The Family History Library of the Mormon Church has quite a few microfilms of Probate Court Records. Try: Cedar County Record of Wills 1846 - 1892. Film Number 0932399. Missouri Probate Court for Cedar County 1846 - 1911, Film 0932405 Missouri Probate Court for Cedar County 1870 - 1902, Film 0932406 Missouri Probate Court for Cedar County, Administrators Notes 1866 -1911. Film # 0932407. There's a lot of Information there. Pat Darby Sanchez

I am thinking of driving to Cedar County during my 2 week trip to Texas this month and was wondering about area hotel/motel availability. Also, I am curious to know what to expect at the courthouse, specifically probate records. I have seen Cedar county microfilm from LDS and made copies of documents for my ancestor, but they were found on different reels. I'm wondering if I missed something. Should I expect one file with all documents pertaining to him in that file, or will they be scattered throughout the probate books, which I will have to look through. The time period I am searching is about 1850 - 1900. I would also like to find death information on an ancestor who died in Kansas in 1917, but was brought to Cedar county for burial. I'm aware that death certificates are filed in Jefferson City, but could I expect to find anything at the county level? I don't know what kinds of records were filed if a person didn't die in Missouri, but was just buried there. I read that what recorded birth records that there are for the 1800s are recorded in the regular deed books of the county and they are not indexed. Is this correct? Am I assuming correctly that there is a genealogical area of a library in El Dorado Springs that would be worth searching? I also want to check the cemeteries for my ancestors. Several I know are buried in Clintonville Cemetery and others I know are buried there, but I don't know where. Thanks for any tips and suggestions, Shirley