Lafayette County, Missouri:
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Projects

• Concordia Memories 
• Lafayette County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lafayette County Missouri      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lafayette County Missouri Genealogy Research      (Source: Jenkins Genealogy Research)
• Lafayette County, Missouri      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lafayette County, Missouri      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Carroll County, MO  to the north
• Jackson County, MO  to the west
• Johnson County, MO  to the south
• Pettis County, MO  to the southeast
• Ray County, MO  to the north
• Saline County, MO  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (14)

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court records, 1821-1886      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lafayette County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lafayette County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Marriage and miscellaneous court records, 1821-1969      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Miscellaneous court records, 1822-1898      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

• Lafayette County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998  includes Lafayette County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988  includes Lafayette County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (30)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Lafayette, Saline, and Ray Counties Missouri Genealogy      (Source: Facebook)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MOLAFAYE Lafayette County genealogy

  • MOLAFAYE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (31)

Military Records and Histories

• Lexington, MO  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 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  Lafayette County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • The battle of Lexington  fought in and around the city of Lexington, Missouri, on September 18th, 19th and 20th, 1861     (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)

• Korean War

  • U.S. Military Personnel Who Died From Hostile Action (including Missing and Captured) in the Korean War, 1950 - 1957      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area  Stories of Our Struggle for Freedom on the Kansas-Missouri Border
• Genealogical Gems from Early Missouri Deeds, 1815-1850  Family and Locality Information from Selected Missouri County Land Records     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Lafayette County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Lafayette County Queries      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 7      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Miscellaneous Records, 1805-2002  includes Lafayette County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records (13)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Concordia Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Higginsville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Lafayette County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Lafayette County Obituaries  1891-1920     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lexington Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes The Odessan  Odessa, MO     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Odessa Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Waverly Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Wellington Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Lafayette County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Lexington  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from Missouri      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

School Records and Histories (10)

Societies

• Boonslick Historical Society 
• West-Central Missouri Genealogical Society 
• West-Central Missouri Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (787)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• 1821 Marriages, Lafayette County, Missouri      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Lafayette County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Lafayette County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Lafayette County Marriages  1821-1850
• Lafayette County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage and miscellaneous court records, 1821-1969      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002  includes Lafayette County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900  includes Lafayette County, 1851-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Lafayette County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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