Online St. Louis and Missouri Death Indexes and Records
- From the Missouri State Archives (free to use)
- From Reclaim the Records (free to use)
- From Ancestry (these require a fee-based subscription to Ancestry's collection of genealogy records)
- 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.
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 County Cemeteries...
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
- 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 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
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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