St Louis County, Missouri
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My name is Martha, I am the St Louis City and County, Missouri County Coordinator.
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Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~ What's New ~ Historical Maps ~Lookups and Queries
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Newspapers
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Family Search: Historical Images ~ Odds and Ends
Media: Books ~ Coroner, Funeral Home & Mortuary [Films] ~ Miscellany [More Films]
New Site>> "Missouri Meanderings" ~ Eclectic Missouri resources to enhance your GenWeb Experience [Off Site]
St Louis' Neighbors
St Charles ~ Franklin ~ Jefferson ~ City of St Louis, Missouri,
Madison , IL ~ St Clair, IL ~ Monroe , IL
| Media ~ Books ~ Coroner, Funeral Home & Mortuar Resources ~ Newspapers ~ Miscellany [Films] Books & Publications The Books and Indexes on this Page will have a connection to either St Louis County [or City] and Missouri The Biographies [County Histories] will remain here >>>New<<< Books from the Family Search Catalog: Use This Link For Access Annals of St. Louis in its early days under the French and Spanish dominations Author: Billon, Frederic Louis, 1801-1895 Annals of St. Louis in its early days under the French and Spanish dominations, 1764-1804 Author: Billon, Frederic Louis, 1801-1895 Annals of St. Louis in its territorial days, from 1804 to 1821 : being a continuation of the author's previous work the Annals of the French and Spanish period Author: Billon, Frederic Louis, 1801-1895 The book of St. Louisans : a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of St. Louis and vicinity Author: Marquis, Albert Nelson, d.1943 The Book of St. Louisans, Missouri : a biographical dictionary of leading living men of the city of St. Louis and vicinity Author: Leonard, John William, 1849 Edward's great west and her commercial metropolis, embracing a general view of the West, and a complete history of St. Louis : from the landing of Ligueste, in 1764, to the present time, with portraits and biographies of some of the old settlers, and many of the most prominent business men Author: Edwards, Richard; Hopewell, M. Encyclopedia of the history of St. Louis : a compendium of history and biography for ready reference Author: Conard, Howard Louis; Hyde, William, 1818-1874 History of Saint Louis city and county, from the earliest periods to the present day, including biographical sketches of representative men Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898 History of St. Louis County, Missouri... Author: Thomas, William Lyman, 1846- The makers of St. Louis : a brief sketch of the growth of a great city, with biographies of the men whose lives have been given to the building up of a mid-continent metropolis Author: Waterworth, Edward B; Reedy, William Marion, 1862-1920 Missouri Historical Society of St. Louis : proceedings, April 21, 1881 - Samuel Gatty, of St. Louis Author: Missouri Historical Society (St. Louis, Missouri); Darby, John Fletcher, 1803-1882; Todd, Albert, 1851- Notable St. Louisans in 1900 : a portrait gallery of men whose energy and ability have contributed largely toward making Author: Cox, James Notable women of St. Louis, 1914 Author: Johnson, Charles P., Mrs. Old and new St. Louis, a concise history of the metropolis of the West and Southwest : with a review of its present greatness and immediate prospects, with a biographical appendix Author: Cox, James, d. 1902 Personal recollections of many prominent people whom I have known : and of events--especially of those relating to the history of St. Louis--during the first half of the present century Author: Darby, John Fletcher, 1803-1882 Portraits of prominent Saint Louisans in 1916 Saint Louis : the future great city of the world ; with biographical sketches of the representative men and women of St. Louis and Missouri Author: Reavis, L. U. (Logan Uriah), 1831-1889 Saint Louis to-day Author: Mirror (Periodical) The St. Louis movement in philosophy, literature, education, psychology, with chapters of autobiography Author: Snider, Denton Jaques, 1841-1925 St. Louis reference record : a newspaper man's motion-picture of the city when we got our first bridge, and of many later happenings of local note Author: Kelsoe, William A The St. Louis story : library of American lives, 1952 : a source edition recording the early and contemporary history of St. Louis, City and County, through the medium of extensive research and the life histories of its most constructive members Author: Gill, McCune, 1883-1965 St. Louis, the fourth city Author: Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939 St. Louis, the fourth city Author: Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939 St. Louis, the fourth city : pictorial and biographical St. Louisans "as we see 'em" : cartoons and caricatures Author: Martin, S. Carlisle Women of Achievement : celebrating 50 years of women who make things happen in the St. Louis region, 1955-2005 Author: Grove, Dudley Roulhac; Kimbrough, Mary  There are download links for Archive.org, Google E Book Items & Google Drive "Reminiscences Of The Bench and Bar of Missouri" With an Appendix Containing Biographical Sketches... By: W V N Bay St Louis F H Thomas and Company: 1878 Please use this Link for the Index, Appendix and Split Out Pages "The Bench and Bar Of St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City and Other Missouri Cities" Biographical Sketches With Steel Engraved Portraits St Louis and Chicago: American Biographical Publishing Company H C Cooper Jr & Co., Proprietors, 1884 Please use this Link for the Index and Split Out Pages "History of the Bench and Bar of Missouri With Reminiscences of the ..." A J D Stewart, Editor Illustrated St Louis, Mo The Legal Publishing Company: 1898 Press of Little & Becker Printing Co., St Louis, MO. Please use this Link for the Index and Split Out Pages "Book of Saint Louisans" J Leonard: 1912 The above book does not have an index. This book is available on Google Books: Please Use This LInk It is also available from the FS Book Section Please use this Link - The Alpha Sections are Here Book Assortment: Crime, Biography, Medical There are download links for Archive.org, Google E Book Items & Google Drive "Missouri State Medical Directory" Containing a Carefully Prepared List of Physicians, Dentists and Druggists, Together with Colleges Hospitals, Medical Associations and Societies throughout the State 1893 The Medical Fortnichtly Press, St Louis - Chicago Table of Contents ~ Physicians of St Louis County & City Druggists ~ All Counties List ~ Appendix Read Online or Download : FS Catalog / Books {{?}} "The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States" Edited By: William B Atkinson, M D: Author of "Hints in the Obstertic Procedure," etc... Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878 There are three Indexes, "Alpha", "Local" & "Analytical" The two most useful are Alpha and Local The Indexes are Here The Book can be read online or downloaded. {{?}} "American Women : The official who's who among the women of the nation" by Howes, Durward, 1899- Publication date, 1937 - V2 There are two interesting Indexes: Geographical, Occupational There is one page of Necrology [Names, no Dates, A - K] The Biographies are Alpha and split into Sections. The Indexes and Sections are Here Read Online or Download [Archive.org] {{?}} "Woman's Who's Who of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada 1914-1915: John William Leonard, Editor-in-Chief New York: The American Commonwealth Company There is no Alpha Index, instead the Authors saw fit to make one that is titled: "Her Married Name". There is an Addenda - Corrections set of pages. The Bios are listed Alphabetically. The Addenda and 'Married Name' The book can be read online or downloaded {{?}} "Men of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries Edited By: John W Leonard L R Hamersly & Company One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1908 There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical : Google Books: Read Online or Download {{?}} "Men and Women of America" A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries L R Hamersly & Company One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1910 Copyright 1909 By L R Hamersly & Company, New York There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical Read Online or Download {{?}} "The American Bar" The Professional Directoy of Lawyers of the World Sarah Livermore: Editor Sixty-Second Annual Edition: 1980 Published by: Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates, Inc Minneapolis, Minnesota Please use this link for Index and Split Sections {{?}} "Professional Criminals of America" By Thomas Byrnes Inspector of Police and Chief of Detectives: New York City Cassell & Company, Limited 739 & 741 Broadway, New York Copyright, 1886 By Thomas Brynes Index and Sections are Here Read Online or Download [FS] Missouri Cousins" LDS Film # 873784 / Book 977.8D2 Author: A Maxim Coppage Published by: Raines Publishing Company 11 W 20th Street, Antioch, Calif., USA ~ September 1969 This little book is chock full of bits and pieces of family information. Use this link for the St Louis County Pages Use this link for the Index if you wish to look at other County Records Access: Download the book using the link above or use the FS Catalog and get the film. Family Genealogies & History Patterson-Piggott family of St. Louis County, Missouri by Veale, Carl William, 1916- The family of William Greenleaf Eliot and Abby Adams Eliot of St. Louis, Missouri. by Eliot, Edward Cranch, 1856-1928. The Hall family of St. Louis, Missouri By Cindy S Cox Hall
Heritage Hub: Missouri Newspapers Center Square Missouri, The (MO) 2020 - 2021 USA - MO Web-Only Daily Missouri Republican Daily Missouri Republican 1841 - 1888 USA - MO - St. Louis Democrat-Missourian, The (Harrisonville, MO) 2007 - 2019 Maneater, The: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) 1995 - 202 Columbia College/University Missouri Courier 1849 - 1854 USA - MO - Hannibal Missouri Farmer Today (MO) 2012 - 2021 Missouri funeral home notices and obituaries (MO) 1999 - Current Web-Only Source Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser 1808 - 1818 USA - MO - St. Louis Missouri Lawyers Media (MO) 2004 - 2023 MO - St. Louis Web-Only South Missourian News (Thayer, MO) 1900 - Current USA - MO - Thayer Tri-Weekly Missouri Republican 1853 - 1858 USA - MO - St. Louis {{?}} >>>New<<< St. Louis County, Missouri ~ Newspapers ~ Family Search Catalog Please Use This Link For Access The best of the St. Louis Luminary Author: Black, Susan Easton, 1944- Bible and family records Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Betty Bonney Chapter (Arkansas City, Kansas); Society of Friends. Ohio Yearly Meeting Louisiana Gazette St. Louis, Missouri 26 July 1810 : List of letters in post office of St. Louis News items from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1880 [There are 3 Films]] Journal Articles: Record from the newspaper includes deaths, marriages, wills and probates, divorces, etc. Owners of Real Estate in St. Louis for sale for taxes, year 1829 : [from the Missouri Republican, St. Louis, 18 May 1830] A St. Louis és vidéke jubileumi nagyszáma Author: Káldor, Kálmán The story of the St. Louis post-dispatch Author: Ross, Charles G (Charles Griffith), 1885-1950; Wilensky, Harry Vital records from Missouri Daily Democrat : April-June 1854 {{?}} Newspapers: Family Search Historical Image Section The following Newspaper Films were uploaded 20 July 2024: More Editions uploaded: 30 July 2024 They are not in the Catalog, Use this Link for the Historical Image Section St Louis City & County Clayton-Watchman Advocate: July 1885 - Dec 1924 Carondelet News: 1903 - Dec 1933 St Louis American: Jan 1993 - 2008 - Files are marked by 'Roll Number - 40-69' Przewodnik: [Polish Newspaper] 1903-1945 St. Louis Es Videke Hungarian Weekly: Missouri. Newspapers Oct 31, 1958 - Aug 9 1969 St. Louis Jewish Light: St. Louis. Newspapers May 1, 1996–Dec 25, 1996 The Files with a Reel or Vol Number all appear to be for the Jewish Light and are written in English. Jewish Free Press, 1885-1887 [English] Generic War Records & Miscellaney Compiled records of military units in volunteer Confederate organizations Collection of compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations Collection of records of the field offices for the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands "Reclaim the Records": Missouri Vital Records [Birth Indexes] Birth Indexes: 1910 - 1919 ~ 1920 - 1929 ~ 1930 - 1939 ~ 1940 - 1949 1950 - 1959 ~ 1960 - 1969 ~ 1970 - 1979 ~ 1980 - 1989 1990 - 1999 ~ 2000 - 2009 ~ 2010 - 2015 ~ 2016 - 2019 2020 ~ 2021 |
| Coroner and Funeral Home and Mortuary Resources <<<New>>> 6 September 2024 The Historical Image Section of Family Search uploaded 10,656 Coroner & Medical Record "Index Cards" The Cards are set up in Alpha Sections: There are major differences in the type of information available. The Chart below will be of some assistance ~ Download a pdf of the Chart for offline use. Explanation of 'Sets' Film 116373651 - Set 1 - Name Only These folks' Death Certificates may be found on the MO Digital Heritage Site Set 2: Sample File ~ Set 3: Sample File ~ Set 4: Sample file ~ Set 5: Sample File Info Included: Name, Color, Gender, Location [May be POB], Coroner/Medical Eximaner Results This Set also has the names of Men who perished in a Plane Crash: Index Card I do not find any Coroner Reports for them ~ Here is a News Article Film 116373587 Set 1: Sample File ~ Set 2: Sample File ~ Set 3: Sample File [Scant Info] ~ Set 4: Sample File Set 5: Sample File [This set has Name, Color, Gender, Age, Residence [Location] Zip Code, Date] Note: I did a lookup for a DC and found that the Given Name was misspelled on the Card. Cam Op's Certificate with Dates and Explanation for this Film
The Funeral Records of Robert J Armbruster Funeral Directors, Inc Clayton Road at Concordia Lane St Louis County, Missouri Robert & William Armbruster The Ambruster Funeral Chapel is still in business The Images listed below on the Chart may be found in the FS Historic Images Section. There are no Indexes, but each year section is chronological. Here is a set of sample files: Georgia Belle Rossi  July 2024: New Uploaded Films for Armbruster Funeral Home Wm Armbruster Funeral Home, New Files: 1935-1947, Includes Indexes: Film #115995038 [Divided into 6 batches] Time Frames: 1935-1936,1935-1937, 1941-1945, 1946-1947, Also: Records under the names of Armbruster, William, Edith & Robert, Film 115995037: 1927-1960 <<<New>>> 5 September 2024 Funeral Home Records Robert & Wm Armbruster Film # 115859767 Funeral Home Records Cullen & Kelly Funeral Home Records St Louis, MO 116373646: 1936–1945 ~ 116373638: 1898–1936 116373634: 1895-1898 ~ 116373630: 1892-1920 Funeral Home Records Cullen & Kelly Funeral Home Records, Gebken Funeral Home Records 116373611: 1879-1883 Weick Bro. Undertaking Co., Funeral Records Funeral Home Records 116322825: 1928-1955 There are also a new set of films for the Donnelly Funeral Home [Historical Image Section Only] Donnelly Funeral Home [Arthur J Donnelly Undertaking Co.] 3840 Lindel Blvd, St Louis, MO [Sample File:Woodward,M G] 115995039: 1934-1935 115995036: 1936-1937 116109685: 1938-1940 116109386: 1942-1943 116109394: 1944-1946 116109463: 1947-1949 116109666: 1950-1952 116109409: 1952-1955 116109732: 1956-1957 116190504: 1959-1962 116109500: 1962-1966 116109361: 1967-1980 New Upload: 30 July 2024 ~ 116201276 [A-E 1924-1980]
Funeral Home Records: FS Images Collection Added in June of 2024 St. Louis Funeral Home Records Reel 15: Missouri. Funeral Home Records 1931–1937, Obituaries 1931–1937 The Files also contain news clippings, the images are quite dark, but might be able to tweak if saved into decent image software The Chart Below gives the Years and Image Ranges for the Films ~ Please Use this Link to access the Films. There are no Indexes: Each Year Range contains files for January > December are are chronological.  Here is a sample file  Peetz Funeral Home, St Louis County, Missouri According to the St Louis Gen Societies List of Funeral Homes, Peetz Funeral Home's last listing in a City Directory is for 1948.
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Films: Family Search Catalog and Historical Imagesbr> "What's New" List of Registered Physicians In The City Of Saint Louis August 20th, 1878 St Louis: Times Printing House, Fifth and Chestnut Streets 1878 Access the Film Here: # 1425257 item #8 Images: 673-683 Information: Name ~ Date of Diploma ~ Name of School St Louis County, Missouri: Church Records: <<<New>>> Uploaded 20 July 2024 Holy Ghost United Church of Christ of St Louis, Missouri Translated and Transcribed by Dr Shirley A Harmon ~ Esther R Laumbattus Published by Closson Press Marriages: Mar 1833 - Dec 1843 / Imgs 1 - 68 Baptisms; 1833 - 1843 Imgs 69 - 205 Sample Files: Baptisms ~ Marriages 116125217 [His Img only - no Catalog] {{?}} Church Records, 1854-1993 [FS Catalog] Authors: Catholic Church. Immaculate Conception-St. Henry (St. Louis, Missouri) 1st communions, 1923-1951 Confirmations, 1948 1st communions & confirms. .... 1952-1993 Baptisms (loose papers, 1854-1873 interupt 1858 bapts.) Copy of above but in the case 1854-1872 of 1870, for example, not as many names--accuracy suspect. Film# 1903061 -Items 6 - 9 Baptisms, 1874-1902 Baptisms, 1914-1923, 1916 Marriages, 1854-1865 Marriages (includes loose, 1874-1902 papers) Marriages, 1915-1993 (1) Film #1903062 Deaths, 1947-1965 (Includes funeral home cards & clergymen's death papers, 1978-1983. Also includes obituaries at the end of the manuscript.) Deaths, 1966-1993 (Includes obituaries at the end of the manuscript) Film # 1903063 ~ Items 1 - 2 {{?}} Marriage Records & Registers, Death & Burial Records, Communion & Confirmation Records LDS films: Please Use This Link Church records, 1790-1993 Author: Catholic Church. St. Ferdinand (Florissant, Missouri) Church records, 1962 (1 death), 1963-1993 Author: Catholic Church. St. Angela Merici (Florissant, Missouri) Church records, 1954-1993 Author: Catholic Church. St. Pius X (Glasgow Village, Missouri) The Records formatted below are all from Family Search Films. This particular presentation was created to give you, the Researcher, an idea of what is available on these valuable records. The Headings were added so that the scope of the entries would be made clear. Obviously, as time went by, the Recorders of the data changed their format. Early records are not as clear or organized, but they are still valuable. 
    There is a very comprehensive set of Filmed Records for the "Catholic Services for Children" Most, if not all the records are for St Ann's Asylum, but there are also records for the "Widow's Home, Lying-In-Hospital and Foundling Asylum"
St Louis County [and Independent City] has a very large selection of Churches FS has Filmed Church Records for well over 100 Churches. The Lists below will give idea of which Demonination has Records This Link will have clickable items that you can research.
Naturalization Records: FS Catalog [St Louis Missouri] Aliens declarations, 1853-1865 Declaration of intention to become an American citizen, 1838-1849 Declarations of intention, 1849-1911 Declarations of intention, 1890-1991 First papers (Declaration of intention and naturalizations), 1868-1887 First papers (declarations of intention and naturalizations), 1855-1888 Missouri, St. Louis, naturalization records Missouri, St. Louis, Petitions for naturalization : United States District Court, 1868-1991 Missouri, St. Louis, Petitions for naturalization, 1843-1991 Naturalization papers, 1844-1890 [Criminal Court Records] Naturalization petitions, depositions, and miscellaneous papers, naturalization certificate stubs, 1907-1991 Naturalization records, 1841-1865 Naturalization records, 1853-1902 Naturalization records, 1856-1865 Naturalization records, 1878-1906 Naturalization records, 1896-1906 Naturalization and citizenship - Indexes ( 3 ) Declaration records, 1856-1890 [Index] Naturalization records of St. Louis Missouri's Circuit Court, Court of Common Pleas, Law Commissioners, and Land Court, 1816-1896 [Index] Naturalization index cards, 1840-1916
St Louis County: Guardianship Records: Catalog There are 510 Films for these records. 1825-1900 Each Film has a typed Index at the beginning, Here is a sample Each file has a 'Folder' with the Child's name on it. Here is a Sample
United States, Missouri, St. Louis - School Yearbooks ( 23 ) The Archive Author: St. Louis University The Beacon Author: Cleveland High School (Saint Louis, Missouri) Bwana Author: Roosevelt High School (Saint Louis, Missouri) Caduceus Author: Beaumont High School (St. Louis, Missouri) The Cardinal Author: Chaminade College Preparatory School (Saint Louis, Missouri) Codasco Author: Saint Louis Country Day School The DePaulian Author: DePaul Hospital (Saint Louis, Missouri). School of Nursing Dragon Fontbonne College yearbook Author: Fontbonne College (St. Louis, Missouri) The Guidon Author: Christian Brothers College Military High School (Saint Louis, Missouri); Christian Brothers College (Saint Louis, Missouri); Christian Brothers College High School (Clayton, Missouri) The hatchet : being the ... year book of Washington University Author: Washington University (Saint Louis, Missouri) The John Burroughs review Author: John Burroughs School (Saint Louis, Missouri) The Melaureus Author: Ritenour Senior High School (Saint Louis, Missouri) Misericordian Author: St. John's Hospital Saint Louis, Missouri). School of Nursing The Occasional Author: Rosati-Kain High School for Girls (Saint Louis, Missouri) Oracle Author: Bayless High School (Saint Louis, Missouri) The Promenade Author: Maryville College (Saint Louis, Missouri) The Red and Black Author: Central High School (Saint Louis, Missouri); St. Louis Public Schools (Saint Louis, Missouri) The Reflector Author: Soldan-Blewett High School (Saint Louis, Missouri) The Roundup Author: Southwest High School (Saint Louis, Missouri) Spirit Author: Lindbergh High School (St. Louis County, Missouri) The Torch Author: Harris Teachers College; Harris-Stowe State College Trojan Author: Barat Hall (Saint Louis, Missouri) |
"The Fine Print"
St Louis City and County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
The MOGenWeb State Coordinator is Mel Owings
Asst. State Coordinator (ASC): Lea Robertson
Information contained on all of the pages within the St Louis County portion of the MOGenWeb may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes. Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Any and all donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator
If any person who donates material in the future and wishes to have it returned to them, it will be accomplished upon request.
Site Updated: 6 September 2024
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