Cooper County, Missouri:
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Projects

• Cooper County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Cooper County Missouri      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Cooper County MOGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Cooper County, Missouri      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Boone County, MO  to the northeast
• Howard County, MO  to the north
• Moniteau County, MO  to the southeast
• Morgan County, MO  to the south
• Pettis County, MO  to the west
• Saline County, MO  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (10)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Pilot Grove, Missouri     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Boonville mayor's court record, 1840-1848      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Chancery records, v. 1-2, 1836-1854      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Circuit Court minute books, 1860-1871, 1877-1888  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Circuit Court records, 1819-1888; index to court records, 1819-1894      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Cooper County Court Records      (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Cooper County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Court of Common Pleas records, 1856-1859      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Cooper County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information (13)

Estate Records

• Cooper County, Missouri: Marriages (1819-1850) & Wills (1820-1870)      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998  includes Cooper County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988  includes Cooper County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (34)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

• Cooper County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Cooper County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Cooper 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 (11)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MOCOOPER Cooper County genealogy

  • MOCOOPER Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (29)

Military Records and Histories

• Boonville, MO  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Cooper County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• 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  Cooper County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Miscellaneous Data

• Cooper County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Genealogical Gems from Early Missouri Deeds, 1815-1850  Family and Locality Information from Selected Missouri County Land Records     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Miscellaneous public records, 1840-1881      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Genealogical Records and Abstracts, Volume 7, 1535-1839      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Miscellaneous Records, 1805-2002  includes Cooper County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Boonville Weekly Observer      (Source: Missouri Digital Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Cooper County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Cooper County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Historical Boonville Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Index to Selected Missouri Newspapers  includes Boonville newspapers     (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)
• Search Boonville Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Otterville Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Boonville Daily News 
• Boonville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Boonville, Missouri Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary search includes Boonville Daily News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Otterville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Pilot Grove Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cooper County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Cooper County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from Missouri      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Blackwater School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Boonville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Pilot Grove School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Boonslick Historical Society 
• Cooper County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Friends of Historic Boonville 
• Robert E. Lee 1567  Boonville     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (271)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Cooper County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Cooper County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Cooper County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Cooper County, Missouri      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Cooper County, Missouri     (Source: Google Patents)
• Save the Katy Bridge 

Vital Records

• Cooper County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Cooper County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Cooper County, Missouri: Marriages (1819-1850) & Wills (1820-1870)      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marriage returns, 1860-1881      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910  includes Cooper County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Death Records, 1850-1931  includes Cooper County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002  includes Cooper County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Cooper County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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