Vital records,
as their name suggests, are connected with central life
events: birth, marriage, and death. Maintained by civil
authorities, they are prime sources of genealogical
information; but, unfortunately, official vital records are
available only for relatively recent periods. These records,
despite their recent creation in the United States, are
critically important in genealogical research, often
supplying details on family members well back into the
nineteenth century.
The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy,
by Loretto Szucs and Sandra Luebking.
Bureau of Vital Records Certified copies of Missouri birth and death records
and certified statements relating to Missouri marriages and dissolution of
marriages are available for a fee of $15.00. Make your check or money order payable to Missouri
Department of Health. Do not send cash. Allow approximately two weeks for
processing and receipt. Send to: Priority Online Service -
Birth, Marriage,
Divorce & Death Certificates!
Deaths 1910
to present Priority Online Service -
Birth, Marriage,
Divorce & Death Certificates!
Marriages July 1,
1948 to present
Priority Online Service -
Birth, Marriage,
Divorce & Death Certificates!
Divorces July 1,
1948 to present
Priority Online Service -
Birth, Marriage,
Divorce & Death Certificates!
Certified copies of most Missouri birth and death
records are also available from local county health departments or the St.
Louis City or Kansas City Health Departments. For further details please
contact these offices directly. Ancestry.com
Missouri Database
Missouri Stillborn Birth & Death Records Database Ancestry.com
Missouri Marriages to 1850 Ancestry.com
Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900
Bureau of Vital Records
930 Wildwood
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Telephone (573) 751-6400
Births 1910 to present
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The Missouri Birth and Death Records Database is an
abstract of the birth, stillbirth, and death records recorded before 1909
and that are available on microfilm at the Missouri State Archives. The
database currently contains over 185,000 records from 87 counties.
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930 Wildwood
PO Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-6400
Adair
County
106 North Washington Street
Kirksville, MO 63501
(660) 665-3350
Linn
County
P. O. Box 92
Lineus, MO 64653
(660) 895-5417
Andrew
County
PO Box 206
Savannah, MO 64485
(816) 324-3624
Livingston
County
700 Webster
Chillicothe, MO 64601
(660) 646-2293
Atchison
County
PO Box 280
Rock Port, MO 64482
(660) 744-6214
Macon
County
PO Box 96
Macon, MO 63552
(660) 385-2913
Audrain County
101 North Jefferson
Mexico, MO 65265
(573) 473-5820
Madison
County
1 Court Square
Fredericktown, MO 63645
(573) 783-2176
Barry
County
700 Main Street, Suite 2
Cassville, MO 65625
(417) 847-2561
Maries
County
P. O. Box 205
Vienna, MO 65582
(573) 422-3388
Barton
County
1004 Gulf
Lamar, MO 64759
(417) 682-3529
Marion
County
100 South Main Street
Palmyra, MO 63461
(573) 769-2549
Bates
County
1 North Delaware Street
Butler, MO 64730
(660) 679-3371
McDonald
County
P.O. Box 665
Pineville, MO 64856-0665
(417) 223-4717
Benton
County
P.O. Box 1238
Warsaw, MO 65355-1238
(660) 438-7406
Mercer
County
802 Main Street
Princeton, MO 64673
(660) 748-3425
Bollinger
County
P.O. Box 110
Marble Hill, MO 63764
(573) 238-2126
Miller
County
P.O. Box 12
Tuscumbia, MO 65082-0012
(573) 369-2317
Boone County
801 East Walnut
Columbia, MO 65201
(573) 886-4375
Mississippi County
PO Box 369
Charleston, MO 63834-0369
(573) 683-2146
Buchanan County
411 Jules Street
Saint Joseph, MO 64501
(816) 271-1503
Moniteau
County
200 East Main
California, MO 65018
(573) 796-4661
Butler
County
105 Main Street
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
(573) 686-8050
Monroe
County
300 North Main Street
Paris, MO 65275-1399
(660) 327-5106
Caldwell
County
P.O. Box 67
Kingston, MO 64650-0067
(816) 586-2571
Montgomery
County
211 East 3rd Street
Montgomery City, MO 63361-1956
(573) 564-3357
Callaway County
10 East 5th Street
Fulton, MO 65251
(573) 642-0730
Morgan
County
100 E Newton
Versailles, MO 65084
(573) 378-4644
Camden County
1 Court Circle
Camdenton, MO 65020
(573) 346-4440
New Madrid
County
P. O. Box 68
New Madrid, MO 63869
(573) 748-2524
Cape Girardeau County
1 Barton Square
Jackson, MO 63755-1878
(573) 243-3547
Newton
County
PO Box 488
Neosho, MO 64850
(417) 451-8220
Carroll
County
City Square
Carrollton, MO 64633
(660) 542-0615
Nodaway
County
P. O. Box 218
Maryville, MO 64468
(660) 582-2251
Carter
County
P.O. Box 517
Van Buren, MO 63965-0517
(573) 323-4527
Oregon
County
P.O. Box 406
Alton, MO 65606-0324
(417) 778-4096
Cass County
102 East Wall Street
Harrisonville, MO 64701
(816) 380-8102
Osage
County
P.O. Box 826
Linn, MO 65051-0826
(573) 897-2139
Cedar
County
P.O. Box 126
Stockton, MO 65785-0126
(417) 276-6700
Ozark
County
P.O. Box 416
Gainesville, MO 65655-0416
(417) 679-3516
Chariton
County
306 S Cherry
Keytesville, MO 65261
(660) 288-3273
Pemiscot
County
610 Ward Avenue
Caruthersville, MO 63830
(573) 333-4203
Christian County
100 West Church
Ozark, MO 65721-0549
(417) 581-6360
Perry County
321 North Main Street, Suite 2
Perryville, MO 63775
(573) 547-4242
Clark
County
111 East Court Street
Kahoka, MO 63445
(660) 727-3283
Pettis
County
415 South Ohio
Sedalia, MO 65301-4435
(660) 826-5395
Clay County
Courthouse Square
Liberty, MO 64068
(816) 792-7733
Phelps County
200 North Main Street
Rolla, MO 65401
(573) 364-1891
Clinton
County
P.O. Box 245
Plattsburgh, MO 64477-0245
(816) 539-3713
Pike
County
115 West Main Street
Bowling Green, MO 63334-1665
(573) 324-2412
Cole County
301 East High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
(573) 634-9100
Platte
County
415 Third St.
Platte City, MO 64079
(816) 858-2232
Cooper
County
200 Main Street
Boonville, MO 65233-1276
(660) 882-2114
Polk
County
102 East Broadway, Room 11
Bolivar, MO 65613
(417) 326-4031
Crawford
County
P.O. Box AS
Steelville, MO 65565-0620
(573) 775-2376
Pulaski
County
301 Historic 66 East
Waynesville, MO 65583
(573) 774-4701
Dade
County
Main Street
Greenfield, MO 65661
(417) 637-2724
Putnam
County
Room 204, Main Street
Unionville, MO 63565
(660) 947-2674
Dallas
County
P.O. Box 436
Buffalo, MO 65622-0436
(417) 345-2632
Ralls
County
P. O. Box 400
New London, MO 63459
(573) 985-7111
Daviess
County
102 North Main Street
Gallatin, MO 64640
(660) 663-2641
Randolph County
110 South Main Street
Huntsville, MO 65259-1009
(660) 277-4717
De
Kalb County
P.O. Box 248
Maysville, MO 64469-0248
(816) 449-5402
Ray County
100 West Main Street
Richmond, MO 64085
(816) 776-3184
Dent
County
400 North Main Street
Salem, MO 65560-1436
(573) 729-4144
Reynolds
County
P.O. Box 10
Centerville, MO 63633
(573) 648-2494
Douglas
County
P.O. Box 398
Ava, MO 65608-0398
(417) 683-4714
Ripley
County
Courthouse Circle
Doniphan, MO 63935
(573) 996-3215
Dunklin
County
P.O. Box 188
Kennett, MO 63857-0188
(573) 888-2796
St.
Genevieve County
55 South Third Street
Sainte Genevieve, MO 63670-1601
(573) 883-5589
Franklin County
P.O. Box 311
Union, MO 63084-0311
(636) 583-6355
Saline
County
101 E Arrow Street
Marshall, MO 65340
(660) 886-3331
Gasconade
County
119 E. 1st Street
Hermann, MO 65041-1182
(573) 486-5427
Schuyler
County
P.O. Box 187
Lancaster, MO 63548-0187
(660) 457-3842
Gentry
County
200 Clay Street
Albany, MO 64402
(660) 726-3525
Scotland
County
117 South Market Street, Room 100
Memphis, MO 63555
(660) 465-7027
Greene County
940 Boonville Avenue
Springfield, MO 65802
(417) 868-4000
Scott
County
P. O. Box 188
Benton, MO 63736
(573) 545-3549
Grundy
County
700 Main Street
Trenton, MO 64683
(660) 359-6305
Shannon
County
P.O. Box 187
Eminence, MO 65466-0187
(573) 226-3414
Harrison
County
P.O. Box 525
Bethany, MO 64424
(660) 425-6424
Shelby
County
P.O. Box 186
Shelbyville, MO 63469-0186
(573) 633-2181
Henry
County
100 W. Franklin
Clinton, MO 64735
(660) 885-6953
St. Charles County
201 North Second Street
Saint Charles, MO 63301-2869
(636) 949-7520
Hickory
County
P.O. Box 3
Hermitage, MO 65668-0003
(417) 745-6450
St. Clair
County
P.O. Box 525
Osceola, MO 64776-0525
(417) 646-2315
Holt
County
P. O. Box 437
Oregon, MO 64473
(660) 446-3303
St.
Francois County
Courthouse Square
Farmington, MO 63640
(573) 756-3623
Howard
County
1 Courthouse Square
Fayette, MO 65248
(660) 248-2284
St. Louis County
41 South Central Avenue
Clayton, MO 63105-1719
(314) 615-5000
Howell County
1 Courthouse Street
West Plains, MO 65775
(417) 256-2591
Stoddard
County
PO Box 110
Bloomfield, MO 63825
(573) 568-3339
Iron
County
PO Box 42
Ironton, MO 63650
(573) 546-2912
Stone
County
P. O. Box 45
Galena, MO 65656
(417) 357-6127
Jackson County
415 East 12th Street
Kansas City, MO 64106-2706
(816) 881-3333
Sullivan
County
109 North Main Street
Milan, MO 63556
(660) 265-3786
Jasper
County
302 S. Main Street
Carthage, MO 64836
(417) 358-0421
Taney County
P.O. Box 156
Forsyth, MO 65653-0156
(417) 546-7200
Jefferson County
P.O. Box 100
Hillsboro, MO 63050-0100
(636) 797-5478
Texas
County
210 N. Grand Ave.
Houston, MO 65483
(417) 967-2112
Johnson County
300 N. Holden Street
Warrensburg, MO 64093
(660) 747-2112
Vernon County
100 West Cherry
Nevada, MO 64772
(417) 448-2500
Knox
County
107 N 4th Street
Edina, MO 63537
(660) 397-2184
Warren County
104 W. Booneslick
Warrenton, MO 63383
(314) 456-3331
Laclede County
200 N Adams Avenue
Lebanon, MO 65536-3046
(417) 532-2471
Washington
County
102 North Missouri Street
Potosi, MO 63664-1799
(573) 438-4901
Lafayette
County
1001 Main Street
Lexington, MO 64067
(660) 259-4315
Wayne
County
P. O. Box 168
Greenville, MO 63944
(573) 224-3221
Lawrence
County
P.O. Box 309
Mount Vernon, MO 65712-0309
(417) 466-3666
Webster
County
P.O. Box 529
Marshfield, MO 65706-0529
(417) 468-2223
Lewis
County
P.O. Box 67
Monticello, MO 63457-0067
(573) 767-5205
Worth
County
P.O. Box 450
Grant City, MO 64456
(660) 564-2219
Lincoln County
201 Main Street
Troy, MO 63379-1127
(314) 528-4415
Wright
County
P.O. Box 98
Hartville, MO 65667-0098
(417) 741-6661