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FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH

St. Clair County Museum

660 Main St.

P.O. Box 376

Osceola, Mo. 64776

 

The Museum is open

May - October

Fridays 8am-10am

Saturdays 9am-1pm

 

 

Resources available at the museum or county library:

 

U.S. Census

*  1840  Index

*  1850  Book Form

*  1860  Book Form

 

County Plat Maps

*  1880  Large wall map

*  1903  Plat Book

*  Several recent plat books

 

Obituary Collection

 

Family Genealogies

 

Cemetery Records

*  St. Clair County

*  Some from adjoing counties

 

Rural School Histories

 

Some Funeral Register Books

 

Register of Births

*  Speedwell Township

 

Register of Deaths

*  Speedwell Township

 

Taberville History Book

 

Tiffin History Book

 

Other nearby Town History Books

 

Lowry City History

*  2 different editions

 

 

 

Many old pictures, bank books, and business ledgers.

 

PUBLICATIONS FOR SALE

 

St. Clair County Cemeteries

            Jan. 1999               $40.00

 

Cemeteries Additions & Corrections, 1999-2003 $15.00

 

History of St. Clair County,

Rural Schools, 2000         $10.00

 

History of St. Clair County,

More Familes, 2001         $10.00

 

History of St. Clair County,

St. Clair County Mo. 1850 Federal Slave and Population Census.  Complied by Cheryl Bell, 2003                           $5.00

 

Recipes to Remember, Roscoe Community Historical Society, 2003                                    $5.00

 

History of St. Clair County.  Todays Hill & Son Funeral Home, Appleton City, Mo. Records 1927 to 2001.

2006                                   $15.00

 

"The Little Princess":  The World War II History of baby Flattop Aircraft Carrier Serving In the South Pacific.  By

Wilbur A. Zink, 2007.       $40.00

 

Historical Society 2007

Historical Photo Calendar                              $3.00

 

Historical Society 2008

Historical Photo

Calendar                              $3.00

 

"It All Started With a Tornado:, Memories of My Home Town: 'The Prairie Queen,' Appleton City, Missouri, St. Clair County.

By Wilbur A. Zink              $35.00

 

1840 U.S. Census of Rives County, Missouri.  Compiled by Judith Guthrie                     $2.00

 

Historical Society Coffee 

Mugs                                     $3.00

 

Historical Society

T-Shirts                                $5.00

 

Shipping and Handling for all books except the 1999 Cemetery book is $3.00.

 

 

 St. Clair County Courthouse
655 2nd St.
P.O. Box 525
Osceola, Mo. 64776
 
Hours: 
Monday - Friday
(except Holidays)
8:00am - 4:30pm
 
Resources available in courthouse offices:
 
Circuit Clerk's Office:
*  Circuit and Probate records with indexes from 1841 to present.
 
County Clerk's Office
*  Permanent Birth Records from 1883 -1890
*  Register of Births from 1885 - 1887
*  Register of Deaths from 1883 - 1887
* Rural School Records
 
Recorder's Office
*  Land Patents (3 indexed books)
*  Marriage Records from 1855 - present
*  Military Records (NOT public.  Notarized request form required)
*  Naturalization Records
*  Plats and Surveys
*  Real Estate Records from 1840 - present
*  Tax Liens -State & Federal
*  Wills
 
 
*  Land Records from 1840 - present are microfilmed.
 
Computerized Records (in office only):
*  Indexing of all land records from July 1978 - present
*  Indexes with images from July 1982 - present
*  Marriage license indexes from September 1927 - present
*  Marriage licenses with images from July 1997 - present
*  Federal & State tax liens / releases indexes from August 2000 - present