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Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries

A Genealogy Directory for Finding Death Certificates, Obituaries & Other Records

Online St. Louis and Missouri Death Indexes

From Ancestry (these require a subscription to Ancestry's collection of genealogy records)
- Missouri Death Records and Index 1834-1910 coverage varies by county; includes digitized images from microfilmed St. Louis death registers 1834-1910 (with some gaps)
- St. Louis City Death Records Index 1850-1902 (with some gaps)
- Note: not all deaths were recorded in the pre-1910 period
From the Missouri State Archives (these are free to use)
- Missouri Pre-1910 Birth & Death Records Index (partial) includes 87 counties - partial coverage for St. Louis
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1962 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 1962

Obituaries and Death Notices in St. Louis Newspapers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituaries Archive 1988-present (you can obtain copies of the obituaries online for a fee)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index (covers 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1970, and 1992-2011; you can order copies by mail from the St. Louis City Public Library for a fee) listings include obituaries, death notices and burial permits
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Death Index (Obituaries, etc.), 1975-June 1977
Deaths Reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat 1881-1891
Deaths in the Daily Missouri Democrat, 1860; and St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1880 PDF files
St. Louis Argus Obituary Index (African-American community newspaper)
Westliche Post Obituaries Index 1878-1892 (some months missing) St. Louis German-language newspaper

St. Louis Cemeteries and Burial Indexes

St. Louis Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search Archdiocese of St. Louis
Bellefontaine Cemetery Association Map includes burial search; requires Flash
Veterans Affairs Burial Search includes the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis
St. Peter's Cemetery Burial Search (St. Peter's Evangelical United Church of Christ)
List of Colored Persons in Wesleyan Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1847-1868 (downloadable PDF file)
Headstones at Friedens United Church of Christ Cemetery (not complete)
St. Louis City Recorder - Gatewood Gardens Cemetery Index and Washington Park North Reinterments includes Gatewood Gardens Cemetery Index (previously known as St. Louis Memorial Gardens and New Picker Cemetery; Independent German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery); and Washington Park Cemetery North Reinterment Index (African-American Burials originally in the northern part of the cemetery)
Headstones at Old & New Picker's Cemeteries (now known as Gatewood Gardens)
St. Louis Jewish Cemeteries & Funeral Homes Indexes
New Mt. Sinai Cemetery - Jewish Burials 1850-2007
St. Louis County...
- Cemetery Records, St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Missouri JPG images
- Cold Water Cemetery Burials (DAR Cemetery in Florissant, MO)

St. Louis Probate and Wills Indexes

St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project includes...
- Saint Louis County Probate Court (1804-1876)
- Saint Louis City Probate Court (1876-1900, the city separated from the county in 1876)
St. Louis City Wills Index, Books M-X (1877-1894) and Books Y-J2 (1895-1904)
St. Louis County Probate Court - Closed Estates Index, circa 1876-July 11, 2004 does not include St. Louis City
St. Louis County Will Book Index 1876-1889 does not include St. Louis City

St. Louis Coroner and Medical Examiner Indexes

Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database includes St. Louis City Office of the Coroner - Inquests, 1845-1900 and St. Louis Medical Examiner - Inquests, 1889-1899
St. Louis County Coroner's Records Index, 1826-1873 most are from 1838-1848 and 1858-1861
Index to Names in the Annual Reports of the Coroner of Saint Louis, Missouri, for the Years 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897

Miscellaneous St. Louis Death Indexes

Missouri History Museum - Genealogy and Local History Index includes indexes for: St. Louis County Coroner's Records, 1826-1873; Missouri Republican death index, 1870-July 13, 1871 & 1880-July 2, 1881; Howard Funeral Home Records, 1913-1943; Weick Brothers Undertaking Company Records, 1911-1968; St. Louis Necrology Scrapbooks (1860s-1910s); also indexes many other sources
1850 St. Louis County Census Mortality Schedule Index for deaths June 1, 1849 - May 31, 1850
Deaths of St. Louis Police Officers 1861-1899

Ordering St. Louis and Missouri Vital Records

Order Missouri Vital Records by Mail (fees and restrictions apply)
Missouri State Archives Death Certificates 1910-1962 are available for free downloading online -- see the link near the top of this page

Also See...

Missouri Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census records, WWI draft cards, WWII army enlistments, vital records, historical newspapers and city directories
St. Louis Genealogy Records and Resources

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