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Brief History of Bollinger County
Bollinger County, Missouri was formed in 1851 from Cape Girardeau, Madison, Stoddard and Wayne Counties. Birth records are available from 1883-1891. Marriage records are on file from 1865 and death records from 1883-1892. Land records from 1851 exist. Probate and court records are on file in the county courthouse since 1866.

Bollinger County is named for George Frederick Bollinger who came to this area in 1797 from North Carolina. He received a 640-acre land grant from Don Louis Lorimier, the Spanish commandant at Cape Girardeau. In return for the land, Bollinger agreed to develop the land and to bring more settlers from the east. He returned to North Carolina and, in 1800, brought 20 families (including six of his brothers and their families) back to settle along the banks of the Whitewater River. He also became involved in the political arena. Bollinger was a member of the first territorial assembly, which met in 1812 in St. Louis. Then, when Missouri became a state, Bollinger became a senator. He was one of the original senators to meet at the First Missouri State Capitol in St. Charles and he was elected to serve as president pro tem of the Senate in 1828. Bollinger also had a hand in national politics when he was a member of the electorial college that elected President Andrew Jackson to his second term (1832-1837).

"Our Neighbors"
Cape Giradeau [New Site !] ~ Madison ~ Perry ~ Stoddard ~ Wayne Counties, Missouri
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Hello:
Data from the Rootsweb old files will be found on these two Pages: Vitals Page and the Odds & Ends Page
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Townships [wiki]
Liberty ~ Lorance ~ Union
Whitewater ~ Wayne ~ Crooked Creek ~ Filmore ~ Scopus

Towns [wiki] ~ USGS Link




Missouri Maps
Interactive Atlas ~ Library of Congress: Missouri Maps
"Map Geeks" State and Township Maps ~ Getty Geographical Thesaurus
Bureau of Land Management ~ Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps [Scroll Down]
USGS Maps for Missouri ~ Missouri State and Regional Maps
Historical Maps: Perry Castaneda ~ Quadrangles ~ Surveyor's Base Maps
Historic Map Works "Residential Genealogy"
Library of Congress: Miscellaneous Maps
MapGoose And Google Earth Pro [Download Link]
Interested in other Missouri Counties?
Here is a map with clickable links


Biographies ~ Books
There were a few Biographies that had been transcribed from the following History"
"Goodspeed's history of southeast Missouri : embracing an historical account of the counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron: Published: 1888"
Here is an Index ~ Here are Transcribed Bio's ~ Here are extracted pages for the remainder.

Bollinger County, 1851-1976 : a Bicentennial Commemorative
Online and Searchable: Please use the link
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Miscellaneous Missouri Historical Information: Pioneers ~ Native American's
Historic Missourians, Towns and Forts, and...
George Caleb Bingham ~ Old Settler's Association: 1897
"Gone but not forgotton" ~ Missouri Pioneer Site
The Forts of Missouri ~ Missouri History - Provincial Period
Native American Tribes in Missouri

"Missouri Pioneers, County and Genealogical Records"; 30 Volumes
Created by:
Hodges, Nadine ~ Vineyard, John, Mrs. ~ Woodruff, Audrey Lee Wagner, 1913 - 1996
[Books - FS Catalog - Log In, Search: Use Nadine Hodges ]

Here are the Vols which contain information for Bollinger County
All Vols are pdf and searchable
Vols: 9, 10, 11, 12, 25
They are all available in the FS Catalog: Please use this link.


"What's New"
June 2025

"Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association"
by: Missouri State Medical Association
Issues: January 1904 - December 2000 [Archived]
Link to all of the Issues

In an effort to make this interesting set of Medical Journals
available for Missouri Genealogical and Historical Researchers, I am
trying to figure out how the Content is structured and what might be
the best way of presentation.

There are 97 issues on the Archive.org Site. All of which can be viewed, searched and downloaded.
Volumes 1-49 (June 1904-1952) of the Journal of the Missouri State Medical Association
and
 50-97 (1953-2000) of Missouri Medicine are available online.

The best way to inspect the Content is to take a look at an Index.
Here are the Index pages for the 1904 Issue:
https://archive.org/details/journal1190miss/page/718/mode/2up

Genealogocal Research always includes the search for both Biographies and Obituaries.
Fortunately for us, these Journals have both!
But... over the years, the Editors change the way they are listed.
The first 5 or 6 years have Obituaries listed on Page Numbers, no names in the Index.

About 1908 or 1909, They began listing Obits by Name in the Index, Like This:
https://archive.org/details/journal6190miss/page/827/mode/1up

A generic Search: 'Obituary' will bring up Items
https://ia903108.us.archive.org/17/items/journal1719miss/journal1719miss.pdf

A generic Search: 'Deceased' will bring up Items
https://ia903108.us.archive.org/17/items/journal1719miss/journal1719miss.pdf

Individual Searches for Names will always work.
"Jones", for Instance [Without the Quotes
https://ia903108.us.archive.org/17/items/journal1719miss/journal1719miss.pdf

In the later years, the Medical Journals did not contain many full Obituaries,
instead they included what I call "Embellished Death Notices" under the heading "In Memoriam":

 Like This
Barbara Spies, MD, 73,
Louisburg, KS, died November 9,1996. Dr. Spies graduated from the University of Kansas Medical
School in 1952, interned at Menorah Hospital, practiced in Kansas. From 1978 until she
retired in June of 1987, she practiced in Louisburg.
January 1997 Issue

The Missouri Journals also have Membership Information, County Rosters, Changes of Address
and "News Items" which are always interesting.

Using the Tutorial I have written will give you an idea on how to use the
valuable files on the Archive Site.


Medical Directories:

"Medical and Surgical Directory
of The United States"
R L Polk & Co, Publishers,
Here are the pages for 1886

"Medical and Surgical Register
of The United States"
R L Polk, Publishers,
Detroit, Philadelphia, Chicago
Here are the pages for 1890

Also Included is the following collection of data:
Officers Of the Medical Department of the United States Army And Hospital Stewards.
Medical Corps of the United States Navy
Medical Officers Of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service.
Including Acting Assistant Surgeons And Hospital Stewards.
Here are the Military Pages for 1886 and 1890

Note:
There are more Medical Registers: Scroll Down
'Polk's medical register and directory of North America'
by R.L. Polk, Publishers
There are quite a few:
Years: 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1917
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As I was cleaning up the old Bollinger Files, I did a bit of searching for additional Resources;
Here are Miscellaneous Items from the Family Search Catalog:
For Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, Use the links below.

Centennial St. John's Church and Leopold, Mo., 1856-1956 [Elfrink, Richard J]
Old Bollinger : a collection of historical articles taken
from the pages of the Banner Press, Bollinger County's
weekly newspaper, and published in celebration of the
bicentennial of the American Revolution [Ellinghouse, Cletis R.]

MO State Archives
Missouri, Bollinger County, tax records, 1865-1900


Lookups and Queries:
The New County Coordinator will be happy to receive any notes regarding Volunteers,
If you have questions or resources to share please contact the State Coordinator:  Mel Owings

Queries
It appears that there is not a mail list for Bollinger County,
Please Check Cyndi's list.

Lookups:
I have access to the Library Edition of My Heritage
Kansas City Star [1 Mar 2013 > Current]
and
Access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions]
Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank] ~ Historic Map Works
For more Info and Contents ~ Contact Martha [MOGenWeb Volunteer]

'History Hub' = New Lookup Service
Search for Living People: Zaba Search
And RAOGK
Local Historical, Museum, and Genealogical Agencies and [Research Requests]
The above list has local resources, web pages and information that may help with research.
MO Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections