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Land in Missouri was granted by the three nations of —France, Spain, and the United States. The original papers, as well as microfilmed copies, of the Spanish and French land grants are retained by the Missouri State Archives. Recording by the United States government of clear land titles granted by the Spanish and French governments actually began in St. Louis on 16 September 1805. An index to the land grants (Books A-D) has been published by the St. Louis Genealogical Society, and published in the St. Louis Genealogical Quarterly 8 (September 1975). The original minutes are housed in the Missouri State Archives.

The original records of the United States Land Sales have been microfilmed on seventeen rolls and are located in Record Group 5 at the Missouri State Archives. A complete name index is on each roll. They are available for purchase.

If the researcher knows the land description of the property of interest, copies of the original land patents granted by the United States government can be obtained from United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Land Office.

The Missouri State Archives also holds other land records of interest to the genealogical researcher

  • An alphabetical index to War of 1812 military lands of north Missouri
  • The Savannah Land Grants from 1845 through 1857 (indexed)
  • The Platte Purchase records (with an index available at the archives)
  • The Land Office Reports, microfilmed copies of American State Papers, vols 1 through 8
  • The United States General Land Office Reports, 1828-59

Other records of interest, which are indexed, include the township school lands, seminary lands, saline lands and swamp lands all of which were patented by the state.

Missouri Historical Records

Each county has a recorder of deeds. Here the researcher can expect to find the direct and indirect index to deeds, a transcript of deeds, warranty deeds, administrator's deeds, quit claim deeds, sheriff's deed records, index to mortgages, mortgages, school fund mortgage records, chattel mortgages, deeds of trust, patent records, plat books, the index to marriage records, marriage records, applications for marriage licenses, records of certificates of marriage, records of marriage of persons of color (from 1865 to the 20th century in separate registers), and military discharge papers. Note that in Missouri all marriage records are held by the recorder of deeds

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