Butler County, Missouri:
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Projects

• Butler County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Butler County Missouri      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Butler County Missouri Genealogy Research      (Source: Jenkins Genealogy Research)
• Butler County MOGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Butler County MOGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Butler County, Missouri      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Qulin, Missouri 

Adjacent counties

• Carter County, MO  to the northwest
• Clay County, AR  to the south
• Dunklin County, MO  to the southeast
• Ripley County, MO  to the west
• Stoddard County, MO  to the east
• Wayne County, MO  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Butler Co, Missouri, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Butler County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Butler County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• History of Southeast Missouri  Embracing an Historical Account of the Counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron, 1888     (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• History of Southeast Missouri  Volume II     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Court and Legal Records

• Butler County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Circuit Court records, 1849-1951; index, 1883-1902      (Source: FamilySearch)
• County Court Minutes, 1866-1871      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)

Directories

• Butler County, Missouri Online Historical Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Popular Bluff City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Butler County Slave Census      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Butler County Slave Census      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Butler County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Butler County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Marriage records, 1909-1953      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998  includes Butler County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988  includes Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (30)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Naturalization Records  1816-1955     (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)

Introduction and Guides

• Butler County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Butler County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Butler County, Missouri Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Cyndi's List of Missouri locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Butler County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Land Patents 1831-1969  Butler County, Missouri     (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Butler, Stoddard Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Butler, Dunklin Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Butler County Missouri Genealogy Message Board  Ancestor Explorer
• MO-BUTLER mailing list  Group to discuss, share or ask questions of a genealogical nature for persons who may have had a life event in Butler County, Missouri
• Ripley_regional  Established specifically for those researching in Ripley Co MO and surrounding counties, including but not limited to Oregon Co, Butler Co, Carter Co, in MO and Randolph Co in AR.     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MOBUTLER Butler County genealogy

  • MOBUTLER Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WAYNE-COUNTY-MO-AREA Wayne County, Missouri area genealogy

  • WAYNE-COUNTY-MO-AREA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (16)

Military Records and Histories

• Butler County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Butler County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • 1890 Union Veterans Census  Special Enumeration Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Butler County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 5      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 7      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Miscellaneous Records, 1805-2002  includes Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Butler County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Butler County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Poplar Bluff Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Fisk Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Neelyville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes Daily American Republic  Poplar Bluff     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Poplar Bluff Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Qulin Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Butler County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Butler County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Butler County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Butler County, Poplar Bluff  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Butler County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Poplar Bluff, Missouri      (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)

School Records and Histories

• Fisk School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Poplar Bluff School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Qulin School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Butler County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (40)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Butler County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Butler County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Butler County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Butler County, Missouri     (Source: Google Patents)
• A Survey Level Report of the Wappapello to Crowleys Ridge Channel Improvement and Scour Repair Project  St. Francis River Stoddard and Butler Counties, Missouri     (Source: Internet Archive)

Vital Records

• Butler County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Butler County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910  includes Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Death Records, 1850-1931  includes Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002  includes Butler County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Butler County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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