Lake of the Ozarks - Camden County History & Museum
Mail PO Box 19, Linn Creek, MO 65020
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Our research volunteers are happy to assist you in Genealogy research.
 

(We are currently working on an index of Cemeteries within the County. We welcome help.)
 

We have research volunteers to help in family research. If you are unable to visit us in person to search for your relatives, we welcome your requests. It would be appreciated if any requests would be accompanied by a donation. Charges must be made for any photographs that are reproduced. Photocopies of typed pages will cost 50 cents per page which can be billed. Please send your request: Camden County Historical Society, P.O. Box 19, Linn Creek, Missouri 65052 or via the "Contact Us" page.


If you have e-mail, please include it with your request in case someone needs to get in touch with you with a brief question. Also please include a daytime phone number.

 

Our records include:

1. Over 50 family histories - donated by relatives
2. Camden County cemetery records
3. Morgan County 1850, 1860, 1870 federal census
4. Morgan County marriage records
5. Miller County 1850, 1860, 1870 federal census
6. Miller County marriage records 1837-1908
7. Laclede County 1850 federal census
8. Benton County 1850 federal census
9. Pulaski County 1850 federal census
10. Dallas County cemetery records
11. Green County 1876 census index
12. Green County divorce records 1837-1899 1900-1910
13. Numerous journals about the history of Camden County

Donations of books, family histories and documentary materials pertaining to Camden County and its people are always welcome!

We are happy to help you with your Camden County family research as long as this information is in our archives.

 

 

 The Camden County Historical Society needs help with the cemeteries it maintains. If you would be interested in helping please call 573-346-7191 and leave a message for Carolyn.

 

 

Please remember that we are self supporting and need your donations for maintenance of records, building and exhibits.

               Walking Through History

               by Carolyn Hines

 

Walking through history is what you do when you visit a cemetery.  With a little research you can meet many people and learn their stories.  Many have pioneered and developed our country, fought our wars, run our country, and lived ordinary lives.  Some suffered many hardships, others ordinary or above ordinary lives.  Cemeteries are a great asset in genealogy research.

     The Camden County Historical Society has a big interest in preserving the   history and the cemeteries of Camden County.  At the present time we are in charge of the general upkeep of five cemeteries.  Our cemetery committee is very active in researching all of the known cemeteries in Camden County.  We now have a large quantity of research at the museum and continue to work at adding to this collection. 

     The members of the Historical Society have a great respect for the history and pioneers who settled this land.  As you know stories and data sometimes change as it is passed down.  We try to document our research so is can be as correct as possible.  If anyone has a special interest in our cemetery research, please feel free to contact us.   

Carolyn Hines is the Chairman of our Cemetery Committee and authored the book Old Linn Creek Memorial Cemetery Book in 2010 (see our Publications and Books page)

 

                      Genealogy Research 

                           by Vee Rudi

 

Genealogy research is one of the many ongoing projects here in our little corner of the Ozarks. Over the years, thousands of local obituaries have been collected and we are in the process of alphabetizing and recording them in notebooks. Our computer database on genealogy contains information on over 148,000 people - mostly from Camden County. New names and family information is added to this database every week.

Lots and lots of information is available in our family files, so if you are looking for Great Grandpa Isaac who was in Camden County in the late 1800's or early 1900's, we can probably help you. We also have census and cemetery records for Camden and other nearby counties.

Approximately 50 local families have donated copies -of their family histories to the museum and we would love to have a copy of yours to add to our growing collection. You never know who you might help get over that infamous "brick wall". So, stop by or send us and email to see if we can help with your research.

By the way, did you know that genealogy research is the #2 hobby in the world?