Welcome to the Vernon County, Missouri USGenWeb
Project
This site is contains many free indexes and what you
need to know to research your Vernon County ancestors.
Please email the County
Coordinator, if you have a how-to research question that is not
covered.
YOU MAY FREELY
LINK TO THIS WEBSITE, BUT DO NOT COPY THIS INFORMATION
AND POST ON OTHER
WEBSITES OR PUBLISH ELSEWHERE!
A
new mailing list has been set up for those researching
Vernon Co, MO. Please go to
https://groups.io/g/MO-VERNON and join the MO-VERNON group. This group is to
discuss, share or ask questions of a genealogical nature for persons who may
have had a life event in Vernon Co, MO. Our thanks to the generous volunteer who set up
and administers the mailing list! |
Updated
19 Jan 2021
The Cedar & Vernon Co MO
Genealogical Society meets on the third
Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. The Nevada Library Annex is
located at 200 W. Walnut St, at the corner
of W. Walnut and N. Main, Nevada, MO (northwest corner of the court
square). The El Dorado Springs Library is located at
808 S. Main St, El Dorado Springs, MO. The Dec meeting location will be announced.
A Membership Form
is at this link. Please submit your dues before January 1.
2021
Date |
Location |
Program/Speaker |
Jan,
Feb
& Mar |
At this time no meeting is scheduled due to area illness. |
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USED
BOOKS FOR SALE by the local genealogical society. (List updated
Dec 2020)
Cedar & Vernon Co MO Gen Society
member special - 50% off Used Books this winter!!
NEW BOOKS FOR SALE by the local genealogical society.
** New Book Added to List **
DNA Project:
Have you tested your DNA? You can compare your autosomal test results
with those who tested at different companies by transferring your test
data to https://www.familytreedna.com/ (if you did not test at this
company). There is a small fee to activate the various comparison
tools on the FamilyTreeDNA website. Also, you can upload your test data to
https://gedmatch.com/
(some features are free). These two websites enable all
researchers to compare autosomal results with those who tested at
different companies. Transferring your results will help you and
other researchers to get more from your testing! To
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to learn more about DNA research, such as
https://dna-explained.com/ and
https://blog.kittycooper.com/ |
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Vernon County, Missouri?
It is located on the Missouri-Kansas state line about 80
miles south of Kansas City.
Where is the county seat? The
county seat is Nevada (neh-VĀ-duh), MO, at the
crossroads of I-49/U.S. 71 & U.S. 54 near the center of the county. The Courthouse is located in the town
square, and its clock tower is visible from much of the town.
Do you have information on the [fill
in the name] family? Please check these pages: Biographies,
Surnames. As county coordinator, I personally do not
conduct genealogical research or do lookups for individuals, however the
Bushwhacker Museum does.
Where is Vernon County, Missouri Found in the
Federal Census?
1830 |
North of the Osage River: Jackson County, MO
South of the Osage River: Crawford County, MO |
1840 |
Van Buren County, MO except for the southern 1/4th of the county
which was enumerated as Newton County, MO |
1850 |
Bates County, MO |
1860-present |
Vernon County, MO |
When was Vernon County, Missouri First Settled?
The first permanent white settlers in the area that
is now Vernon County were the three Summers brothers--Jesse J., Moses, and
Allen--and their families. They settled near the Osage River in
what is now Metz Township, Vernon County, Missouri, in 1829/1830.
Vernon County was organized in
1855.
Were Vernon County's Records Lost During the
Civil War?
Although the Vernon County Courthouse was burned
by Federal troops in
1863, the official records were not lost because they had been removed from the
area. Deed Index Book B, however, did get lost.
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