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Vital records,
as their name suggests, are connected with central life
events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil
authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical
information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are
available only for relatively recent periods. These records,
despite their recent creation in the United States, are
critically important in genealogical research, often
supplying details on family members well back into the
nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Bureau of Vital Records
930 Wildwood
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Telephone (573) 751-6400
Certified copies of Missouri birth and death records
and certified statements relating to Missouri marriages and dissolution of
marriages are available for a fee of $15.00.
Make your check or money order payable to Missouri
Department of Health. Do not send cash. Allow approximately two weeks for
processing and receipt. Send to:
Certified copies of most Missouri birth and death
records are also available from local county health departments or the St.
Louis City or Kansas City Health Departments. For further details please
contact these offices directly.
Ancestry.com
Missouri Database
A large collection of databases of births, deaths, marriages, census,
obituaries, directories, estate records, and service records.
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Missouri Stillborn Birth & Death Records Database The Missouri Birth and Death Records Database is an
abstract of the birth, stillbirth, and death records recorded before 1909
and that are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. The
database currently contains over 185,000 records from 87 counties.
(Free)
Ancestry.com
Missouri Marriages to 1850
This database of Missouri marriages to 1850 contains over 125,000 names.
Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every
name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are
linked.
The marriage date is usually the date of marriage as given in the original
entry. However, when no marriage date is given (e.g., the "marriage return"
was not provided to the record keeper), the date of the license is used. In
a few cases, a marriage will be listed twice, but in two different counties.
This most often happened when a couple obtained a license in one county, but
were actually married in another.
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Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900
Missouri is often called one of the friendliest states in the country
because it borders eight other states. Its central location, navigable
waterways, and variable terrain have attracted settlers from every part of
the country, as well as abroad. This database update adds records from
Jackson, Reynolds, Barry, and Worth counties to previously posted records
from Clark, Dade, Dunklin, Lafayette, Pettis, Ray, Stoddard, Phelps, Platte,
Ripley, Saline, Boone, Grundy, Mississippi, Webster, St. Charles, Taney,
Newton, Johnson, and Stone counties. Taken from microfilm copies of original
county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and
county of residence. (Requires Ancestry.com Membership)
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