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===Vital Records Reference Dates=== | |||
Missouri's civil records start the following years: | |||
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| width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" |'''[[Missouri Vital Records#Birth_Records|Birth]]''' | |||
| | | width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" |'''[[Missouri Vital Records#Marriage_Records|County Marriages]]''' | ||
| | | width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" |'''[[Missouri Vital Records#Death_Records|Death]]''' | ||
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| | | width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" |Earliest | ||
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| width="16.6%" align="center" |Began when county organized | |||
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| | | width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" |Statewide Registration | ||
| | | width="16.6%" align="center" |1883-1893, then 1909 | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" |1881 | |||
| width="16.6%" align="center" |1883-1893, then 1909 | |||
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| | | width="16.6%" bgcolor="#ffffcc" align="center" |General Compliance | ||
| | | width="16.6%" align="center" |1927 | ||
| width="16.6%" align="center" |1881 | |||
| width="16.6%" align="center" |1911 | |||
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==Missouri Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online== | |||
===Births=== | |||
*'''Pre-1910''' [http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/birthdeath/#searchDB Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910] at Missouri State Archives — index | |||
*'''1817-1939''' {{RecordSearch|2524491|Missouri Births, 1817-1939}} at FamilySearch — [[Missouri, Births - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | |||
*'''1827-1935''' {{RecordSearch|1680833| Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935}} at FamilySearch — [[Missouri Births and Christenings - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | |||
*'''1847-1999''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1170 Missouri Birth Records, 1847-1999] at Ancestry — index ($) | |||
*'''1851-1910''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1170 Missouri Birth Records, 1851-1910] at Ancestry ($) — Index | |||
*'''1910-Onward''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10932/missouri-births?s=275764761 Missouri Births] at MyHeritage — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1920-2015''' [https://www.missouribirthindex.com Missouri Birth Index] at Missouri Birth Index — index; ''Also at: [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10932/missouri-birth-index-1920-2015?s=275764761 MyHeritage]($)'' | |||
|} | ===Marriages=== | ||
*'''Pre-1840''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=48333 Missouri Marriages Before 1840] at Ancestry — images ($) | |||
*'''Pre-1850''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2094 Missouri Marriages to 1850] at Ancestry ($) — Index only; incomplete | |||
*'''1600s-1900s''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/united-states-marriages?state=missouri US Marriages – Missouri] at Findmypast — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1750-1920''' {{RecordSearch|1680838|Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920}} at FamilySearch — [[Missouri Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | |||
*'''1754-1850''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2094 Missouri Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850] at Ancestry — index ($) | |||
*'''1766-1983''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7843 Missouri Compiled Marriage Index, 1766-1983] at Ancestry — index ($) | |||
*'''1800-1991''' {{RecordSearch|2060668|Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991}} at FamilySearch — [[Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | |||
*'''1805-2002''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1851-1900''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4474 Missouri Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900] at Ancestry — index ($) | |||
== Missouri& | ===Deaths=== | ||
*'''Pre-1910''' [http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/birthdeath/#searchDB Death Records Database, Pre-1910] at Missouri State Archives — Index only | |||
*'''1850-1860''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6052 Missouri Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850 and 1860] at Ancestry — index only, ($) | |||
*'''1850-1931''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1172 Missouri Death Records, 1850-1931] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1867-1976''' {{RecordSearch|1680837|Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976}} at FamilySearch — [[Missouri Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index | |||
*'''1873-1976''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2569 Missouri Deaths and Burials Index, 1873-1976] at Ancestry — index ($) | |||
*'''1883-1930''' {{RecordSearch|2448947|Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930}} at FamilySearch — [[Missouri Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images | |||
*'''1910-1960''' [http://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10018/missouri-death-certificates-1910-1960?s=218489221 Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1960] at MyHeritage — index ($) | |||
*'''1910-1970''' [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesmvc/deathcertificates#searchDB Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1970] at Missouri State Archives — index & images | |||
*'''1968-Onward''' [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10933/missouri-deaths?s=275764761 Missouri, Deaths] at MyHeritage — index & images ($); ''Also at: [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62145/ Ancestry]($)'' | |||
===Divorce=== | |||
*[http://www.archives.com/GA.aspx?_act=DivorceRecords&location=MO&collectionid=25 Missouri Historical Divorce Records] at Archives.com | |||
===Order Certificates=== | |||
*[http://health.mo.gov/data/vitalrecords/ Ordering Birth, Death, Marriage, and Divorce Information] at Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services | |||
*[http://vitalrec.com/mo.html Missouri info] at Vitalrec.com — Includes links to websites to order certificates | |||
*[http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/missouri.htm Missouri info] at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - includes contact info and fees | |||
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====Vital Records in Missouri==== | |||
In 1883, the Missouri General Assembly enacted legislation providing for the Board of Health to have supervision of the statewide registration of births and deaths. This supervision amounted to prescribing “such forms and recommend[ing] such legislation as shall be deemed necessary for a thorough and complete registration of vital and mortuary statistics through the state.” (Laws of the State of Missouri, 1883, page 96/section 7) The State Board of Health was charged with preparing printed forms of certificates of births and deaths; these were to be provided to the clerks of the various counties and it was the duty of the county clerks to furnish the printed forms to the persons required to file birth and death reports. | |||
This law did not make the reporting of all births and deaths mandatory. Due to non-compliance, the General Assembly repealed the statutes relating to the registration of births and deaths in Missouri in 1893. | |||
It was not until 1910 that the General Assembly again provided for the registration of births and deaths on a statewide basis. Approved May 6, 1909, the act was to “provide for the immediate registration of all births and deaths throughout the state of Missouri by means of certificates of births and deaths and burial or removal permits; requiring prompt returns to the central bureau of vital statistics at the capital of the state, as required to be established by the state board of health, and to insure the thorough organization and efficiency of the registration of vital statistics throughout the state, and providing certain penalties” (Laws of the State of Missouri, 1909, page 538). Pursuant to this 1909 law, all births and deaths that occur in Missouri are reported to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The Bureau of Vital Records maintains these birth and death records. | |||
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==Birth Records== | |||
[[Missouri Vital Records#Missouri.C2.A0Birth.2C_Marriage_and_Death_Records_Online|Online databases for Missouri Birth Records]] | |||
===County and City Records of Births and Deaths=== | |||
Statewide registration of births and deaths began in 1863, but registration was not compulsory. [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Missouri]] has required registration in each county only during the years 1883 to 1893 and since 1909. The state did not achieve 90 percent registration of births until 1927 and of deaths until 1911. | |||
Write to the appropriate county clerk for records before 1910. Those from 1883 to 1893 are also available from the Missouri State Archives. | |||
The FamilySearch Library has copies of most of the existing civil vital records in Missouri from about 1883 to the early 1900s. For example, records of Jefferson County births, stillbirths, and deaths from 1883 to 1892 are available.<br> | |||
===State Records of Births and Deaths=== | |||
[ | [[Missouri Vital Records#Missouri.C2.A0Birth.2C_Marriage_and_Death_Records_Online|Online databases for Missouri Birth Records]] | ||
Although the files are not open for public inspection, you can obtain copies of the state's births and deaths registered after 1 January 1910 by writing to: | Although the files are not open for public inspection, you can obtain copies of the state's births and deaths registered after 1 January 1910 by writing to: | ||
'''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:// | '''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://health.mo.gov/index.php 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 | The current fees for obtaining copies of the state's records are available at the website of the CDC (Center for Disease Control). [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/missouri.htm Click here]. <!--{12088031512490} --> | ||
== | ==Marriage Records== | ||
Marriage records have been kept by Missouri county clerks from the earliest days of each county. Some records date from the early 1800s when the area was a territory without counties. Statewide registration of marriage began in 1881, and the files are mostly complete after that date. You can obtain copies of these documents from the various county clerks. | |||
The FamilySearch Library has copies of marriage records from each county. These often date to the 1920s. Most pre-1850 marriages in Missouri have been transcribed in publications such as the following: | |||
*See section on this page: [[Missouri_Vital_Records#Missouri Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online|Missouri Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online]] | |||
*''Missouri Marriages Before 1840''. by Susan Ormesher. 1982. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company. Online at [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/175134/?offset=&return=1#page=1&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= FamilySearch Digital Library]. | |||
*''Missouri Marriages to 1850''. {{FSC|167243|item|disp=FS Library Book 977.8 V2bm}} <ref>Brooks, Linda Barber. ''Missouri Marriages to 1850''. Three Volumes. St. Louis,Missouri: Ingmire Pub., 1983-. {{FSC|167243|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.8 V2bm}}. </ref> | |||
The Bureau of Vital Records (see address above) has an index to marriage records from July 1948 to the present. | |||
== | ===Gretna Greens=== | ||
*'''[[Gretna Greens in the United States|Gretna Greens]].''' When an '''eloping''' Missouri couple's marriage is not in their home county, search for it in alternate places like [[Lee County, Iowa Genealogy|Keokuk, Lee, Iowa]].<ref name="Eakle1">Arlene H. Eakle, "Have you searched and searched for a marriage without finding it?" in ''Genealogy Blog'' at http://www.arleneeakle.com/wordpress/2007/02/19/have-you-searched-and-searched-for-the-marriage-without-finding-it/ (accessed 8 January 2011).</ref> | |||
==Death Records== | |||
[[Missouri Vital Records#Missouri.C2.A0Birth.2C_Marriage_and_Death_Records_Online|Online databases for Missouri Death Records]] | |||
Missouri State Archives has created the [http://sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/ Missouri Digital Heritage Website] providing access to death certificates from 1910-1960. 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. | |||
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.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/missouri.htm Missouri Bureau of Vital Records]. | |||
St. Louis | [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/coroners/#searchDB Missouri Coroner's Inquest] is an abstract of records that have been indexed and are available for online research. The original records are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. The database contains records from various counties, the City of St. Louis, and the St. Louis Medical Examiner. Additional records will be added as they reach seventy-two years of age. | ||
Information Contained:<br>Case number<br>Name of deceased <br>Age or date of birth<br>Race<br>Gender<br>Date of death<br>Cause of death<br>Location of death | |||
St Louis Missouri [https://stlgs.org/research-2/government/fire-and-police Fire Department and Police Officers' Deaths]. The names are listed alphabetically.<br>Information Given:<br>Name<br>Death Date<br>Cause of Death<br>Notes<br> | |||
=== Cause of Death === | |||
*[[Historical Causes of Death|Causes of Death]] - use this resource when trying to interpret a disease or medical condition listed on a death record or certificate | |||
== Divorce Records | ==Divorce Records== | ||
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 | 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 FamilySearch Library has some of these court records, which include divorce information. The Bureau of Vital Records has divorce records from 1948 to the present. | ||
*To access any possible divorce records available through the FamilySearch Library, use the Place-names Search in the FamilySearch Catalog for: | |||
:MISSOURI,[COUNTY] - COURT RECORDS | |||
:MISSOURI,[COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS | |||
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*A published list of early divorce records is Lois Stanley, ''Divorces and Separations in Missouri, 1808-1853''. {{FSC|132574|item|disp=FS Library Book 977.8 P2sd}}<br>This volume includes notices from newspapers. | |||
==Additional Helps== | |||
== | ===Tips=== | ||
*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record. | |||
*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriages and deaths. | |||
*Records for African Americans may be recorded in separate files with separate indexes. | |||
*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital records recorded in the last 100 years may be uanavailable to anyone except a direct relative. | |||
*Search for Vital Records in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a '''Place Search''' and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for '''Missouri''' to locate records filed by the State and then search the '''name of the county '''to locate records kept by the county. | |||
===Substitute Records=== | |||
These links will take you to wiki pages describing alternate sources for birth, marriage and death records. | |||
[[Missouri | *[[Missouri Church Records|Church Records]]: Depending on the denomination, church records may contain information about birth, marriage and death. | ||
[[Missouri | *[[Missouri Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]]: Cemetery records are a rich source of birth and death information. These records may also reveal family relationships. | ||
[[Missouri | *[[Missouri Census|Census Records]]: Census records are a valuable source for birth and marriage information. You may also determine approximate time of death when the individual disappear from the census. This is a good place to begin a search. | ||
[[Missouri | *[[Missouri Newspapers|Newspapers]]: Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices. Also check newspaper social columns for additional information. | ||
[[Missouri | *[[Missouri Obituaries|Obituaries]]: Obituaries found in newspapers can list the age of the deceased, birth date and place, death date and place, and names of living relatives and their residences. | ||
*[[Missouri Periodicals|Periodicals]]: Local genealogical and historical societies often publish periodicals which may contain abstracted early birth, marriage and death information. | |||
* | *[[Missouri Military Records|Military Records]]: Military pension records can give birth, marriage and death information, In addtion, soldiers' homes records can included this same information. | ||
*[[Missouri Probate Records|Probate Records]]: If no death record exists, probate records may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century often contain the exact death date. | |||
*[[Missouri History|History]]: Local histories, family histories and biographies can all be sources of birth, marriage and death information. Often this information is found in county-level records or in surname searches of the FamilySearch Catalog. | |||
== | ===Lost or Missing Records=== | ||
Barry 1872, Barton 1860, Bates 1861, Bollinger 1866, 1884, Caldwell 1860, 1896, Camden 1902,Cape Girardeau 1870, Chariton 1864, 1973 Christian 1865, Crawford 1873, 1884, Dade 1863, Dallas 1863, 1864, 18867, DeKalb 1864, 1878 Dent 1864, Douglas 1886, Dunklin 1872, Gentry 1885, Greene 1861, Harrison 1874, Hickory 1852, 1881, Holt 1965, Howard 1887, Howell 1866, Jasper 1863, 1883, McDonald 1863, Maries 1868, Mercer 1898, Montgomery 1864,1901, Morgan 1887, Newton 1862, Oregon during C.W., Osage 1880, Pemiscot 1883, Pike 1864, Pulaski 1903, Randolph 1880, Reynolds 1872, Saline 1864, Shannon 1863, 1871, 1938, 1893, Stoddard 1864, Taney 1885, Texas 1932, Vernon C.W., Wayne 1854, 1892, Webster 1863, 1881, Wright 1864, 1897 | |||
===Research Guides=== | |||
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; {{FSC|185958|item|disp=FS Catalog book 977.8 V23g; film 928021 item 10}}. </ref> | |||
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