Shelby County, Missouri:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Knox County, MO  to the north
• Lewis County, MO  to the northeast
• Macon County, MO  to the west
• Marion County, MO  to the east
• Monroe County, MO  to the south
• Randolph County, MO  to the southwest

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

• History of Monroe and Shelby counties, Missouri  1884     (Source: Internet Archive)
• History of Monroe and Shelby County, Missouri  1884     (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• Shelby Co, Missouri, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Shelby County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Shelby County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Shelby County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Church Records

• Missouri Methodist Church Records, 1856-1970  includes Bethel, Missouri     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court records, 1835-1907; index to naturalizations in the court records, 1835-1900's      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Shelby County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Shelby County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (21)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

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

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Columbia Research Center  includes Shelby County, Missouri     (Source: State Historical Society of Missouri)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• Library Directory for Shelby County, Missouri      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local Records Inventory Database      (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Shelby County, Missouri     (Source: Find My Past)
• Shelby County Collection Descriptions      (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)
• The State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscript Collection  Shelby County Collection Descriptions
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MOSHELBY Shelby County genealogy

  • MOSHELBY Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (30)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Missouri Genealogical Gleanings, 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 9      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Shelby County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (11)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Clarence Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Shelbina Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Shelby County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Shelbyville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Shelby County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Bethel School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Clarence School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Leonard School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelbina School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Shelby County Historical Society 
• Shelby County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (63)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Shelby County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Patents  Shelby County, Missouri     (Source: Google Patents)
• Shelby County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Shelby County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Shelby County, Missouri      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

• Shelby County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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