Howard County, Missouri

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Howard County is available for adoption, if interested please e-mail Mel for details.
     
Table of Contents
 History  & Biographies ~ Maps ~ Military ~ What's New ~ Odds & Ends
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Lookups ~ Queries
 "Missouri Meanderings" ~ Eclectic Missouri resources to enhance your GenWeb Experience [Off Site]



Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Lookups ~ Queries

Vital Records

Permanent record of births 1883-1889,  Fayette, Howard County, Missouri
Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935
Marriage Records and other Vitals from FS
Marriages from other States & Counties

Howard County Marriages: Bartels, Carolyn M, Compiler. 1834-1864 [2 Books]
Howard County, Marriage Abstracts, Gibbons, Carolyn, Compiler, 1860-1881 Bk 4 [White]
Missouri Marriages: 1805-1887 [Book] - Howard County Section [No Editor or Date of Publication]
Howard County Marriages,
Ellsberry, Elizabeth P, Compiler, 1816-1850 [Book]

FS Marriage Films: Access, Log in, Catalog, Search, Enter Film # in Fiche/Film Slot

FS: Howard County Marriage Records Film #
Marriage records index, 1816-1939. 963477
Marriage record, vol. 1-3, 1816-1864. 963472
Marriage records, 1865-1879 Marriage records, v. 4A, 1860-1885. 963473
Marriage record, vol. 1-2, 1881-1893. 963474
Marriage record, vol. 3-4, 1893-1904. 963475
Marriage record, vol. 5-7, 1903-1919. 963476

Some of the Marriage Records from the above list are also in book form.
They may be found here.

Also, when looking for Marriage Records, it is always a good idea to look to other States
Here is a list of Marriage Databases for Ancestry that might prove fruitful

'Use POB as a Search Parameter'
Montana Marriages: 1943 - 1986
Nebraska Marriages, 1855 - 1908
New Mexico, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1877-2000
Oklahoma "Select" County Marriages, 1893 - 1951
Oregon County Marriages, 1875-1951
Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1845-1963
Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015
Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008
Washington, Marriage Records, 1854-2013


Missouri Death Records
Death Certificates: 1910 - 1971 Online
Missouri Mortality Schedules: 1850 ~ 1860
Missouri Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections [Contains Vitals]
Howard County, Record of Deaths: FS Film 963408, Item 1 1883-1888




Deaths: FS Death Record Databases "Born in Howard County" ~ Died Elsewhere
'Born in Missouri, Died in San Luis Obispo Co., CA ~  
Here is a set of Books which have Vital Records, Cemeteries and Wills
All of the books came from Family Search


"Missouri Only" - Vital Record Databases, Family Search
Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991
Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920
Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935
Missouri Births, 1817-1939
Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976
Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930
Missouri, Civil Marriages, 1820-1874
Missouri, Church Records, 1827-2004


Howard County, Justice of the Peace Records: 1894-1926 [Film]
Civil & Criminal Dockets: FS: Please use this Link


Other Documents which will give Vital Information are numerous:
Marriage License Applications ~ Pass Port Applications
Passenger Lists & Border Crossing Documents
Military Records: Draft, Pension, etc
Naturalization, Employment Records ~  Hospitals ~  Funeral Homes & Mortuaries ~  Coroner Records
Obituaries and Newspaper Articles, and Prison Records, to name a few

Here is the Link for Vital Records: Howard County ~ FS Catalog


Cemeteries of Howard County
Cemetery Data [From old Howard Files]
Cemeteries on Find~A~Grave ~ Cemeteries on Billion Graves ~ FS Search



Cemetery Records of Howard County
Elizabeth P Ellsberry
Sulphur Springs Cemetery
Family Search: Cemetery Books for Howard County
Ball Family Cemetery ~ Davis Family Cemetery ~ Hostetter Cemetery ~ Mt Zion Church Cemetery ~ Oak Ridge Cemetery ~ "Private Cemetery" [Across the road from Mt Zion Ch Cem]
"Cemeteries of Howard County: Vols: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5"



Additional Information on Family Search Cemetery Books
Log in, Search, Books, Key in Howard County, Missouri, Cemeteries.
Read online or Download
Name of Resource / FS Books / Cemeteries Index Pages
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V1 / Fayette / No Ind1 - 51
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V1 / Ashland / No Ind52 - 60
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Mt Gilead2 - 5
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Washington6 - 9
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Sulphur Springs10 - 13
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Lewis Cem. Assoc.14 - 17
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Friendship18
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Mt Pleasant20 - 47
Howard, MO, Cemeteries,V3 / Walnut Ridge1 - 27
Howard, MO, Cemeteries,V3 / Boonesboro 28 - 46 / 47 - 66
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, Glascow, V4 / Washington1 - 52
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Clark's Chapel1 - 16
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Richland17 - 24
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Richland [Colored]25
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Mt Zion26
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / "Cemetery"27
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V 5 / Lisbon28 - 33




If your MO Folk came to SF, the Funeral Homes listed below may have Records
FS 'Historical Images' have this Film: 4394268
CA, City of San Francisco,
Halsted N Gray-Carew & English
Funeral Home Records, 1975 -1979

FamilySearch Catalog - Film Records

Link is for Mortuary Search on Family Search,
Many States and Counties
Please use this Link, if it does not work, Log into your account and enter the link.
The database below may be of some help in locating California Folk who came from Missouri [Sacramento]


Other Mortuary Records
California, Sacramento, Cemetery Records, 1900-1959
FS Film # 104304412
See FS for Exact Birth & Death Locations / Search using "MO"
Clark, Booth & Yardley [Mortuary Cards


Obituaries
From the FS Catalog:
Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY
1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing
Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden


The Indexes for Each Booklet are Here
The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death & Funeral Notices
Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers

  or 
Download individual booklets from the FS Catalog

 

                                    Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970 2009: Published: 2010

Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada.
Individuals may have lived and or died in many different states."
Chart gives the years available and a clickable link.
There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download.
The Chart can be found on the Washington Co., CO Site ~ Scroll down.



Archival NewsPapers: Gleaned from FS 1980 > 2014
Archival NewsPapers:  1993 > 2015
for Obits and other Vital data  ~ More Obituaries Here


Obituaries: 1998 > 2025:  NewsBank: Missouri Newspapers - Index
Lookups: Martha


Lookups & Queries
So far, I am the only one available for lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of
 My Heritage
Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current]
and
Access to the following Subscription: Heritage Hub [Digital Newspapers]



Remember to check Counties 'next door',
folks did move around and run off to get married!
Howard County Neighbors: Boone, Cooper, Saline, Chariton & Randolph


'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
RAOGK : New Volunteers
Another Free Resource 'Century Past' - Free Online Library
Magazines, Books-Fiction & Non Fiction, Articles
History, Newspapers, Biographies, Collections, And More


Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.
MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections


If you wish to post Genealogical or Historical Queries online,
Please use this Link
:
 Howard County Mail list


Interested in other Missouri Counties?
Here is a map with clickable links



"The Fine Print"
Howard Coordinator:
State Coordinator (SC) : Mel Owings
Asst. State Coordinator (ASC):  Martha A C Graham
Updated: 5 March  2025

Information contained on all of the pages within the Howard GenWeb may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes.
Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due:
Any and all donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator.
If any person who donates material in
the future and wishes to have it returned to them, it will be accomplished upon request.

Online Continuously Since 1997
All Rights Reserved

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