St. Louis Death Indexes, Obituaries & Cemeteries
Missouri Death Indexes & Newspaper Obituaries
- Missouri Pre-1910 Birth & Death Records Index from the Missouri State Archives (partial) indexes over 185,000 records from 87 counties
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1958 includes free downloadable images of the death certificates; see the "ordering vital records" section below for information on obtaining copies of MO death certificates after 1958
- Missouri Death Records and Index 1834-1931 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription) includes images from the death registers for many of the listings; coverage varies by county
- Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database (historical) includes Andrew County, Cape Girardeau, Clinton County, Perry County, St. Francois County, St. Louis, and Stoddard County (years vary)
- Missouri Obituary Archive (recent)
 (you can obtain copies of the obituaries online for a fee); includes...
- Columbia Daily Tribune (1/2/1998-Current)
- Hannibal Courier-Post (12/9/1997-Current)
- Jefferson City News-Tribune (3/5/1999-Current)
- Joplin Globe (1/27/2005-Current)
- Kansas City Star (1/2/1991-Current)
- Lee's Summit Journal (3/1/2007-Current)
- Springfield News-Leader (1/1/1999-Current)
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1/1/1988-Current)
- And others
Free Missouri Death Indexes by County
Fee-Based Missouri Death Indexes and Obituaries by County
- Missouri Death Indexes by County Available at Ancestry (these require an Ancestry subscription)...
- Missouri Newspaper Death Index
 presently includes...- Callaway County 1846-1926, 19,179 records
- Cole County 1884-1907, 1,617 records
- Montgomery County 1875-1994, 29,580 records
- Audrain County, Missouri Deaths, 1876-1905
- Ancestry also has indexes for Audrain County obituaries 1885-1942
- Callaway County, Missouri Deaths, 1900-1948
- Ancestry also has indexes for Callaway County obituaries 1820-1955
- Cole County...
- Jasper County
- Lincoln County, Missouri Deaths, 1866-1936
- Livingston County, Missouri, Cemetery Records
- Moniteau County, Missouri Deaths, 1858-1931
- Montgomery County, Missouri Deaths 1898-1952
- Ancestry also has a Montgomery County Obituaries Index 1889-1935, and some cemetery indexes
- Pike County, Missouri Deaths, 1878-1917
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St. Clair County, Missouri Deaths, 1906-1929
- St. Clair County, Missouri Obituaries, 1888-1928
Ordering Missouri Vital Records
Also helpful... Missouri Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census records, WWI draft cards, WWII army enlistments, vital records, historical newspapers and city directories
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