St Louis County, Missouri
This Site will encompass both the City and County of St Louis.
This County is part of
The MOGenWeb Project And The USGenWeb® Project
Hello:
My name is Martha, I am the St Louis City and County, Missouri County Coordinator.
I do not live in Missouri so cannot do 'on the ground' research:
But, that said, I am an excellent online researcher and might
be able to assist in locating that missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie"
Contact: Martha
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 and Mortuary [Films] ~ Miscellany [More Films]
New Site>> "Missouri Meanderings" ~ Eclectic Missouri resources to enhance your GenWeb Experience [Off Site]
|
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Obituaries
B ~ M ~ D's Basic B~M~D Records can be found in many places, it is not my intent to locate or record those, rather I try to locate records and resources outside the realm of normal research. There is a huge number of FS Vital Record Films in the 'Historical Image' section of their Catalog. This is a link to the list I gleaned last year. <<<???>>> Reclaim the Records has uploaded Birth Records for Missouri: Missouri Birth Index, 1920(ish)-2015 "They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request. Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether." <<<???>>> Additionally: The Following are recommended: MO Digital Heritage ~ Reclaim the Records ~ US GenWeb® Archives Missouri Births and Christenings: 1827 1935 [Searchable collection on FS] ~ Guide to Birth and Death Records  Family Search ~ "Collections" for 'Missouri Neighboring States': Arkansas ~ Illinois ~ Iowa ~ Kansas [Scroll down] ~ Kentucky Nebraska ~ Oklahoma ~ Tennessee Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links <<<???>>> Missouri Marriages: 1750 1920 Marriage, Naturalization and Court Records: 1802 1969 FS: County Marriages, Naturalization and Court Records: 1800-1991 <<<???>>> Marriage Records from the FS Historical Image Section Often times folks traveled to get married: Below are links to Historical Images [Primarily Marriage, Civil Registrations and Marriage Banns] for: St Charles ~ Franklin ~ Jefferson ~ City of St Louis, Missouri Madison, IL ~ St Clair, IL ~ Monroe, IL LDS Film 8133851 - Item 1 - Marriages St Angela Merici - Florrisant, St Louis, Missouri Hand Written Index: Images 7 - 32, Register Follows - Hand Printed, Easy to Read Please Use This Link For The Film <<<???>>> Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages This link is for folks born in Missouri and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925 [Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses] Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link. Missouri Deaths: 1867 1976 ~ Missouri State Archives Born in Missouri, Died in San Luis Obispo Co., CA Possible Obits and D C Lookups MO: Deaths and Burials - Index Use Index above, then go to the FS "MO Deaths and Burials" City of St Louis: Vital Records and Vital Records for Illinois - FS City of St Louis: St Anthony's Catholic Church Death and Funeral Records: 1936 - 1993 LDS Film #1887324 Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, Enter Film # in Fiche/Film slot, using this linked chart to find persons of interest. 'Missouri Only Vital record Databases: Family Search [Chart] Vital Odds Divorce Records are also considered "Vital Records" Did any of your Family go to Colorado? Here is info on Colorado Divorces: State Wide ~ Film Numbers are Here Filmed Records: Family Search ~ 1900 1939 and 1975 1992 Information Entered: CO County of Divorce ~ Date and Place of Marriage Number and Names of Minor Children, if any Maiden Name Restored ~ Date of Decree ...and this book which may be of interest: Booklet: Divorce and Separations: Missouri ~ 1808-1853 LDS Catalog or Go Here Cemeteries and Mortuary Records California, Sacramento, Cemetery Records, 1900-1959 FS Film # 104304412 See FS for Exact Birth & Death Locations / Search using "MO" Clark, Booth & Yardley [Mortuary Cards] Note: Due to the proliferation of Organizations and Individuals who are digitizing Cemetery Records, existing Cemetery Data will be listed here as references along with links. Interesting News Article Notice about interments which had been moved in the following Cemetery: Washington Park Cemetery North [and others in St Louis [City and County] Further Investigation turned up a web page with explanations and and index [ca 2000]. The interments were done in 1996. Read all about it here. Cemetery Listings: St Louis Gen Society USGW Archives: St Louis Cemeteries ~ Linkpendium: St Louis Cemeteries Interment.net: St Louis ~ Find~A~Grave [280 Cemeteries] F~A~G: Born in Missouri, Died in San Luis Obispo Co., CA ~ [Possible Obits] Catholic Cemeteries of St Louis County St Paul's Evangelical [Olivette] Cemetery Historic Cemeteries of Missouri ~ Missouri Gravestone Project U.S.,Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-2015 US Army Cemeteries 1827-1889 ~ Babler State Park Westleyan Cemetery [Old Handwritten Indexes] LDS Film 1405557 ~ Items 1-10 Family Search Catalog Link: 1848-1929 <<<???>>> Family Search: St Louis Cemeteries: Books & Films ~ Catalog Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri : Congressional medal of honor winners and Civil War officers (Union and Confederate) Author: Chamberlain, Charles E. Bible records ; tombstone inscriptions of Franklin, Jefferson and St. Louis Counties, Missouri Author: Giulvezan, Isabel Stebbins Burials, 1860-1907; lot owners, 1840-1849 Author: Holy Ghost Cemetery (St. Louis, Missouri) Cemetery records (S. Louis, Missouri), 1848-1929 Author: Wesleyan Cemetery (St. Louis, Missouri) Cemetery records, ca. 1856-1960 Author: Old St. Marcus Cemetery (St. Louis, Missouri) Church records, 1833-1961 Author: Holy Ghost Church (St. Louis, Missouri) East Central Missouri cemetery records, 1800-1970 Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. John Sappington Chapter (Affton, Missouri) Genealogical records from Dana Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1960-1961 Author: Daughters of the American Revolution. Dana Chapter (Columbus, Kansas); Giulvezan, Isabel Stebbins Register books, ca. 1856-1960 Author: Old St. Marcus Cemetery (St. Louis, Missouri) SLGS cemetery records : [Saxton Cemetery] StLGS cemetery records : [Marvin Chapel Methodist Cemetery] StLGS cemetery records : [Pigg Cemetery] <<<???>>> F-A-G, Canada, POB: FS Database Other Cemetery Records can be found here. <<<???>>> DAR Cemetery Collections Over the years the DAR Ladies compiled, collected and transcribed hundreds of Cemeteries in the United States. These are important because many of the old wooden markers are now gone. 2 Cemeteries in St Louis County are among the many: Parkway and Sappington: Film #870010 Image Range for Parkway Files: 95-117 Imagr Range for Sappington Files: 66-94 More on Film 870010 Lewis Family Cemetery:Item 4, Images 347-352 And on DAR Film 870029 Item 1: Index Img 7-9 : TOC Link Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, P 1 * Mt Olive Catholic Cemetery, Lemay, P 73 * Odd Fellows Cemetery, P 37 * Prior to 1915, All inscriptions were compied on Stones where one date was prior to 1915. The Cemetery work was done by the John Sappington Chapter of the DAR, Affton, MO: 1966-1967 Mortuary Records California, Sacramento, Cemetery Records, 1900-1959 FS Film # 104304412 Please Use This Link See FS for Exact Birth and Death Locations / Search using "MO" Clark, Booth and Yardley [Mortuary Cards] Note: There are more Sacramento 'Coroner Inquest' Records here. Even Though Sacramento County, California is a distance from Missouri, many Missouri Folk Migrated, Flourished and Passed... Obituaries There were many pages of Death Notices and Obits in the old St Louis Files. They have been reformatted and can be found here. Here are the Obituaries for 2023 There are Items from two TV News Stations and the St Louis Post Dispatch Obituaries, Death Notices, Mortality Records: Archival Newspapers Obituaries: NewsBank "America's Death Notices and Obituaries" The linked date ranges below are screen dumps of the NewsBank Pages NewsBank is now combined with "HeritageHub" which is a subscription database. Each line on the linked pdf is the person's name, and the wording from the header of the News Article. The links will not work unless you have a subscription to a Library that allows access. So if you find a person of interest, Send along a note: Martha Use the Links on the Chart below to find persons of interest: Dates September 2024 Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years. But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha Note: There is a new resource in the Heritage Hub Collection: "Missouri funeral home notices and obituaries (MO) 1999-Current" Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves Here is the Index for St Louis County Here is the Index for all of Missouri Here is the Index for the United States Here is an index for Countries of the World Note: Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection which is available in many local Public Libraries. Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card <<<New>>> Len De Moor-Tom Murray Monument Co. Obituaries [Death and Funeral Notices ~ Note the images are marked up, but still legible.] The Images seem to be in Chronological Order St Louis County, Missouri 4 Films: FS Historical Images ~ Sample File 116322740: 1960-1962 116322760: 1964-1965 116322768: 1967-1968 116322785: 1982-1983 "Missouri Pioneers" Obituary Abstracts: St Louis Christian Advocate. All of the Files, Indexes and Articles are in the FS Catalog Please use this LInk 1860 Mortality Schedule California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection,1985-2011 "Born in Missouri" The images are available on Family Search, sign in for access. Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection The Hooper collection is in the FS Catalog, if you wish to look at it further, log into your Acct, Search, Catalog, enter 'Mildred Hooper' in the Keyword slot. "Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970 - 2009": Published: 2010 Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada. Individuals may have lived and or died in many different states." Please use this link for all of the publications There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download. From the FS Catalog: "Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY" 1912 2006 - Some Years Missing Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death and Funeral Notices Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers The Booklets can be read online or downloaded from the FS Catalog. There are indexes at the back of each Booklet Please use this link Newspapers Free Digital newspapers and other online 'goodies' >>>New 4 October 2024<<< 3 New St Louis Newspapers "Neighborhood News": 1922-1970 South St Louis: Neighborhood News: 1937 St Louis Star Times: FS Historical Images: 1949-1950 'Century Past': Free Online Library ~ All Sorts of Interesting Stuff Missouri Digital Heritage [Includes links to Historical Digital MO Newspapers not found on the MO Digi NP Project] The Links below are all for various collections within the MO Digital Heritage Site. St. Louis Christian Advocate Contributed by: Central Methodist University The St. Louis Christian Advocate Newspaper was published weekly by a committee of ministers for the Methodist Episcopal Church South in St. Louis. This collection covers August 22, 1857 through October 22, 1879. St. Louis Daily Missouri Republican, 1854-1872 Contributed by: Missouri History Museum, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis Public Library, State Historical Society of Missouri, Missouri State Library The Daily Missouri Republican was one of the few daily Missouri newspapers publishing continuously through the Civil War. A leading urban newspaper, it covered developments in St. Louis as well as major state news items and national politics. St. Louis Missouri Republican Contributed by: State Historical Society of Missouri The St. Louis Missouri Republican was published between 1869 and 1873. The paper's lineage can be traced back to the Missouri Gazette, Missouri's first newspaper. This collection includes issues from 1869-1872. St. Louis Republican Contributed by: State Historical Society of Missouri The St. Louis Republican was published between 1873 and 1876. The paper was published under various titles throughout its time and was considered one of the leading journals in the country. Remember: Vital Records can be found in Newspapers This is the link for the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project Chronicling America ~ Google Archives ~ California Digital Newspapers [There are Articles for MO] The Chart Below is for St Louis Newspapers available on Heritage Hub Note: Check the 'Digital Collections' in your local Library, many of then have a Subscription which you can access with your Library Card. I am also willing to do Lookups: Contact Martha [MoGenWeb Volunteer]  |
!['Missouri Only Vital record Databases: Family Search [Chart]](https://stlouis.mogenweb.org/images/fs,misc,vits.gif){kind=link}
"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: 3 October 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
MOGenWeb ~USGenWeb® ~ USGenWeb® Archives
Back to Top