Useful Links

We have put together some of our favorite links for doing genealogy research. If you find a useful link that would help other researchers, please drop me an email and I'll add it to the list.

General

• FamilySearch (requires free registration)

Births

• Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910
• Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935
• Missouri Births, 1817-1939

Books (Online-Public Domain)

• HathiTrust
• Internet Archive
• Google Books


• History of Iron County (©1876)
• Historical Summary of Iron County (©1876)
• History of Southeast Missouri (©1888)
• History of Southeast Missouri (©1955)
• History of Southeast Missouri, Vol 1 (©1912) by Robert Sidney Douglass
• History of Southeast Missouri, Vol 2 (©1912) by Robert Sidney Douglass
• Missouri as it is in 1867 (©1867)
• Missouri Historical Review, Vols 118+ (©1906-current)

Cemeteries

• Find a Grave^®
• The Tombstone Transcription Project
• billiongraves™

Census Records

• Missouri State Archives
• Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933
• National Archives

Deaths

• Iron County, Missouri Death Index, 1857-2006, Vol 1, by Marcine Lohman, 2006
• Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church of Pilot Knob, MO, by Marcine Lohman, 2006
• Missouri Death Records Database, Pre-1910
• Missouri Death Certificates, 1910 – 1973
• Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976
• Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
• John Albert Undertaking Ledger, Ironton, Missouri
• Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930

Directories

• Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory
• Missouri State Gazetteer and Business Directory (©1860)

DNA Testing

• AncestryDNA
• MyHeritage
• 23&Me
• FamilyTreeDNA
• LivingDNA

Printable Forms

• National Archives Charts & Forms
• Family Tree Genealogy Forms
• FamilySearch Genealogy Forms
• Ancestry Free Charts & Forms

Funeral Homes

Cole Family Funeral Home, LLC
210 E Reynolds St
Ironton, MO, 63650
Tel: (573) 546-0742

Bryson Funeral Home
312 S Valle Street
PO Box 287
Pilot Knob, MO 63663
Tel: (573) 546-6103

McSpadden Funeral Homes, Inc.
610 South Main St.
Ellington, Missouri 63638
Tel: (573)-663-7111

History

• Iron County Histories and Genealogies
• History of Iron County, (©1876) by J.W. Emerson

Land Deeds

• BLM Land Records
• Land Records: 1777 - 1969
• Missouri County Plat Books
• Plat Book of Iron County, Missouri

Maps & Atlases

• Iron County, Missouri Map
• SEMO GIS Iron County, Missouri Map

Marriages

• Iron County Marriages, Books A & B
• Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920
• Marriages 1857-1873, Volume 1
• Marriages 1871-1881, Volume 2
• Marriages 1881-1889, Volume 3
• Marriages 1889-1899, Volume 4
• Marriages 1899-1906, Volume 5
• Marriages 1906-1922, Volume 6
• Marriages 1913-1922, Volume 7
• Marriages 1922-1927, Volume 9 (no Vol 8)
• Marriages 1927-1933, Volume 10
• Brian Oster Missouri Marriage Records Site (Searchable)

Military

• Soldiers Database: War of 1812-World War I
• Union Provost Marshal Papers, 1861-1867

Naturalizations

• Naturalization Records, 1816 - 1955 (if you don't find anything, just select the county and enter to browse the list)

Newspapers

• Newspapers.com Clippings
• Iron County Register Archive, 1867–1922
• Missouri Digital Newspapers - SHSMO
• Library of Congress - Iron Co Register (1880-1922)

Obituaries

• Genealogy Trails - Iron Co.
• Bryson Funeral Home - Obituaries
• Cole Family Funeral Home, LLC - Obituaries
• McSpadden Funeral Homes, Inc. - Obituaries
• Additional Obits will be posted later.

Queries & Message Boards

• Iron County Message Board
• Iron County Missouri Genealogy Chat (Facebook Discussion Group)

Societies & Organizations

• Iron County Historical Society
• The State Historical Society of Missouri
• Ozark Regional Library in Ironton

Penitentiary

• Missouri State Penitentiary, 1836 - 1931

Schools

• Coming Soon

Surname Registry

• Iron Co. Historical Soc. Surname Registry

Wills & Probate

• Coming Soon

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