
Howard County, Missouri
This County is part of
The MOGenWeb Project And
The USGenWeb
Project
Welcome:
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 Ind | 1 - 51 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V1 / Ashland / No Ind | 52 - 60 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Mt Gilead | 2 - 5 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Washington | 6 - 9 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Sulphur Springs | 10 - 13 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Lewis Cem. Assoc. | 14 - 17 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Friendship | 18 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V2 / Mt Pleasant | 20 - 47 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries,V3 / Walnut Ridge | 1 - 27 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries,V3 / Boonesboro | 28 - 46 /
47 - 66 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, Glascow, V4 / Washington | 1 - 52 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Clark's Chapel | 1 - 16 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Richland | 17 - 24 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Richland [Colored] | 25 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / Mt Zion | 26 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V5 / "Cemetery" | 27 |
Howard, MO, Cemeteries, V 5 / Lisbon | 28 - 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
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"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
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