Warren County, Missouri

This County is part of
The MOGenWeb Project And The USGenWeb Project


Hello

My Name is Martha and I am the Warren County Coordinator

I can be reached via email: Please use this Link
I do not live in Missouri, but that said, I am happy to answer questions
and perhaps help you locate that missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie"
With Thanks to the former Coordinators:
Dorris Keeven-Franke & Betty Brooks [1929-2009] [2003 - 2007]


Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies and Pioneers ~ Maps ~ Lookups and Queries ~ What's New
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Family Search: Catalog and Historical Images ~ Obituaries
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends

New Site>> "Missouri Meanderings" ~ Eclectic Missouri resources to enhance your GenWeb Experience [Off Site]

Warren County Neighbors
Gasconade ~ Franklin ~ Lincoln ~ Montgomery ~ St Charles, Missouri

Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Family Search: Catalog and Historical Images ~ Obituaries

>>>New<<<
Reclaim the Records has uploaded new Birth Records for Missouri:
 Missouri Birth Index, 1920(ish)-2015
"They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request.
Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether."


Family Search Vitals and Other Resources

Note:
The links to the collections should work, but if they do not,
please sign in to search and view.

Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935 ~ Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920
Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976 ~ Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930
Mortality Schedule: 1860
Naturalization and Court Records: 1802 > 1969


The next Section is for both Warren County and Missouri Neighbors
The records are mostly for Marriages & Deaths ~ But there are some Church Records which contain Birth Information
The Resources are Filmed Records found in the FS Catalog and in the Historical Images Section
Access is free, if you do not have an account,
go here to create one

Warren County
We have to rely on the General Missouri State Records for Birth Records,
There are some in Church Records, but for the most part those are Baptism's and Confirmation's
Somtimes that is all that is available, especially before mandatory recording of Vital Records.

Both Marriage & Death Records are available from Family Search

The Linked Records below are all from the Historical Images of Family Search

Concord Hill, Warren, MO
Church, Vitals, 1853-1993
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Marthasville, Warren, MO
Marriage Records: 1848-1935
Immanuel United Church of Christ
DGS #007615590, Items 13 & 14
Religious Records
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Case, Warren, MO
Church [Baptism, Confirmations, Deaths] Marriages, Citizenship, Land Records
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Dutzow, Warren, MO
Church [Baptism, Confirmations, Deaths] Marriages,
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Family Search Catalog: Marriage License Films
Please Use This Link for the Films Listed Below


Warren County Neighbors: Vital Records: B ~ M ~ D's
There are some Cemetery Files in the Miscellaneous Films

Neighbors: FS Search Catalog, B ~ M ~ D's
Franklin [also Franklin Co., MOGenWeb] ~ Gasconade [also Gasconade Co., MOGenWeb]~ Lincoln County
Montgomery & St Charles
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Neighbors: FS Historical Image Section of Family Search

Franklin County
Marriages, Other Vitals & Church Records ~ Death, Cemetery & Burials

Gasconade County:
Marriages, Other Vitals & Church Records ~ Death, Cemetery & Burials

Lincoln County:
Lincoln County: Marriage & Death Records
Marriages, some Church Records, Includes Deaths & Death Certificates
Lincoln County: Death, Cemetery & Burials

Montgomery County:
Marriages, Other Vitals & Church Records ~ Death, Cemetery & Burials

St Charles County:
Marriages, Other Vitals & Church Records ~ Death, Cemetery & Burials

There is one Film that is very interesting in that it contains a lot of information
LDS Film # 967400
Item 1 - Permanent Record of Death [Alpha Register] 1884-1894
Contains the following Information
Number [Reg #]
Date of Report
Name, Sex, Color
Age, Occupation
Date of Death
Single, Married, Widower or Widow
Nationality, Where Born
How Long Resident in this State
Place of Death, Cause of Death
Complications, Duration, Duration of Disease
Place of Burial, Date of Burial
Name of Undertaker, Place of Business
Name & Residence of Physician, Returning Certificate

Image Ranges:
Item 1, 1884-1894, Alpha
A-G: 6-15 ~ H-M: 16-25
N-S: 26-34 ~ T-Z: 35-41
Item 2, Vol 1, 1883-1889, Chronological
Images: 53-83

Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, Scroll down to where it says 'Fiche-Film'
enter the Film Number.

Lastly...
There are several books that have Marriage Information for Warren County

"Warren County Marriages: Vol C, 1886-1881"
Carolyn Bartels
The Book is 12 mb, Download Here: Family Search
Typed, No Index, but Alpha by Groom
Ms Bartels has a number of Books for Missouri Vitals

"Marriage Records In The Recorders Office For St. Charles
District (1805-1900) And Warren County, Missouri (1833-1882)"
Compiled By: Mr. And Mrs. A. Ray Oliver
of St. Charles, Missouri, 1956
Published by: Chedwato Service
Box 7&6. Burlington, Vermont 05401, 1968
Read Online or Download

 
"Warren County Marriages: Books A & B, 1833 - 1860"
Compiled and Published
by
Mrs Howard Woodruff, 1956
Read Online or Download
 Note: Ms Woodruff has an impressive collection of Missouri Vital Record Books



Remember: Vital Records can be found in Newspapers
This is the link for the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project

Free Digital Newspapers:
Chronicling America ~ Google Archives ~ California Digital Newspapers [There are Articles for MO]
Three new Sites: History Hub ~ Century Past ~ Boston Public Library

"Missouri Only" - Family Search: All Databases


The Cemeteries of Warren County
There were several sets of Cemetery Records in the old Warren County Files, most of which are now 20 years old.
But that said, they have been reformatted for preservation.
Concord Hill ~ Corder Family
Engel ~ Hochfeld
Immanuel ~ Isaac Kent
Kennedy, Burying Ground ~ New Warren City ~ Winter, Burying Ground
All of the above are reformatted pdf files: Use This Link
There are Cemetery Maps Here
There were 3 files which contained some Burial Records
Camp Branch ~ Coleman Cemetery ~ Pringle Cemetery
New Warrenton City Cemetery
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Find~A~Grave - Chart with all Cemeteries Listed
Please Use this Link for the WebSite


Alexander Love Chapter
Daughters of American Revolution
Houston, Texas
Presents:
Missouri Tombstone Inscriptions
Lincoln and Warren Counties, Missouri
Copies by the: Misses Orlena & Beulah Owen
Copied by: Mr & Mrs E H Sittton
Mrs Vera C Pollock, Chapter Chrm
Mrs J M Ribble, State Chairman
1970
The only Cemetery for Warren is the Old Kennedy Cemetery [P9-13]
But, since Lincoln is a Neighbor, I have split out the Index.
The Book can be Read Online or Downloaded
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Cemetery Sites which also contain Obituaries
People Legacy [Missouri] ~ American Cemeteries [Missouri]


Family Search: Historical Images Section
There are films for the following locations:
Please Use This Link
Records for: Case ~ Concord Hill ~ Dutzow ~ Holstein & Marthasville
Types of Resources:
School, Parish - Church Records ~  Census, Marriage Records & License Applications
Death Certificates & Records ~ Probate Admin & Property Settlement ~ Wills
Family Histories ~ Circuit Court Records [With Indexes] Military ~ Deeds & Land Records


   Obituaries

Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] Missouri Newspapers
I was able to find Obituaries for Warren County on Heritage Hub
They are mostly from the St Louis Post Dispatch
1988 - 2023 - Please use this Link for the Index
September 2024
Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years.
But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha


Note: There is a new resource in the Heritage Hub Collection:
"Missouri funeral home notices and obituaries (MO) 1999-Current"


Other Obituary Resources

The J R Nieves Legacy Collection of Obituary Indexes
There are a few obituaries for Warren County
This is the link for Missouri
This is the link for all of the United States
This is the link for Countries of the World

Also, there are Indexes for 'Birth Place Not Identified' and 'County Not Identified'

Many of the Obituries on the Indexes can be found on Heritage Hub.
Heritage Hub is available through local Public Libraries with a Library Card.
Look under 'Digital Resources' on your Library Web Page


Missouri Obituaries: 1968 [Book: FS Catalog, Bearce, Mrs M, compiler]

In the FS Catalog: 2 sets of Obit Collections

"Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY"
1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing
Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden
The Book may be downloaded here [FS Catalog]
There are indexes at the back of each Booklet
The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death and Funeral Notices
Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers

and...

"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."
Please use this link for all of the publications [FS Catalog]
There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download.

And Lastly:
Obituaries of West Central Illinois and North Eastern Missouri, ca. 1959-1981
AKA
Mildred Hooper collection|Quincy Herald-Whig (Quincy, Illinois)
This is a great Collection of Films: Please Use this Link




"The Fine Print"
Warren County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
The MOGenWeb State Coordinator is Mel Owings
Asst. State Coordinator (ASC): Lea Robertson

Information contained on all of the pages within the Warren County portion of the MOGenWeb 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.
Site Updated: 24 September 2024