St. Louis City, Missouri Genealogy

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Parent County
1877--St. Louis City was created from St. Louis County as an independent city.

Archives and Libraries
St. Louis Public Library owns a large collection of books, periodicals, maps, and other miscellaneous materials that deal with the history of St. Louis City, and Library staff have indexed many previously unindexed books and materials on that topic. They also own a large local history card file, and a large vertical file consisting of articles clipped from local newspapers and other local publications. St. Louis Public Library Catalog

St. Louis Public Library Local History Indexes and Bibliographies

Cemeteries
Catholic Archdioceses 15 Cemetery St Louis City searchable indexwhich provides the following information: Inter#, Cemetery, First Name, Last Name, M/F, Burial date, Age, Sec, Row, Lot, Site also provides addresses and directions to the cemeteries.

Probate Records
Missouri State Archives - St. Louis Probate records - This web site has copies of original documents from every probate case in St. Louis from 1805 to 1900.

Vital Records
For St. Louis city records from 1870 to the present, write to:

Division of Health 634 No. Grand Boulevard P.O. Box 14702 St. Louis, MO 63178 Telephone: 314-658-1132 Internet: Missouri Department of Health &amp; Senior Services

The Family History Library also has 16 microfilms of the registers of the St. Louis City Hospital for 1846 to 1900.

St. Louis Public Library owns these microfilm birth and death record sets:


 * St. Louis, MO Birth Records, 1870-1910
 * St. Louis, MO Index to Register of Births, 1910-1929
 * St. Louis, MO Death Records, 1850-1909
 * St. Louis, MO Burial Permits, 1882-1908
 * St. Louis County, MO Birth Certificates, 1883-1910
 * St. Louis County, MO Death Certificates, 1883-1910

For St. Louis the Family History Library has 147 microfilms from the city recorder (index for 1806-1965, records from 1808-1920, licenses from 1881-1966), and 14 films from the county recorder (index for 1877-1928, licenses from 1881-1933). The Missouri State Archives has copies of the same films available at the Family History Library.


 * St. Louis Public Library owns the following microfilm record sets:
 * St. Louis, MO Marriage Records, 1808-1882
 * St. Louis, MO Marriage Index, Males, 1806-1965
 * St. Louis, MO Marriage Index, Females, 1806-1963
 * St. Louis County, MO Marriages, 1881-1954
 * St. Louis County, MO Marriage Applications Index, 1882-1980

Missouri State Archives has online access to death certificates from 1910-1958. See Missouri Vital Records– Death Records.

Marriage records of St. Louis and St. Louis Co., 1806-1965 are available on microfilm at the Family History Library.

Societies, Libraries and Museums
St. Louis Genealogical Society. Web site includes many free resources on naturalizations, early (until 1830) residents, and vital records.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog
 * Genealogy in St. Louis