Online St. Louis, Missouri Death Records, Indexes & Obituaries (City & County)

Online St. Louis and Missouri Death Indexes and Records

From the Missouri State Archives (free to use)
- Missouri Death Certificates Index and Images, 1910-1972 includes free downloadable images of the death certificates; see the "ordering vital records" section below for information on obtaining copies of Missouri death certificates after 1972
  - Ancestry also has a version of this database (to 1969). It has different search options that may be helpful...
  - Missouri Death Certificates, 1910-1969 at Ancestry/free to search
- Missouri Pre-1910 Birth and Death Records Index (partial) includes 87 counties - partial coverage for St. Louis
- Note: not all deaths were recorded in the pre-1910 period
- See below for digitized images of the St. Louis death registers in the pre-1910 period

From Reclaim the Records (free to use)
- Missouri Death Index, 1968-2015 index only

From Ancestry (these require a fee-based subscription to Ancestry's collection of genealogy records)
- Missouri Death Records and Index, 1850-1931 (most entries are pre-1910) coverage varies by county; includes digitized images from microfilmed St. Louis death registers, 1850-early 1910 (with some gaps).
- St. Louis City Death Records Index, 1850-1902 (with some gaps).

St. Louis Death Registers Index, 1850-1908 (with some gaps) requires payment/you must be a member of the St. Louis Genealogical Society to access this database; includes some deaths for St. Louis County, 1883-1910.

St. Louis Department of Vital Records Register of Deaths, Feb. 1850 to Jan. 1909 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; not indexed. The indexes listed above may he helpful for locating deaths in these records.

Obituaries and Death Notices in St. Louis Newspapers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index Covers 1880-1931, 1942-1945, 1960-June 1971, and 1992-2022. You can order scanned copies from the St. Louis City Public Library at no charge. Listings include obituaries, death notices and burial permits. Also indexes St. Louis Argus obituaries, 1912-1929 and 1942-1945.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Death Index (Obituaries, etc.), 1975-June 1977
St. Louis Argus Obituary Index African-American community newspaper
St. Louis County Library's Indexes to Obituaries and Death Notices in St. Louis Newspapers includes:
- Index to Deaths in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1860-1861, 1880, 1881, 1883, and 1881-1891
- St. Louis Sun Obituary Index, 1989-1990
- Westliche Post Obituaries Index, 1875-1895 (some months missing) St. Louis German-language newspaper
- Index to the Saint Louis County Watchman-Advocate Newspaper, 1881-1891 and 1893
- Index to the Carondelet News, 1903-1909
- And other items

St. Louis Cemeteries and Burial Indexes

St. Louis Area Cemetery Burials, c. 1800s-early 2000s (requires payment; access to the burial lists requires membership in the St. Louis Genealogical Society) click on the "search" tab to search for names; coverage varies by cemetery; includes a large number of cemeteries in the St. Louis area
St. Louis Catholic Cemeteries Burial Search Archdiocese of St. Louis
- Another version of this database is also available at Ancestry:
- St. Louis, Missouri, Burial Index, Archdiocese of St. Louis, 1700-2010 at Ancestry/free to search; does not give the name of the cemetery for the entries
Veterans Affairs Burial Search Includes the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis
Bellefontaine Cemetery Burial Search when you get there, scroll down to "Burial Search"
Bellerive Gardens Cemetery Burials Search
Friedens Cemetery...
- Friedens Cemetery and Mausoleum Burial Index Cards PDFs in alphabetical order by surname
- Headstones at Friedens United Church of Christ Cemetery (not complete)
Gatewood Gardens Cemetery Index Previously known as St. Louis Memorial Gardens and New Picker Cemetery; Independent German Evangelical Protestant Cemetery.
Headstones at Old and New Picker's Cemeteries Now known as Gatewood Gardens.
Holy Ghost Cemetery Burials, 1860-1907; Lot Owners, 1840-1849 German Evangelical Protestant cemetery; digitized microfilm from FamilySearch; not indexed; graves in this cemetery were removed to various cemeteries
St. Matthew Cemetery Burials St. Matthew United Church of Christ Cemetery on Bates Street in South St. Louis; non-denominational cemetery that was established in the German Evangelical tradition.
St. Peter's Cemetery Burial Search St. Peter's Evangelical United Church of Christ
United Hebrew Cemetery Burials
Wesleyan Cemetery Includes "List of Colored Persons in Wesleyan Cemetery, 1847-1868" and "Index to Burials on Plot Sales Receipt Stubs 1891-1899."

St. Louis County Cemeteries...
- Washington Park Cemetery (African-American cemetery in Berkeley)
  - The St. Louis Genealogical Society has a burials list for this cemetery on their website. You must be a member of the society to access the list. Washington Park Cemetery Burials (requires fee-based membership)
  - Washington Park North Reinterment Index PDF from the St. Louis City Recorder. This index includes information on the reinterment of 11,974 deceased persons. The link below has the index divided into smaller pieces.
    - Washington Park Cemetery North Information, Interment Index and History
  - Washington Park Cemetery Burial Card Index, Surnames Aaron-Anderson these are online for surnames Aaron to Anderson only; from the Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis
- Cold Water Cemetery Burials (DAR Cemetery in Florissant, MO)
- Greenwood Cemetery Burials 1874-1908 in Hillsdale, Missouri
- New Mt. Sinai Cemetery - Jewish Burials, 1850-present day
- St. Ferdinand Cemetery Burials, 1893 Catholic Cemetery in Hazelwood, Missouri; names are from a two-part article in the St. Louis County Watchman newspaper; may not be complete (see the St. Louis Archdiocese database listed above for more burials in this cemetery)
- Cemetery Records, St. Paul's Evangelical Church, Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Missouri JPG images

St. Louis Probate Records and Wills

Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 (at Ancestry/requires payment) coverage varies by county; includes indexed and digitized records for St. Louis City Probate Files c.1812-c.1898 and Wills c.1816-c.1967; index may not be complete
St. Louis Probate Court Digitization Project part of the Missouri Judicial Records Collection; 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 Circuit Court Probate Division Historical File Indexes includes indexes for letters, refusal of letters, guardianships, no letter wills, and unproven wills
- Copies of the records found in this index can be ordered for a fee. For instructions on requesting copies of the records, see this document: City of St. Louis Probate Division - Access to Records
St. Louis City Wills Indexes, 1816-1967 Using the FHL microfilm roll numbers (plus book and page number) given in this index, you may be able to find some of the wills at FamilySearch:
- St. Louis City Probate Court Record of Wills, 1816-1928 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- St. Louis City Probate Court Wills, 1917-1967 digitized microfilm from FamilySearch
- You might also be able to find copies of these wills in Ancestry's "Missouri Wills and Probate Records" database listed above (the first link in this section).
St. Louis County Will Book Index, 1876-1889 does not include St. Louis City
Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998 at FamilySearch Coverage varies by county. These records are currently unindexed, but you may be able to use the indexes listed above as finding aids when browsing through the online images at FamilySearch for St. Louis. Includes...
- St. Louis City Probate Case Files, 1876-early 1901, and Wills, 1816-1967
- St. Louis County Probate Case Files, 1802-1876, 1891.

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
Annual Reports of the Coroner and the Superintendent of the Morgue of the City of St. Louis Index, 1879-1897
Index to Names in the Annual Reports of the Coroner of Saint Louis, Missouri, for the Years 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897
St. Louis County Coroner's Records Index, 1826-1873 most are from 1838-1848 and 1858-1861
St. Louis County Coroner's Records, Indexes to Natural Deaths, 1953-1962

St. Louis Funeral Home and Mortuary Indexes

Funeral Home Indexes and Records from the St. Louis Genealogical Society includes:
- Buchholz Mortuary Records (requires membership in the StLGS to access)
- Hoffmeister Funeral Home Records Index, 1884-1895
- Jewish Funeral Home Indexes (for the Rindskopf Roth Funeral Home, 1818-1979; and the Berger Funeral Home, 1902-2004, surnames starting with A, B, & G)
Smithers and Wagoner Funeral Home Records, 1865-1899 and 1934
Diedrich and Heitzenroeder Funeral Homes Name Index, 1934-1974
Howard Funeral Home Records (St. Louis) Index, 1913-1943

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
Webster Groves, Missouri, Historical Records from the St. Louis Genealogical Society; includes Births and Deaths in Webster Groves, 1903-1909 (with digitized scans of the birth and death registers)
1850 St. Louis County Census Mortality Schedule Index for deaths June 1, 1849 - May 31, 1850
St. Louis Police Department Fallen Officer Memorial

Ordering St. Louis and Missouri Vital Records

Order Missouri Vital Records by Mail (fees and restrictions apply)
Missouri State Archives Death Certificates 1910-1972 are available for free downloading online -- see the link near the top of this page

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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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