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*[http://genealogy.about.com/library/vital/blmissouri.htm About.com] | *[http://genealogy.about.com/library/vital/blmissouri.htm About.com] | ||
*[http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/index.html Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Information] | *[http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/index.html Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Information] | ||
*[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/ Missouri State Archives Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910] | *[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/ Missouri State Archives Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910], [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/#search 1910-1959 ] | ||
*[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117856.asp St. Louis Public Library] | *[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117856.asp St. Louis Public Library] | ||
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'''Bureau of Vital Records'''<br>P.O. Box 570<br>Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570<br>Telephone: 314-761-6387 (births)<br>Telephone: 314-751-6376 (deaths) <br>Internet: [http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/index.html Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Records.] maintains Missouri birth, death, marriage and divorce records. | '''Bureau of Vital Records'''<br>P.O. Box 570<br>Jefferson City, MO 65102-0570<br>Telephone: 314-761-6387 (births)<br>Telephone: 314-751-6376 (deaths) <br>Internet: [http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/index.html Department of Health and Senior Services Bureau of Vital Records.] maintains Missouri birth, death, marriage and divorce records. | ||
The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are listed in ''Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces'' <ref>(Hyattsville, Maryland.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 1993. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;callno=973+V24wv book 973 V24wv].) </ref>Copies of this booklet are at the Family History Library and many Family History Centers. <!--{12088031512490} --> | The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are listed in ''Where to Write for Vital Records: Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Divorces'' <ref>(Hyattsville, Maryland.: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 1993. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;callno=973+V24wv book 973 V24wv].) </ref>Copies of this booklet are at the Family History Library and many Family History Centers. <!--{12088031512490} --> | ||
=== Adoption Records === | === Adoption Records === | ||
Nonidentifying information is available to adoptive parents, a child's legal guardians or an adult adoptee. This can include the physical description, nationality, religious background, and medical history of the birth parents or siblings. Identifying information is available to the adult adoptee.<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282937521250_610" /> | Nonidentifying information is available to adoptive parents, a child's legal guardians or an adult adoptee. This can include the physical description, nationality, religious background, and medical history of the birth parents or siblings. Identifying information is available to the adult adoptee.<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1282937521250_610" /> | ||
An adult adoptee may make a written request for information identifying his or her birth parents. If the birth parents have consented to the release of identifying information, the court shall disclose the information. If the birth parents have not consented, the court shall notify in writing, within 10 days of receipt of the request, the adoptive parents and the child-placing agency or court personnel having access to the information. For adoptions completed prior to 8-13-1986, the adoptive parents must consent to contacting the birth parents unless there is proof that the adoptive parents are deceased or incapacitated. | An adult adoptee may make a written request for information identifying his or her birth parents. If the birth parents have consented to the release of identifying information, the court shall disclose the information. If the birth parents have not consented, the court shall notify in writing, within 10 days of receipt of the request, the adoptive parents and the child-placing agency or court personnel having access to the information. For adoptions completed prior to 8-13-1986, the adoptive parents must consent to contacting the birth parents unless there is proof that the adoptive parents are deceased or incapacitated. | ||
The State Registrar files the original certificate of birth with the certificate of decree of adoption and such file may be opened by the State Registrar only upon receipt of a certified copy of an order as decreed by the court of adoption. | The State Registrar files the original certificate of birth with the certificate of decree of adoption and such file may be opened by the State Registrar only upon receipt of a certified copy of an order as decreed by the court of adoption. | ||
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Most pre-1850 marriages in Missouri have been transcribed in publications such as the following: | Most pre-1850 marriages in Missouri have been transcribed in publications such as the following: | ||
*''Missouri Marriages to 1850''. <ref>Brooks, Linda Barber. ''Missouri Marriages to 1850''. Three Volumes. St. Louis,Missouri: Ingmire Pub., 1983-. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;callno=977.8+V2bm book 977.8 V2bm].) </ref> | *''Missouri Marriages to 1850''. <ref>Brooks, Linda Barber. ''Missouri Marriages to 1850''. Three Volumes. St. Louis,Missouri: Ingmire Pub., 1983-. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;callno=977.8+V2bm book 977.8 V2bm].) </ref> | ||
*''Missouri Marriages Before 1840''. <ref>Ormesher, Susan. ''Missouri Marriages Before 1840''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=406597&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Missouri+marriages+before+1840++ book 977.8 V2o; fiche 6051425].) </ref> | *''Missouri Marriages Before 1840''. <ref>Ormesher, Susan. ''Missouri Marriages Before 1840''. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*%2C0%2C0&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=406597&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Missouri+marriages+before+1840++ book 977.8 V2o; fiche 6051425].) </ref> | ||
The Bureau of Vital Records (see address above) has an index to marriage records from July 1948 to the present. | The Bureau of Vital Records (see address above) has an index to marriage records from July 1948 to the present. | ||
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Divorce proceedings have been filed with a court of common pleas, a circuit court, or the state legislature. Most divorce records can be obtained by contacting the appropriate circuit court clerk in the county where the plaintiff resided. The Family History Library has some of these court records, which include divorce information. The Bureau of Vital Records has divorce records from 1948 to the present. | Divorce proceedings have been filed with a court of common pleas, a circuit court, or the state legislature. Most divorce records can be obtained by contacting the appropriate circuit court clerk in the county where the plaintiff resided. The Family History Library has some of these court records, which include divorce information. The Bureau of Vital Records has divorce records from 1948 to the present. | ||
A published list of early divorce records is Lois Stanley, ''Divorces and Separations in Missouri, 1808-1853''. <ref>Missouri: 198-. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=132574&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Divorces+and+separations+in+Missouri%2C+%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 977.8 P2sd].) </ref>This volume includes notices from newspapers. | A published list of early divorce records is Lois Stanley, ''Divorces and Separations in Missouri, 1808-1853''. <ref>Missouri: 198-. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=132574&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Divorces+and+separations+in+Missouri%2C+%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 977.8 P2sd].) </ref>This volume includes notices from newspapers. | ||
== Death Records == | == Death Records == | ||
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Missouri State Archives has created the [http://sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ Missouri Digital Heritage Website] providing access to records from 1910-1958. Death certificates contain valuable information for family historians and researchers. The Missouri Death Certificate Database, containing death records created after 1910 and over 50 years old, makes that information available online through a searchable index that links to a digitized image of the original death certificate. | Missouri State Archives has created the [http://sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ Missouri Digital Heritage Website] providing access to records from 1910-1958. Death certificates contain valuable information for family historians and researchers. The Missouri Death Certificate Database, containing death records created after 1910 and over 50 years old, makes that information available online through a searchable index that links to a digitized image of the original death certificate. | ||
The index can be searched by first name and last name, county, and by year and month. Once a name is selected, a digitized image of the original certificate can be retrieved. | The index can be searched by first name and last name, county, and by year and month. Once a name is selected, a digitized image of the original certificate can be retrieved. | ||
This is an ongoing project and additional records will be added as they are transcribed and imaged. If the image of the certificate is not yet available researchers can request a photocopy of the certificate by contacting the [http://sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/DeathCertificateRequest.pdf Archives Reference Desk] . For death certificates less than 50 years old please contact the [http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/applications.html Missouri Bureau of Vital Records]. | This is an ongoing project and additional records will be added as they are transcribed and imaged. If the image of the certificate is not yet available researchers can request a photocopy of the certificate by contacting the [http://sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/DeathCertificateRequest.pdf Archives Reference Desk] . For death certificates less than 50 years old please contact the [http://www.dhss.mo.gov/BirthAndDeathRecords/applications.html Missouri Bureau of Vital Records]. | ||
[[Missouri Death|Missouri Corner's Inquest]] | [[Missouri Death|Missouri Corner's Inquest]] | ||
'''[[Missouri Police Officers Deaths|Missouri Police Officers Deaths]]''' | '''[[Missouri Police Officers Deaths|Missouri Police Officers Deaths]]''' | ||
== Substitute Records == | == Substitute Records == | ||
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=== Inventory of Vital Records === | === Inventory of Vital Records === | ||
To learn more about the history and availability of vital records, see ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Missouri''. <ref>(St. Louis, Missouri: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=185958&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+public+vital+statistics+records%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 977.8 V23g&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;; film 928021 item 10]). </ref> | To learn more about the history and availability of vital records, see ''Guide to Public Vital Statistics Records in Missouri''. <ref>(St. Louis, Missouri: Historical Records Survey, 1941; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;titleno=185958&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=Guide+to+public+vital+statistics+records%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 book 977.8 V23g&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;; film 928021 item 10]). </ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||