Finding Aid for the Christian County, Missouri Indexes and Transcribed Records

Title: Finding Aid for the Christian County, Missouri Indexes and Transcribed Records
Rights: Rights Information
Type: Collection
Creator: Christian County Library
Description: Beginning in 1987, the Christian County Library created indexes and transcribed records pertaining to the residents of Christian County Missouri. The digital files have been shared with libraries, archives, museums, historical organizations, and genealogical societies for those researching their family history. The indexed and transcribed records include census, court, land, death, marriage, organizations, and history.
Language: English
Place: Christian County--Missouri
Publisher: Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
Identifier: MGC 1210
Subject: Christian County (Mo.)
Temporal Coverage: 1859-2015
extracted text: Collection Summary
Title
Christian County Missouri Indexes and Transcribed Records
Date
1859-2015
Extent
Digital Only

Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1210-CCM
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2020

Name of Creator
Christian County Library
Biographical History
Christian County, located in the southwest part of Missouri, was created in 1859 from portions of
Greene, Taney, and Webster Counties. It was named after William Christian, a Kentucky veteran of the
Revolutionary War. Early industry in the area included lead mines, dairy farms and cheese factories,
logging and oak furniture manufacturing. In the 1880s, Christian County had a group of “Bald Knobbers,”
a vigilante group formed to restore order after lawlessness that followed the Civil War.
Scope and Content
Beginning in 1987, the Christian County Library created indexes and transcribed records pertaining to
the residents of Christian County Missouri. The digital files have been shared with libraries, archives,
museums, historical organizations, and genealogical societies for those researching their family history.
The indexed and transcribed records include census, court, land, death, marriage, organizations, and
history.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 1 series.
Series 1, Indexes and Transcribed records
Item 1, 1876 Census Index
Item 2, 1876 Agricultural Census Alphabetical
Item 3, 1876 Agricultural Census by township
Item 4, 1860 Census
Item 5, 1900 Census Index
Item 6, 1910 Census Index
Item 7, 1920 Census Index
Item 8, 1930 Census Index
Item 9, Census by Incorporated Towns & Decades
Item 10, Census Spelling Variations
Item 11, Circuit Court Records Information
Item 12, Circuit Court Index by Box Number
Item 13, Circuit Court Index Action Report
Item 14, Circuit Court Index by Defendant
Item 15, Circuit Court Index by Plaintiff
Item 16, Patentees Alphabetical
Item 17, Patentees Contemporaries
Item 18, Patentees Lady Homesteaders
Item 19, Patentees Neighbors
Item 20, 1875 Land Index
Item 21, Obituary Index
Item 22, Obituary index name cross reference
Item 23, Obituaries
Item 24, Social Security Death Index
Item 25, Marriages
Item 26, Women's Clubs
Item 27, Ladies Literary Club 1910-1913
Item 28, Ladies Literary Club 1923-1927
Item 29, Ladies Literary Club 1927-1929
Item 30, Ladies Literary Club 1929-1934
Item 31, Springdale Ranch 1885
Item 32, The first six
Item 33, Early Mining
Item 34, Christian County Missouri by Matthew J. Hernando
Item 35, Nixa IOOF
Item 36, Bald Knobbers
Item 37, Elected Officials
Item 38, Ozark High School 1892 Commencement
Item 39, Morrow Store Inventory, 1849
Item 40, Reynolds Steele Hardagree
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is digital only.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Christian County Library.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by the Christian County Library.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Christian County Library.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
 “About Us.” Christian County Missouri, 2020, www.christiancountymo.gov/about-us/.
 “Christian County, Missouri.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Feb. 2020,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_County,_Missouri.

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