RESOURCES
Pertaining to Bates County and the state of Missouri
Bates
County Circuit Clerk
Courthouse
Butler,
MO 64730
(816)
679-5171
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Bates
County Clerk
Courthouse
Butler,
MO 64730
(816)
679-3371
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Bates
County Historical Society
P.O.
Box 164
Butler,
MO. 64730
Phone:
660-679-4777 Or 660-679-0134
The
Bates County Historical Society is the parent organization
of
the Bates County Museum & DOES NOT DO GENEALOGY.
Nita
Thompson: museum curator
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Butler
Public Library
100
W Atkinson Ave.
Butler,
MO 64730-2006
(816
or 660) 679-4321
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Certified
copies of Missouri birth and death records and certified statements relating
to Missouri
marriages and dissolution of marriages are available for a fee of $10.00
through:
Bureau
of Vital Records
930
Wildwood
PO
Box 570
Jefferson
City, MO 65102
Telephone
(573) 751-6400
Scanned images of Missouri death
certificates are available online for the years 1910 through 1956. They can be
found on the official Missouri State Archives website.
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Note:
Births and deaths were not recorded in Missouri until 1910, although for
the period
1883-1893
county clerks were required to register births and deaths and some
counties kept
these
records for other years. Any of these records that are still
available should be obtained from
the
county in which the birth or death occurred or from:
Records
Management and Archives Service
1001
Industrial drive, POB 778
Jefferson
City, Missouri 65101
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Missouri
State Archives
Virtual Missouri Archives (including Search Engine)
Located in the Missouri State Capitol
600 W. Main St.
Jefferson City, Missouri
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Poplar Heights Farm
Project: organizing the cemeteries of Bates County and looking for any
information, histories, obituaries,
family histories and photographs
for anyone that has lived in Bates County, Missouri.
If you would like to participate, please contact:
Bates County Family History Center
Attn: Betty Newton
208 W. Delaware, P.O. Box 266, Butler, MO 64730
660-679-0764
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