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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The Missouri Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Missouri. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

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Research Strategies to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Missouri

Missouri Research Tips

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Missouri.

Birth information: Missouri Statewide birth registration began in 1909. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
Finding Parents: Statewide registration of deaths began in 1909 in Missouri. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Missouri death records
Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

Missouri Record Finder

This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Missouri Record Finder.

1. What you are looking for:	2. Try these records first:	3. Other useful records
Birth information	Birth records Death records Obituaries Church records	Cemeteries Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Bible records Military records
Marriage information	Marriage records Obituaries Bible records	Church records Probate records Military records
Death information	Death Records Cemeteries Obituaries	Probate Records Church Records Bible Records
Parents	Birth records Death records Obituaries Census Church records	Biography Genealogy
Maiden name	Marriage Records Obituaries Probate records	Church Records Military Records
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census	Obituaries Biography History
Naturalization	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census Court Records	Voting Records Biography Periodicals
Physical description	Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) (after 1906)	Biography History

Further Missouri Research

Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Missouri Record Finder.
For online record collections, go to Missouri Online Genealogy Records.
For more research on Missouri, including research at the county level, visit the Missouri page on the Research Wiki.
Search all of the Missouri record collections at FamilySearch.

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-Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Missouri<br>
+=== Missouri ===
+Research Strategies to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Missouri<br>
-:[[Missouri Online Genealogy Records|Missouri Online Genealogy Records]]
+*[[Missouri Online Genealogy Records|Missouri Online Genealogy Records]]
-:[[How to Find Missouri Birth Records|How to find Missouri Birth Records]]
+*[[How to Find Missouri Birth Records|How to find Missouri Birth Records]]
-:[[How to Find Missouri Marriage Records|How to find Missouri Marriage Records]]
+*[[How to Find Missouri Marriage Records|How to find Missouri Marriage Records]]
-:[[How to Find Missouri Death Records|How to find Missouri Death Records]]
+*[[How to Find Missouri Death Records|How to find Missouri Death Records]]
 === Missouri Research Tips  ===
-These tips will help you as your research your ancestors in Missouri.
+These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Missouri.
-*'''Birth information:''' Birth records in Missouri start on the county level in 1905 - although not all counties complied with the law. The best substitute record for locating birth information is [[How to Find United States Death Records|death records]]&nbsp;(the majority of death records will list the date of birth of the decedent, and since death certificates are considered a primary resource, they can provide you with the same documentation as a birth certificate). Or, try these other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]].
+*'''Birth information:''' Missouri Statewide birth registration began in 1909. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to improve accuracy.
-*'''Finding Parents:''' The State of Missouri began recording deaths in 1905. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Missouri death records]]
+*'''Finding Parents:''' Statewide registration of deaths began in 1909 in Missouri. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Missouri death records]]
 *'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].
-[[Category:Missouri]]
+=== Missouri Record Finder  ===
+This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Missouri Record Finder]].'''
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+Birth information
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+*[[How to Find Missouri Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Missouri Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Missouri Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Missouri Church Records|Church records]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Missouri Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Missouri Bible Records|Bible records]]
+*[[Missouri Military Records|Military records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Missouri Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
+*[[Missouri Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Missouri Bible Records|Bible records]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Church Records|Church records]]
+*[[Missouri Probate Records|Probate records]]
+*[[Missouri Military Records|Military records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Death information
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Missouri Death Records|Death Records]]
+*[[Missouri Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Missouri Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Missouri Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Missouri Bible Records|Bible Records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Parents
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Missouri Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Missouri Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Missouri Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Missouri Census|Census]]
+*[[Missouri Church Records|Church records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Missouri Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Missouri, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Maiden name
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Missouri Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
+*[[Missouri Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Missouri Probate Records|Probate records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Missouri Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Missouri Military Records|Military Records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Immigration date
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Missouri Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Missouri Census|Census]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Missouri Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Missouri History|History]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Naturalization
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Missouri Census|Census]]
+*[[Missouri Court Records|Court Records]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Voting Records|Voting Records]]
+*[[Missouri Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Missouri Periodicals|Periodicals]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Physical description
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Missouri Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Missouri Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Missouri Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Missouri History|History]]
+|}
+=== Further Missouri Research  ===
+*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Missouri Record Finder]].'''
+*For online record collections, go to [[Missouri Online Genealogy Records|'''Missouri Online Genealogy Records.''']]
+*For more research on Missouri, including research at the county level, visit the [[Missouri, United States Genealogy|'''Missouri''']] page on the Research Wiki.
+*Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/38?region=United%20States%20of%20America Missouri record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>
+[[Category:Missouri, United States]][[Category:United States Research Strategies]]
+[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]