FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
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
* Numerous other indexes (see tabs under Family History Research)
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):
* Indexes with images from Jan 1970 - present
* Marriage license indexes from April 1920 - present
* Marriage licenses with images from July 1997 - present
* Federal & State tax liens / releases indexes from August 2000 - present
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VISIT www.sos.mo.gov for databases and information from the State of Missouri for most all counties:
Archives & Records
>Missouri State Archives
>Research & Resources
>Online Resources & Databases
OR
>Missouri Digital Heritage
Archives & Records
>Local Records
>County Inventories Database