Vital Records Hunting

Where To Write for Certificates

Missouri Department of Vital Records
P. O. Box 570
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 - 0570

Cost: $15.00 for birth record, $13.00 for death record.

birth and death records became mandatory in 1910.
marriage records became mandatory in 1881.
 

Where To Write for Obituaries

The State Historical Society of Missouri
1020 Lowry Street
Columbia, Missouri 65201-7298

State Historical Society of Missouri website 
 

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War,1861-1865, Missouri Department
c/o Mrs. Sue Ladage
2615 Porter Avenue
Brentwood, Missouri 63144
 

Missouri Department of Health
Bureau of Vital Records
930 Wildwood
P.O. Box 570
Jefferson, MO  65102
Tel: 573-751-6400
http://www.health.state.mo.us/BirthAndDeathRecords/BirthAndDeathRecords.html
Births - 1910 to present
Deaths - 1910 to present
Certified copies of most Missouri birth and death records are also
available from local county health departments or the St. Louis Cityor
Kansas City Health Departments. Depending on the agency, these recordsmay predate the records at the Missouri Department of Health.
Marriages - July 1, 1948 to present
Divorces - July 1, 1948 to present
Information prior to this date may be obtained for marriages from the
Recorder of Deeds of the county that issued the license and dissolution
of marriages from the Circuit Clerk of the county that issued the
decree.
 

Missouri State Archives
600 West Main Street
P.O. Box 1747
Jefferson City, MO  65102
Tel: 573-751-3280
Email: archref@sos.mo.gov
 "http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/"
 

Missouri State Library
600 West Main Street
Jefferson City, MO  65101
Tel: 573-751-3615
http://www.sos.mo.gov/library/
 

Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence
Genealogy and Local History Department
317 West 24 Highway
Independence, MO  64050
Tel: 816-252-0950
Email: ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/ge/
 

State Historical Society of Missouri
Ellis Library Building
1020 Lowry Street
Columbia, MO  65201
Tel: 573-882-7083
Fax: 573-882-4950
Email: shsofmo@ext.missouri.edu
http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/
 

Missouri Historical Society
Jefferson Memorial Building
225 S. Skinker
P.O. Box 11940
St. Louis, MO  63112
Tel: 313-746-4510

Missouri State Genealogical Association
Dept. W
P.O. Box 833
Columbia, MO  65205-0833
http://www.umr.edu/~mstauter/mosga/
 

Northwest Missouri Genealogical Society
Buchanan County Research Center
412 Felix Street
P.O. Box 382
St. Joseph, MO  64502
Tel: 816-233-0524
http://www.rootsweb.com/~monwmgs/index.htm
 

Genealogical Society of Central Missouri
P.O. Box 26
Columbia, MO 65205
Tel: 573- 443-8936
http://coins0.coin.missouri.edu/community/genealogy/cent-mo/index.html
 

Ozarks Genealogical Society/Library
534 West Catalpa
P.O. Box 3945 G.S.
Springfield, MO  65808
Tel: 417-831-2773
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ozarksgs/
 

Missouri USGenWeb Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mogenweb/mo.htm
 

MaryLynne's Genealogy Page
Missouri Genealogy & Research & My Family Tree
http://members.xoom.com/mellis/page2.htm
 

County Information

County Founding Dates
This page includes founding dates and parent counties

County Courthouses

Historical Missouri Maps
Showing the creation of counties and movement of county lines overthe years.

Various Useful Links

Association for Gravestone Studies

Genealogical Glossary
defines many terms both technical and/or ancient

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites onthe Net---lots of links

Cyndi's Adoption Page
If you're looking for adoption records, DON'Tpost a query....try here instead!

Gene Stark's Index of Names forall GenWeb Sites