1896
Naturalization
- Naturalizations · Circuit Court1880–1927
Tax records
- Taxes · Collector1843–1996
- Assessments and Taxes · Assessor1848–1855
- Assessments and Taxes · Collector1868–1996
- Merchant and Manufacturer · Collector1886–1985
- Railroad Tax Book · Collector1925–1996
- Personal Property - Record of · Collector1935–1996
Court records
- Circuit Court Records · Circuit Court1833–1886
- County Court Records · County Clerk1833–1850
- Chancery Record Proceedings · Circuit Court1834
- Justice of The Peace Case Files · Justice Of The Peace1834–1878
- Circuit Court Case Files · Circuit Court1835–1900
- Minutes · City Clerk1895–2010
Schools
- Board of Education Meeting · Superintendent Of Schools1990–2002
Other records
- Cemetery Interments · City Clerk1854–2006
- Cemetery Lot Owner Cards · City Clerk1854–2006
- Cemetery Records · City Clerk1854–2005
- Audit Reports · City Clerk1902
- Ordinances · City Clerk1927–2001
- Resolutions · City Clerk1958
- General Ledger · City Clerk1965–1999
- Building Permits · City Clerk1968–1996
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 Warren 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: Warren 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, Warren" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Montgomery County
Check the parent county for earlier records: Montgomery County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1833, 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.