Ray County, Missouri:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Caldwell County, MO  to the north
• Carroll County, MO  to the east
• Clay County, MO  to the west
• Clinton County, MO  to the northwest
• Jackson County, MO  to the southwest
• Lafayette County, MO  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (11)

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Court and Legal Records

• Chancery court case files, 1828-1852      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Circuit Court records, 1821-1882; index to court records, 1821-1888      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Civil court case files      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Common Pleas records, vol. A, 1867-1870; index, 1867-1874  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Ray County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Ray County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Ray County Guardianship Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Directories

• North Missouri and eastern Kansas business directory  for 1867-8     (Source: Internet Archive)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

• Marriage records, 1820-1850  and will records, 1824-1849, of Ray County, Missouri     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998  includes Ray County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988  includes Ray County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ray County, Missouri Marriages (1820-50) and Wills (1824-49)      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (22)

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)
• Ray County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Ray County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Ray County, Missouri Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (15)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• KansasCity Kansas City (Kansas/Missouri) area history and genealogy

  • KansasCity Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MO-RayCounty Ray County genealogy

  • MO-RayCounty Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MORAY-CGA Ray County Genealogical Association

  • MORAY-CGA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (34)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Ray County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Ray County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Ray County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Ray 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
• Missouri Miscellaneous Records, 1805-2002  includes Ray County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ray County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Township Poll Books      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Ray County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Richmond Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Ray County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Ray County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Richmond democrat, Richmond, Ray County, Mo.  1879-1888     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Richmond Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Search Richmond Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Ray County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ray County Photographs      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Ray County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Ray County Postcards      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Ray County, Camden  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ray County, Floyd  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ray County, Henrietta  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Hardin School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Orrick School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Richmond School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Ray County Genealogical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (120)

Tax Lists

• 1876 Tax List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records (11)

Wiki

• Ray County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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