Online Missouri Death Records and Indexes

• Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images 1910-1968 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 1968
• 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
• Andrew County Tombstone Transcriptions
• Atchison County - see the Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society link in the Buchanan County section below
• Audrain County, Missouri Deaths, 1876-1905 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
  • Ancestry also has indexes for Audrain County obituaries 1885-1942
• Audrain County Cemeteries
• Barry County Cemeteries
• Bates County Cemeteries
• Boone County and Columbia...
  • Boone County Probate Indexes 1819-1981 PDF documents
  • Boone County Obituaries, 1871-1891, 1892-1901 and 1902-1913 (at Ancestry/requires payment) from the Columbia Missouri Herald
• Buchanan County...
  • Buchanan County: St. Joseph Public Library Obituary Database covers 1953-2011, but some years have not yet been added; 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
• Callaway County...
  • Callaway County, Missouri Deaths, 1900-1948 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
    • Ancestry also has indexes for Callaway County obituaries 1888-1955
  • Callaway Obituary Index, 1990-mid 2012
  • Callaway County Probate Records Indexes
• Cape Girardeau Municipal Cemeteries includes burial indexes for Fairmount, New Lorimier and Old Lorimier Cemeteries
• Cass County Obituary Index, 1870-2011 at Ancestry
• Cass County Cemetery Burials Index from the Cass County Public Library
• Cedar County Cemetery Index, 1839-1970 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
• Christian County Cemeteries & Other Records
• Christian County Records includes Chaffin Funeral Home Records 1917-1962 (PDF files)
• Cole County...
  • Cole County: Old City Cemetery Burials (Jefferson City)
  • Cole County Databases at Ancestry (these require payment)...
    • Cole County, Missouri Deaths, 1883-1906
    • Cole County, Missouri Deaths, 1924-1930
    • Cole County, Missouri Obituaries, 1871-1899
• Columbia - see the Boone County section above
• Cooper County Genealogy Records includes cemeteries, death records and some obituaries
• Dent County, Missouri Deaths 1883-1885
• Franklin County Probate Index (c. 1818-1878) PDF file; from the Four Rivers Genealogical Society
• 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...
  • 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 Area Deaths from the Ozarks Genealogical Society
• Grundy County Cemeteries
• Harrison County Cemeteries
• Harrison County: Partial Obituaries Index for 1988-1990
• Henry County 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: City of Lee's Summit Cemetery Map (includes burial search; requires Flash)
  • Jackson County: Elmwood Cemetery Family History and Burial Information in Kansas City, Missouri
• Jasper County Databases at Ancestry (these require payment)...
  • Jasper County, Missouri Deaths 1878-1905
  • Jasper County, Missouri Wills Index 1842-1890
• 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 Probate Files and Coroner Inquest Indexes (date ranges not given)
• Johnson County...
  • Johnson County Cemeteries (many with online indexes)
  • Johnson County Wills
• Joplin - see Jasper County above
• Kansas City - see Jackson County above
• Lee's Summit - see Jackson County above
• Lincoln County, Missouri Deaths, 1866-1936 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
• Livingston County, Missouri, Cemetery Records (at Ancestry/requires payment)
• Macon County Obituary Index 1874-1933
• Maries County Obituary Indexes, 1989-2015 also indexes marriage and birth announcements; also has obituary indexes for Osage County
• Marion County...
  • Marion County Library Master Cemetery Index
  • Marion County: Grand View Burial Park Burials in Hannibal, MO
• 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
  • Moniteau County, Missouri Deaths, 1858-1931 (at Ancestry/requires payment)
• Montgomery County Databases at Ancestry (these require payment)...
  • Montgomery County, Missouri Deaths 1898-1952
  • Missouri Newspaper Death Index includes: Montgomery County 1875-1994 (29,580 records); Callaway County 1846-1926 (19,179 records); Cole County 1884-1907 (1,617 records)
  • Ancestry also has a Montgomery County Obituaries Index 1889-1935, and some cemetery indexes
• 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
• Pike County, Missouri Deaths, 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: Deaths Recorded in the Lawson Review 1991-2008 (some years missing)
• Reynolds County Cemetery Records
• St. Charles Library Local Genealogy Indexes includes: Oak Grove Cemetery Database and St. Charles Local Newspaper Index (starts with 1988)
• St. Charles County: Sage Chapel Cemetery Burials African American Cemetery in O'Fallon, Missouri
• St. Clair County Databases at Ancestry (these require payment)...
  • St. Clair County, Missouri Deaths, 1906-1929
  • St. Clair County, Missouri Obituaries, 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)
• Schuyler County Cemeteries
• Shannon County Cemeteries and Assorted Obituaries
• Stone County Cemeteries and Burial Index (burial index 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 - also see Adair County above
• Vernon County Probate Records Index
• Warren County Probate Files Listing to 1900
• Washington County Cemeteries
• Wayne County Cemetery Tombstone Photographs
• Worth County - see Gentry County above
• Wright County Cemeteries

Ordering Missouri Vital Records

• Order Missouri Vital Records by Mail (fees and restrictions apply)
• Missouri State Archives Death Certificates 1910-1968 are available for free downloading online -- see the link in the Missouri death indexes section above