Genealogy Index

Below is a list of various departments and resources that may assist you in your research of family history.

County Clerks Office
300 East Main Room 201 • Union, MO 63084
Phone: 636-583-6355 • Fax: (636) 583-7320
E-Mail: frcoclerk@yhti.net

Partial Birth Records from 1883 to 1892
Partial Death Records from 1883 to 1887
Land Tax Books 1835 to 1988 on Microfilm
Coroner Inquest from 1863 through 1969 on Microfilm
School Records from 1901 - 1940 on Microfilm

The above Records can also be found in the original Books at the Franklin County Historical Society in Washington Missouri.

Circuit Clerks Office
300 East Main Room 301 • Union, MO 63084
Phone: 636-583-6300 • E-Mail: bill_miller@osca.state.mo.us

Immigration Records

Health Department
www.franklinmo.org/HealthDept.htm
15 South Oak • Union, MO 63084
Phone: 636-583-7300 • Fax: (636) 583-7305
E-Mail: fchealth@yhti.net

Birth Records from 1920 to present
Death Certificates from 1980 to present

Records prior to those years are available from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services:
Missouri Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Records
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0507
Phone: (573) 751-6400

Recorder of Deeds
www.franklinmo.org
300 East Main Room 101 • Union, MO 63084
Phone: 636-583-6367 • Fax: (636) 583-7330
E-Mail: fcrecorder@yhti.net

Real Estate Transfers from 1819 to the present
Marriage Licenses from 1819 to the present
Military Discharges from 1917 to the present

Franklin County Recorder of Deeds records go back to 1819 before Missouri was a state and before Franklin County was a County.

Scenic Regional Library
http://catalog.scenic.lib.mo.us/

Union
308 Hawthorne Drive • Union, MO 63084
Phone: (636) 583-3224

St. Clair
570 S Main • St. Clair, MO 63077
Phone: (636) 629-2546

New Haven
901 Maupin • New Haven, MO 63068
Phone: (573)237-2189

Local Newspapers from Beginning to 1988
Census Records of Franklin, Gasconade, and Warren Counties from 1830 to 1920
County Records including Birth, Death, Probate and Circuit Court Records and Will from the above three counties.
Back issues of 24 various magazines

Franklin County, Missouri Genealogical & Historical Societies
Four Rivers Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 146 • Washington, MO 63090-0146.

Franklin County Historical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 293 •  Union, MO 63084
Sue Cooley, President

Friends of Old Bethel - Labadie Area
P. O. Box 82 • Labadie, MO 63055
Bill and Barbara Troutman (636) 742-4971
E-mail: Sandra K. Becker-Gurnow, gurnow@mail.yhti.net

Gerald Historical Society
111 West Third • Gerald, MO 63037
Nancy Lindemeyer, President 573-764-2708
E-Mail: Nancy Lindemeyer, pandmvty@fidnet.com

Meramec Valley Genealogical and Historical Society

140 West St. Louis Street • Pacific, MO 63069
c/o Sue Reed (librarian), Scenic Regional Library
(636) 257-2712.

Meramec Valley Historical Museum Committee
300 Hoven Drive • Pacific, MO 63069,
Email: Jeff Titter, Chairman, jmt74@fidnet.com
Meetings: Second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Pacific City Hall.

New Haven Preservation Society

109 Wall • New Haven, MO 63068
President Alan Bell
Carol Bell (573) 237-2832

Phoebe Apperson Hearst Historical Society

2808 Sycamore Lane • St. Clair, MO 63077
c/o Helen Ely (636)-629-2596
E-Mail: Sue Cooley, scooley@yhti.net

St. Clair Historical Museum
P. O. Box 147 • St. Clair, MO 63077
E-Mail: John Roberts, Chairman, MRJR4U@aol.com.

Union Historical Society
514 West Main Street • Union, MO 63084
Kevin Mooney, President
636-583-2682.

Washington Historical Society
P. O. Box 146 • Washington, MO 63090
Museum Phone: (636) 239-0280
Marc Houseman (636) 239-3988
www.washmohistorical.org

E-Mail: museum@washmohistorical.org

Washington's Firehouse Museum
520 West Fifth • Washington, Missouri 63090
(636) 390-0469
Hours: Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.


Recorder of Deeds
Franklin County Government Center
Room 102
400 East Locust
Union, MO  63084-1675


Phone:  636-583-6367
Fax:  636-583-7330
Email:  recorder@franklinmo.net