Ripley County, Missouri:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Butler County, MO  to the east
• Carter County, MO  to the north
• Clay County, AR  to the southeast
• Oregon County, MO  to the west
• Randolph County, AR  to the south

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

• History of Southeast Missouri  Volume II     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region  1884     (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• A reminiscent history of the Ozark region  Comprising a condensed general history, a brief descriptive history of each county, and numerous biographical sketches of prominent citizens of such counties     (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)
• Ripley Co, Missouri, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Ripley County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Ripley County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Ripley County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court records, 1867-1888; index to court records, 1874-1931      (Source: FamilySearch)
• County Court records, 1853-1868      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Miscellaneous records, 1833-1956      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Ripley County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (25)

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

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives (14)

Lookups

• Ripley County Lookup Volunteers      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• 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)

• MO-OREGON-HISTORY The discussion and sharing of historical information related to Oregon County, Missouri, and her sister counties of Carter, Howell, Ripley, Reynolds, and Shannon in Missouri as well as Randolph and Lawrence in Arkansas

  • MO-OREGON-HISTORY Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MORIPLEY Ripley County genealogy

  • MORIPLEY Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (15)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Ripley County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Ripley County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • 1890 Union Veterans Census  Special Enumeration Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
  • Civil War in Ripley County - The Wilson Massacre      (Source: Springfield-Greene County Library)

• 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  Ripley County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • US World War II Army Enlistment Records      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Miscellaneous Data

• Missouri Miscellaneous Records, 1805-2002  includes Ripley County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ripley County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• U.S. Work Projects Administration, Historical Records Survey, Missouri, 1935-1942      (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Ripley County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Doniphan Prospect      (Source: Missouri Digital Newspaper Project)
• Historical Doniphan Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Ripley County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Ripley County democrat.  Doniphan, Mo., 1905-1920     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Search Doniphan Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Doniphan Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Doniphan, Missouri, c. 1902 
• Hunter's Camp, Ripley County, around the turn of the century      (Source: Springfield-Greene County Library)
• Ripley County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ripley County Missouri - Photos      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

School Records and Histories

• Doniphan School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• How a School was Taught in the Pioneer Days of Southeast Missouri      (Source: Springfield-Greene County Library)
• Naylor School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sylvan (Pig Ankle) Historic School House 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (47)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Ripley County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Making Do  Ozark Ingenuity in Toolmaking     (Source: Springfield-Greene County Library)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Ripley County, Missouri     (Source: Google Patents)
• Ripley County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Ripley County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company  Naylor, Missouri Depot, 1958     (Source: Springfield-Greene County Library)

Vital Records (10)

Wiki

• Ripley County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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