Gentry County, Missouri Genealogy Guide
Gentry County, Missouri (Map It) was created on February 14, 1845 from Clinton County. The county was named in honor of Richard Gentry (1788-1837), a distinguished American military colonel in the Seminole Wars. Learn More About State of Missouri History
Gentry County is bordered by Worth County (north), Harrison County (east), Daviess County (southeast), DeKalb County (south), Andrew County (southwest), Nodaway County (west).
Gentry County Cities and Towns include Albany, Darlington, Gentry, King City, McFall, Stanberry.
A Map of Gentry County, Missouri contains detailed information about roads and boundaries, these maps may include rural communities, churches, and cemeteries.
Gentry County, Missouri Courthouse Records
Gentry County, MO Courthouse
The Gentry County Courthouse is located in Albany, Missouri. Learn More About State of Missouri Court, Tax, Land and Probate Records.
Please contact the each clerk's department to confirm mailing address, hours, fees and other information before visiting or requesting information because contact information sometimes changes. The Clerk's Office DOES NOT DO RESEARCH. The documents are available to interested parties, barring confidential issues. Most staff will assist people in finding the materials, but it is up to the individual to do the research.
The following dates indicates what vital, land, probate, and court records are in Gentry county. The date listed for each category of record is usually the earliest registration filed. The earliest date does not indicate that there are numerous records for that year and does not mean that all such events were actually registered. Courthouse destroyed by windstorm 1883. Incomplete sporadic records before 1885.
- Gentry County Recorder of Deeds has Marriage Records from 1885 and Land Records from 1885. The Recorder of Deeds is the place where all transactions having to do with land are recorded and kept on file. They take marriage license applications, issues marriage licenses, files the license after the marriage, and maintains a permanent record of the marriage, surveys and plats of subdivisions, Armed Forces discharge papers for all veterans who reside in the county. Some naturalization records have been found with the deeds.
- Gentry County Circuit Court Clerk / Probate Court Clerk has Probate Records from 1885 and Court & Divorce Records from 1885.The Circuit Court Clerk / Probate Court Clerk has the direct index to records such as divorces, adoptions, judgment, and tax fee books including direct and indirect indexes. They also retain the index to criminal records and criminal files of the circuit court. Adoptions are under the jurisdiction of the circuit court. Naturalization records, including petitions, declarations of intention, certificates, and certificates of allegiance, and granting of citizenship are also located in the clerk's office, as well as an index to civil case files. The County Probate Division has jurisdiction over the estates of deceased persons. The Division hears all litigation involving trusts, including those trusts established in wills.
- Gentry County Clerk of the Court has Birth & Death Records from 1883-93. The Clerk of the Court has indexes to common pleas, records of all extant proceedings, chancery minute books, records of births and deaths, county court records, right-of-way and road records, as well as surveyor's records (including field notes and plats made by the county surveyor). This office usually holds the county treasurer's notes, bonds and commissions, records of marks and brands, wolf scalps, stray notices, real estate assessments, and tax books. In some counties, early terms for this court included “Chancery” or the “Court of Common Pleas.”
- Gentry County Tax Assessor Office is responsible for appraising and assessing real estate property and person property for the purpose of taxation as well as transferring ownership of real estate, and keeping real estate maps up to date.
- Local Records Inventory Database, produced by the Missouri Local Records Preservation Program, is a compilation of inventories of local government records identified as having permanent or enduring value and housed primarily in county and municipal offices, but includes some libraries, museums, and historical and genealogical societies that maintain government records. Not all Missouri offices have been inventoried.
- Gentry County Health Department has Birth Certificates since 1920 and Death Certificates since 1980
Gentry County, Missouri Census Records
- Learn More: State of Missouri Census Records
- U.S. Federal Population Schedules: 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragmented), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940
- U.S. Census Reconstructed Records: 1660-1820
- State Population Schedules: 1844-1881
- U.S. Federal Census Slave Schedules: 1850 and 1860
- U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Agriculture Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Selected U.S. Federal Census Industry Schedules: 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880
- Union Veterans Schedules: 1890
Gentry County, Missouri Vital Records
- Learn More: State of Missouri Vital Records
- Birth and Death Records: from January 1910 to present
- Marriage Records: from July 1948 to present
- Divorce Records: from July 1948 to present
- Locations: Missouri Office of Vital Statistics
- Vital Records Online: USAVital, VitalChek or Social Security Death Index
- Vital Records by Mail: Birth and Death Certificate, Marriage and Divorce Certificate Applications.
- In Person: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Records, Jefferson City, MO 65102, Telephone: 573-751-6387
Gentry County, Missouri Resources
- State of Missouri Archives and Societies
- RAOGK Volunteers for Missouri
- Tri-County Museum & Historical Society, Highway 169 & Grand Avenue, King City, MO 64463; Phone: (660) 535-4391
- Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society
- Gentry County, Missouri Message Boards
- Gentry County, Missouri Genealogy Forum
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