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Research Available at No Charge

Butler County:

  • Obituaries
    • Aug - Oct 1976
    • Oct 1976 - Jan 1977
    • Jan 1977 - Apr 1977
    • April 1977 - Nov 1977
    • Nov 1977 - Apr 1978
    • Apr 1978 - Dec 1978
    • 1980
    • 1982
    • 1990-Current
  • Butler County Census: 1850, 1860, 1870, 1876, 1880 (1900, 1910, 1920 have Internet Copies)
  • Butler County History Books, Volume I & II
  • Records of Birth & Stillbirths (1883-1893, and some 1897)
  • Records of Deaths (1883-1893, and some 1897)
  • Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home Records (1906-1914) (This is an ongoing project)
  • 25th Anniversary Extractions - (1893-1903) Daily American Republic (local newspaper extractions)
  • Marriage Books A to E
  • Marriage Books F to R
  • Probate Records Index 1850 - 1965
  • Probate Records Book A 1849 - 1857
  • Early Wills 1869 - 1896
  • Probate County Minutes 1870, 1871
  • Butler County Cemetery Books 1 to 4

Stoddard County Cemetery Book Wayne County Cemetery Books 1 and 2
Carter County Cemetery Book
Ripley County Cemetery
Books 1-4
Carter County Census
1860, 1870, 1880, 1910
Stoddard County Marriage
Books 1857-1862, 1864-1899, and 1900-1916
Wayne County Marriage
Book A (1892-1898), (1896-1898) and Book B (1898-1900)
Carter County Marriage Books A to F
Ripley County Marriage
(1833-1926)

Research Available for the Nominal Fee of $5.00 (members) $10.00 (non-members)

Three Rivers Community College has old microfilm on the following local newspapers:

  • The Daily Republican 10/26/1893 - 10/25/1928
  • Poplar Bluff Republican 4/2/1891 - 12/30/1971
  • Interstate American 8/1/1921 - 10/31/1925
  • Weekly Citizen Democrat 1/26/1933 - 9/4/1969
  • American Republican 1/1/1928 - 12/31/1951
  • Daily American Republic 1/1965 - Present
  • Some Census microfim on various counties and states

Copies are 25 cents each

Poplar Bluff City Library also has microfilm on this material and some census records including some city directories.

If you have a specific request, please write it, along with any questions, on the request form.

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