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You can search our online inventory consisting of recorded documents dating back to the early 1960’s and plats dating back to 1826. All online documents are available, free of charge for viewing and printing. Non-digitized documents are available by conducting a microfilm search at either of our recording offices. We hope you find this expanded online search capability easy and convenient to use.

Upon entering the search site you will have 3 choices:

  1. Select “Official Public Records” if looking for land related property records or other public related type documents.

  2. Select “Marriage Records” to search marriage applications/licenses.

  3. Select “Uniform Commercial Code” if you searching a security interest in personal property or fixtures located in Missouri prior to 2001.

Additional Resources:

Research

  • National Archives at Kansas City

    Website: https://www.archives.gov/kansas-city
    Address: 400 West Pershing Road
                    Kansas City, MO 64108

    Telephone: ( 806 ) 268-8000

    Hours: Monday-Friday 8-4. (Closed: Federal holidays.)

    Collection Description:
    The National Archives at Kansas City is one of 13 regional branches of the National Archives. They house federal records of agencies and courts from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.

    Frequently used genealogy sources include censuses and indexes 1790-1930, immigration ship passenger arrivals for the Eastern and Gulf Coasts 1820-1982, military service records, pensions, bounty land warrants, and indexes 1775-1902, Federal naturalization records of U.S. District Courts, land records, bankruptcies 1940-1998, passport applications, Native American records, and African American records. The Archives also provides free Internet access to subscription sites like Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, and HeritageQuestOnline.com.

    The Kansas City branch specializes in Leavenworth Penitentiary inmate files and mugshots, naturalization records, federal court records, federal land records, and Bureau of Indian Affairs records.

  • The Kansas City Public Library

    Weblink: https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy

    Address: 3440 S. Lee's Summit Road
                     Independence, MO 64055
    Telephone: (816) 252-7228

    Hours:
        Monday - Thursday: 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
        Friday - Saturday: 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
        Sunday: Closed

  • Jackson County Missouri

    Weblink: https://www.jacksongov.org/275/Vital-Records

    Known Beginning Dates for Major County Records:

    Birth
    1883

    Marriage
    1827

    Deat
    1883

    Court
    1828

    Land
    1827

    Probate
    1828

    Censu
    1830

    Statewide registration started in 1910 for births and deaths. General compliance for births by 1927 and deaths by 1911.