Online Missouri Death Records and Indexes

• Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images, 1910-1970 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 1970
  • A version of this database is also available at Ancestry (to 1969). It has different search options that may be helpful...
  • Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969 at Ancestry/free to search

• Missouri Death Index, 1968-2015 from Reclaim the Records/free
• Missouri, Death Records Index, 1968-2015 at Ancestry/requires payment

• Missouri Pre-1910 Birth and Death Records Index (partial) from the Missouri State Archives; indexes over 185,000 records from 87 counties; free
• Missouri Death Records and Index, 1834-1910 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription) includes images from the death registers for many of the listings; coverage varies by county

• Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 (requires payment - part of an Ancestry subscription) coverage varies by county
• Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database (historical) includes Andrew County, Cape Girardeau, Clinton County, Cole County, Greene County, Pemiscot County, Perry County, St. Charles County, St. Francois County, St. Louis, and Stoddard County. Coverage varies by county.
• Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930 (for 15 Counties) at FamilySearch for Andrew, Audrain, Buchanan, Cape Girardeau, Clinton, Cole, Howard, Jefferson, Macon, Marion, Monroe, Morgan, Scotland, Texas, and Warren counties. Coverage varies by county.
• Missouri Obituary Archive (recent) (you can obtain copies of the obituaries online for a fee); includes...
  • Hannibal Courier-Post (12/9/1997-Current)
  • Independence/Blue Springs/Grain Valley Examiner (9/18/1997-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)
  • St. Joseph News-Press (10/5/2000-Current)
  • St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1/1/1988-Current)
  • And others

Missouri Death Indexes by County (free and fee-based)

• Adair County...
  • Adair County: Obituaries and Death Notices Index for the Kirksville Daily Express also has gravestone indexes for Adair and Putnam Counties; and Kent Funeral Home Records (in Green City, Sullivan County, but covers those who lived in nearby counties)
  • Adair County Cemeteries also has a marriage index and other items
  • Adair County: Forest-Llewellyn Cemetery Records (in Kirksville) PDF file; this cemetery is also indexed at the link above
• Andrew County Register of Deaths 1883-1893 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
• Andrew County Tombstone Transcriptions
• Atchison County...
  • Atchison County Missouri Deaths from Area Newspapers, 1878-1888
  • Atchison County: Hunter Cemetery Burials (Rock Port, Missouri)
  • Atchison County Deaths/Burials Index
• Audrain County...
  • Audrain County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1876-1905 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
  • Audrain County Obituary Indexes, 1885-1942 (at Ancestry/requires payment) Note: there are four separate databases that combined cover 1885-1942.
  • Audrain County Cemeteries
• Barry County...
  • Barry County Cemeteries
  • Barry County Genealogy and Other Documents includes funeral records, 1958-early 1974 and other items
• Bates County Cemeteries
• Bollinger County Death Records (transcriptions), c. 1883-1891
• Boone County and Columbia...
  • Boone County Probate Indexes 1819-1981 PDF documents
  • Boone County Obituary Indexes, 1871-1891, 1892-1901 and 1902-1913 (at Ancestry/requires payment) from the Columbia Missouri Herald
• Buchanan County...
  • Buchanan County: St. Joseph Public Library Death Record Database, 1891-1900; and Obituary Database, 1951-2017 the obituary database indexes obituaries and death notices from the St. Joseph News-Press and the St. Joseph Gazette
  • Buchanan County: Mount Mora Cemetery Burials in St. Joseph, Missouri
  • Buchanan County Death Register 1883-1893
  • Buchanan County: Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society Indexes includes Atchison County Deaths, 1878-1888; Births and Deaths from the St. Joseph Gazette, assorted years in the 1950s, Deaths from Catholic Tribune, 1889-1894, and other items
• Butler County...
  • Butler County Death Index
  • Butler County Cemeteries
  • Butler County: Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff, Missouri includes partial name index dating back to 1906
• Caldwell County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1864-1967 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for the Breckenridge Cemetery
• Callaway County...
  • Callaway County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1900-1948 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
    • Ancestry also has indexes for Callaway County obituaries 1888-1955
  • Callaway Obituary Index, 1990-mid 2012
• Camden County: Index of Cemetery Burials
• Cape Girardeau County...
  • Cape Girardeau Municipal Cemeteries includes burial indexes for Fairmount, New Lorimier and Old Lorimier Cemeteries
  • City of Cape Girardeau Death Records, 14 April 1882 to 28 February 1934 also has other genealogy indexes; from the Cape Girardeau County Genealogical Society
• Carroll County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1840-1966 (at Ancestry/requires payment) for 11 cemeteries; coverage varies by cemetery
• Cass County...
  • Cass County Cemetery Burials Index from the Cass County Public Library
    • Cass County Public Library Digital Collections includes: Memorial Card and Obituary Collection; Runnenburger Funeral Home Records, 1901-1983; and other items
  • Cass County Obituary and Marriage Index copies of the records can be ordered for a fee; from the Cass County Historical Society
  • Cass County Obituary Index, 1870-2011 at Ancestry/free to search
• Cedar County Cemetery Index, 1839-1970 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
• Christian County...
  • Christian County Cemeteries and Other Genealogy Records
  • Christian County Genealogy Records includes Chaffin Funeral Home Records, 1917-1962 (PDF files)
• Clay County...
  • Clay County: Fairview and New Hope Cemetery Viewer (Interactive Map) in Liberty, Missouri
  • Clay County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1844-1938 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
• Cole County (includes Jefferson City)...
  • Cole County: Old City Cemetery Burials (Jefferson City)
  • Cole County Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes...
    • Cole County Deaths Index, 1883-1906
    • Cole County Deaths Index, 1924-1930
    • Cole County Obituaries Index, 1871-1899 (from the Jefferson City Daily Tribune)
• Columbia - see the Boone County section above
• Cooper County Genealogy Records includes cemeteries, death records and some obituaries
• Daviess County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1869-1964 at Ancestry/requires payment; includes Bethel, Brown, Ketron, and Lile Cemeteries
• Dent County...
  • Dent County, Missouri Deaths, 1883-1885 also has indexes for some cemetery burials
  • Marriage Records, Dent County, Missouri : Book "A," 1851-1870 and Abstracts of Wills "A," 1866-1893 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
• Gasconade County Probate File Index
• Gentry County...
  • Gentry and Worth Counties: Cemetery Transcriptions from the Gentry County Library (PDF files); also has indexes for Gentry County births, marriages and deaths
  • Gentry County: Cemetery Burials and Name Index from the Carnegie Public Library in Albany; name index is for births, marriages deaths and other items
• Greene County and Springfield...
  • Greene County: Ozarks Obituary Collection from the Ozarks Genealogical Society and the Springfield-Greene County Library District; has more than 115,000 obituaries from southwest Missouri newspapers; includes images of the obtiuaries
  • Greene County: Ozarks News and Historical Index searches births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and other items that appeared in Springfield newspapers 1900-present; also indexes Springfield newspapers, 1867-June 30, 2002; from the Springfield-Greene County Library District
  • Greene County Genealogy Indexes from the Springfield-Greene County Library; includes Index to Coroner's Record Books of Greene County, 1875-1972; and other items
  • Greene County Coroner/Medical Examiner Name Index, 1834-1950; and Probate Name Index, 1833-1899
• Grundy County Cemeteries
• Harrison County Cemeteries
• Harrison County: Partial Obituaries Index for 1988-1990
• Henry County Transcriptions of Cemetery Records and Obituaries most of the obituaries are from the Clinton Eye and the Clinton Daily Democrat
• Independence - see Jackson County below
• Iron County Cemeteries, Wills, Death Index, and more
• Jackson County...
  • Kansas City Star, Independence Examiner and Lee's Summit Journal Obituaries Archive (you can obtain copies of the obituaries online for a fee) includes...
    • Kansas City Star (1/2/1991-Current)
    • Independence-Blues Springs-Grain Valley Examiner (9/18/1997-Current)
    • Lee's Summit Journal (3/1/2007-Current)
  • Jackson County: Midwest Genealogy Center Indexes includes indexes for...
    • Independence Examiner Newspapers: birth, death, marriage, divorce, and other records 1900-1959 (some years are incomplete)
    • Kansas City Star and Kansas City Times Obituaries 1975-2006 (not complete)
    • Kansas City Call Newspaper Obituaries 1995-2001 (African American newspaper in Jackson County)
  • Jackson County Probate Court Search (recent; includes Kansas City)
  • Jackson County Clerk Registers and Permanent Records of Births and Deaths, 1883-1895 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; not indexed; death registers appear to end c. August 1890, with a few entries recorded after that.
  • Jackson County: Woodlawn Cemetery Collection includes digital images of death registers (June 1897 to August 1911), burial registers (June 1897 and May 1918), and lot sales (1865-1951) from the early cemetery sections of Woodlawn Cemetery (known as City Cemetery and Saint Mary Cemetery) in Independence, Missouri; from the Midwest Genealogy Center
  • Jackson County: City of Lee's Summit Cemetery Map includes burial search
  • Elmwood Cemetery Family History and Burial Information in Kansas City, Missouri
  • Union Cemetery Burials Database (for surnames A-T) in Kansas City, Missouri
• Jasper County...
  • Jasper County: Peace Church Cemetery Transcription in Joplin, Missouri
  • Jasper County Databases at Ancestry (these require payment)...
    • Jasper County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1878-1905
    • Jasper County, Missouri Wills Index, 1842-1890
• Jefferson City - see the Cole County section above
• Jefferson County...
  • Jefferson County Historical Society Genealogy Transcriptions includes: cemetery records, wills and probate indexes, and funeral home records (from the Dietrich, Fink, Mahn & Mothershead funeral homes in the vicinity of DeSoto in Jefferson County, Missouri)
  • Jefferson County Obituaries, 1999-2012
    • Hillsboro Cemetery Burials - New and Old Sections
  • Jefferson County Newspaper Index, 1866-1940 indexes birth, marriage and death notices, and other items
  • Jefferson County Permanent Record of Deaths, 1883-1892 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; includes searchable name index
  • Jefferson County Probate Files and Coroner Inquest Indexes (date ranges not given)
• Johnson County...
  • Johnson County Cemeteries (many with online indexes)
  • Johnson County Will Records, 1840-1916 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
• Joplin - see Jasper County above
• Kansas City - see Jackson County above
• Lafayette County: Tombstone Inscriptions of Lafayette County, Missouri 7 volumes/PDF files
• Lee's Summit - see Jackson County above
• Lincoln County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1866-1936 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
• Linn County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1850-1962 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
• Livingston County, Missouri, Cemetery Records (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
• Macon County...
  • Macon County Obituary Index 1874-1933
  • Macon County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1830-1963 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
• Maries County Obituary Indexes, 1989-2015 also indexes marriage and birth announcements; also has obituary indexes for Osage County
• Marion County...
  • Marion County Master Cemetery Index and Individual Cemeteries Indexes from the Hannibal Free Public Library
  • Marion County: Grand View Burial Park Burials in Hannibal, MO
  • Marion County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1833-1967 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
  • Marion County: Sprague Funeral Home Ledgers in Palmyra, Missouri
• McDonald County Library Obituaries Database also has indexes for marriage records
• Mercer County Cemeteries
• Miller County Obituaries and Probate Index
• Moniteau County...
  • Moniteau County Cemetery Burials and Death Indexes and Obituary Indexes
  • Moniteau County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1858-1931 (at Ancestry/requires payment) deaths reported in the California Democrat newspaper
• Montgomery County...
  • Montgomery County Historical Society Cemetery Burials
  • Montgomery County Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes...
    • Montgomery County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1898-1952
    • Montgomery County Obituaries Index, 1889-1935
    • Montgomery County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1836-1954
    • Missouri Newspaper Death Index: for Montgomery County, 1875-1994 (29,580 records); Callaway County, 1846-1926 (19,179 records); and Cole County, 1884-1907 (1,617 records)
• New Madrid County: City of New Madrid Cemetery Transcriptions includes some cemeteries outside of the city
• Osage County: see Maries County above
• Ozark County Cemeteries
• Perry County Wills and Probate Indexes
• Pettis County...
  • Pettis County: City of Sedalia Cemetery Burials for Crown Hill Cemetery, Calvary Cemetery and Hebrew Union Cemetery.
  • Pettis County Cemeteries
  • Pettis County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1812-1953 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
• Pike County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1878-1917 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
• Pike County Cemeteries
• Polk County Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
• Putnam County Cemeteries
  • See the first Adair County listing above for another version of this database
• Randolph County Death Index
• Ray County...
  • Ray County: Cemetery Burials and Obituary Indexes includes deaths recorded in the Lawson Review, 1991-2008 (some years missing), and indexes for other newspapers
  • Ray County Obituaries Indexes indexes obituaries from the Excelsior Springs Standard (1888-present), and other obituary collections
  • Ray County: Crown Hill and Hillcrest Cemetery Burials (City of Excelsior Springs)
• Reynolds County Cemetery Records
• St. Charles County...
  • St. Charles Library Local Genealogy Indexes includes: Oak Grove Cemetery Database and St. Charles Local Newspaper Index (starts with 1988)
  • St. Charles County Historical Society Genealogy Indexes requires payment; includes cemetery burials (50,000 entries), an early marriage index, and other items; you must be a member of the St. Charles County Historical Society to access these indexes
  • St. Charles County: Sage Chapel Cemetery Burials African American Cemetery in O'Fallon, Missouri
  • St. Charles County: Black Walnut Cemetery Grave Sites
• St. Clair County Databases at Ancestry (these require payment)...
  • St. Clair County, Missouri Deaths Index, 1906-1929
  • St. Clair County, Missouri Obituaries Index, 1888-1928
• St. Francois County...
  • St. Francois County: Farmington Public Library Obituary Index linked to digital copies of the obituaries (also includes obituaries from other Southeast Missouri counties)
  • Catholic Cemetery Burials in Iron, St. Francois and Ste. Genevieve Counties
• St. Joseph - see Buchanan County above
• St. Louis City and County...
  • The St. Louis section has moved to its own webpage. See...
  • Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes, Obituaries and Cemeteries (City and County)
• Ste. Genevieve County Cemeteries
• Saline County...
  • Saline County Cemeteries
  • Saline County: Ridge Park Cemetery Burials Marshall, MO
  • Saline County, Missouri Cemetery Index, 1840-1963 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by cemetery
• Schuyler County Cemeteries
• Shannon County Cemeteries and Assorted Obituaries
• Shelby County Death Indexes includes Shelby County Death Register, 1883-1886; Shelby County Burial Cards Index, 1890s-1930s, and other items
• Springfield: see Greene County above
• Stone County Burial Index, 1852-2005 (at Ancestry/free to search) has over 10,000 names
• Sullivan County...
  • Sullivan County Cemeteries and Deaths from Newspapers 1875-1899 (not complete)
  • Sullivan County, Missouri Cemetery Records Volumes 1-5 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
  • Sullivan County: Kent Funeral Home Records, 1915-2009 from the Glenn E. Kent and Sons Funeral Home in Green City, Missouri
  • Sullivan County - also see Adair County above
• Vernon County Probate Records Index
• Warren County Probate Records Index, 1833-1900
  • Warren County Probate Files Listing to 1900 includes brief case summaries
• Washington County Cemeteries
• Wayne County Cemetery Tombstone Photographs
• Worth County - see Gentry County above
• Wright County Cemeteries

• Missouri Gravestone Photo Project has over 85,000 entries
• Assorted Missouri Cemetery Indexes Includes some cemeteries in Cape Girardeau County, Dent County, Iron County, Madison County, Reynolds County, St. Francois County, Ste. Genevieve County, and Washington County.

• Missouri Census Records and Tax Lists (includes Mortality Schedules)

Ordering Missouri Vital Records

• Order Missouri Vital Records by Mail (fees and restrictions apply)
• Missouri State Archives Death Certificates 1910-1970 are available for free downloading online -- see the link in the Missouri death indexes section above

• Missouri Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment) includes census records, WWI draft cards, WWII army enlistments, vital records, historical newspapers and city directories
• Places to Find Missouri Vital Records Indexes Online (for births, marriages and deaths)