Welcome to Shelby County!  My name is Lea Ann Oliver Robertson and I am happy to serve you as MOGenWeb county coordinator for Shelby County.  Many of the records and information contained within these pages are provided by a joint effort with Kathleen Wilham, President of the Shelby County Historical Society and Museum.  This site is constantly under construction, so please excuse our progress and come back often.   You may reach me at any time at this email address -   robertsonlea((a))comcast.net

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History of Shelby County

• History of Shelby County - 1884 (.pdf files) - (1884 Surname Index)
• General History of Shelby County, Missouri - 1911
• Shelby Co., MO History Written by Shelby Countians:  Jessie May Greenwell - Joan Greenwell Bierly - William J. Holliday
  Virginia Crooks - Nicholas Watkins - Eugene Maupin - Roy T. Neff
  Part 1
  Part 2
  Part 3
  Part 4
  Part 5

• Shelbina 1895 - Photo Book of people and places within the town
• Town of Lentner, MO
• Early History of Lentner as detailed by the Editor of the Shelby County Herald on May 10, 1911
• Town of Oak Dale, Shelby County, MO
• Town of North Fork, (Monroe County) MO
• Town of Hunnewell, Shelby County, MO Photo Album
• Town of Hagers Grove, Shelby County, MO
• Place Names
• Sanborn Maps - Towns of Clarence, Shelbina and Shelbyville - The Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Company, established in 1867, compiled and published maps of U.S. cities and towns for the fire insurance industry to assess fire risk. (Links to MU Libraries)
• County Photo Album
• Shelby County Townships Map
• 1902 Plat Book Page - Hager's Grove, MO - T58N, R12
• 1927 Shelby County Plat Book

Cemeteries, Churches and Obituaries, etc.

• Shelby County Cemeteries (See also Map and Key to cemetery locations)
• Shelbina IOOF Cemetery Map (Old Shelbina, Shelbina IOOF, Sunset Slope, Westlawn, Northlawn, West Side Addition)
• Early Shelby County Churches
• Early history of Bacon Chapel as detailed in the Shelby County Herald on May 7, 1924
• Clay Township - burial transcriptions pre-1970
• Jefferson Township - burial transcriptions pre-1970
• Tiger Fork Township - burial transcriptions pre-1970
• Bethel Township - burial transcriptions pre-1970
• Jackson Township - burial transcriptions pre-1970
• Clarence, MO - full text obituaries, 1900 - 1960's - Click HERE for an Index of 1,300 Names
• Shelby County Burial Cards - Index -1890's to 1930's
• Death Index (recent)

Other Records and Resources

• Probate Records - received from abstract office in Shelbyville, MO (now known as Black Creek Abstract Company) - wills, probate, law suits, guardianships, heirship affidavits, etc. dating back to early 1800's  (Excel spreadsheet).  Contact Shelby County Historical Society and Museum for desired copies.
• Will Records and Index:
  Book A 1845 - 1869 Recorders Office
  Book A 1845 - 1871 Probate Office
• Surname Board
• Area Obituaries
• Shelby County Message Board (Queries)
• Shelby County Mailing List
• 1894 Poll Tax List
• 1892 Poll Tax List
• 1898 Shelby County Merchants
• Clarence Public Library (101 West Maple, Clarence, MO 63467, 660-699-3310)
• Shelbina Carnegie Public Library (102 N. Center, Shelbina, MO 63468, 573-588-2271)
• Lookup Volunteers
• Shelby County Births and Deaths (1883 - 1887)
• Civic Orders and Temperance Organizations
• Shelby County Herald, January 15, 1930 - Vol. LIX, No. 52 (Sixtieth Anniversary)
• Shelby County Herald, July 31, 1935 - Vol. 65, No. 29 - Centennial Edition
• Shelby County Newspapers (on microfilm at MO State Historical Society)
• Newspaper clips, articles, etc.
• "Shelbina - The First 100 Years" - Must have Adobe Acrobat to view
• Booklet - "The 100th Old Settlers Celebration in Shelbyville, Missouri - August 17 - 20, 1988"
• Harry Libby Collection - donated to the Shelby County Historical Society (view a list of contents)
• "The Town of Shelbina, MO, as I knew it in 1907 and 1908" by Robert Cecil Threlkeld
• Letter From "Hank" Carroll (Shelbyville, MO) to the Shelby County Herald dated January 15, 1930 - (Mr. Carroll reminisces his early days in Shelby County
• Shelbina Businesses - 1891
• Shelbina Industrial Survey (1947)
• Shelby County Photographers
• Shelby County Farm Directory - Shelbyville, 1942
• Old Settlers Register 1889 - 1935:  Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3
• Thompson Funeral Records 1903 - 1932 (Shelbyville):  Part 1 and Part 2
• Givan Funeral Records 1930 - 1952 (Hunnewell):  Part 1 and Part 2
• Brookvale Bubbles - Early memories of Shelby County, MO written by Rev. Marcus Lemon Gray (picture/bio) (b.1857 - d.1940)
• Antique Area Postcards - pictures of Shelbina and Clarence in the early 1900's
• Shelbina Cook Book (1922) - Compiled by Ladies of the Baptist Church
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Shelby County School Information

• Shelby County Rural School Pictures (groups) If you can identify an individual(s), or if you have a group photo not cataloged here, let us know if you are willing to share a copy!
• Shelby County School Districts Chart
  The SCHS has a file on most of the numbered districts.  If you know where your ancestor lived within the county, you can locate which rural school he/she may have attended.   Contact Kathleen Wilham to see what info may be available for each rural school district - or visit the museum yourself!!
• Early Schools of Shelby County
• List of students in Shelbina Public Schools - 1875
• Teachers of Shelby County Schools - 1935 and 1936
• Shelby County Teachers 1944-1945
• Shelby County Teachers 1947-1948
• Shelby County Teachers 1949-1950
• Lentner School 1868 - 1965 :  History prepared by Ms. Marjorie K. Boling of Shelbina, MO
• 1917 Shelbina High School Seniors
• 1918 Shelbina High School Seniors
• Program from Shelbina's Sesquicentennial All School Reunion
  

Individuals and Families of Shelby County (See also "Surname Board" above)

• "The Glahn Family of Missouri," written by Peggy Glahn (2008) - books available!
  Shelby County Inventors and their inventions
• Hirrlinger Family Reunion
• James Martin Cheuvront - Fontier Family
• Family Bible Records
• Anna Belle Morriss Sprague
• "Aunt" Minta Miles (Cherry Box Community) - also contains transcription of Brethren Cemetery by Aunt Minta
• Personal Genealogy Pages
• Thomas S. Cocks, Lakenan, MO
• J. H. Pollard, A Tribute
• Reason Baker and Steward Baker (Descendants of)
• William Bennett (Descendants of)
• Catherine Holderieath Family
• Greg Lamberson website - researching Winn, Priest, Anderson and Wright families of Shelby County
• Kent Family
• Diary of Mrs. James Lewis Vandiver (written 1879) - Excel spreadsheet
• Richardson Family Genealogy  (Re-written by Dorothea Carroll, February 5, 1967)

Military and Veteran-Related Resources

• Shelby County and the Civil War
• Civil War Events
• Missouri in the Civil War
• World War II - Indexes to clippings of scrapbooks from early Shelby County resident.  For copies, contact Kathleen Wilham at the Shelby County Historical Society and Museum.
• Navy and Marine Corps - WWII Newspaper Clippings - Index - collected by and donated to SCHS by the Blanton Family of Shelbina, MO.  See example - for copies, contact Kathleen Wilham at the Shelby County Historical Society and Museum.
• Shelby County and the Centralia Massacre/Battle
• 1883 Missouri Pensioners
• U.S. Army Military History Institute (Photo Database)
• Register of Civil War Soldiers at Reunion of Salt River, MO - August 1895 (Ledger kept by Mr. W. C. McDowell of Shelbyville)
• Missouri Soldiers Database - War of 1812 through WWI
• Shelby County Oaths of Loyalty - 1865 Example #1    Example #2
• "The Missouri Oath of Loyalty of 1865" (1908) by Galusha Anderson - excerpt

Neighboring Counties

• Knox County
• Lewis County
• Macon County
• Marion County
• Monroe County
• Randolph County

Missouri Resources

• MOGenWeb Home Page
• Missouri USGenWeb Archives
• Missouri State Archives
• Missouri Death Certificate Database (1910 - 1955) Links to images through 1920
• Missouri Death Certificate Database Pre-1910
• State Historical Society of Missouri
• Missouri State Genealogical Association
• Vital Records Information
• African Americans in Missouri

United States and World Resources

• USGenWeb Project
• World GenWeb Project
• Cyndi's List
• Bureau of Land Management
• Family Search - Church of Latter Day Saints
• City Directories
• Census Links
   

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