Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ Coroner Records ~ Mortuaries ~ Obituaries
Family Search Vitals and Other Resources

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Reclaim the Records has uploaded new Birth Records for Missouri:
 Missouri Birth Index, 1920(ish)-2015
"They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request.
Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether."

Note:
The links to the collections should work, but if they do not,
please sign in to search and view.
Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935 ~ Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920
Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976 ~ Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930
Mortality Schedule: 1860
Naturalization and Court Records: 1802 > 1969

Pre 1910: Missouri Birth and Death Records
Baptism and Christening Records
Andover, Harrison County, St Mary and Station Church
Births and Christenings: Film #7832822 ~ 1870 > 1878 ~ Please use this link: Then Click on 'Film'
More from St Mary's Church:
Baptism, Marriage and Death Registers: 1870 > 1954
Film #980545, Item 2, Images 55 > 88.

Family Search ~ "Collections" for 'Missouri Neighboring States':
Arkansas ~ Illinois ~ Iowa ~ Kansas [Scroll down] ~ Kentucky
Nebraska ~ Oklahoma ~ Tennessee
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links

Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages
This link is for folks born in Missouri and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925
[Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses]
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link.

Early Marriage Records: Family Search,
Film: 'Harrison County and it's Neighbors'
Harrison County was carved out from Daviess County in 1845
Marriages prior to 1845 would have been in Daviess, so...
Here are Indexes for some of the early years.
1837 - 1955, Vol 1 ~ 1838 - 1963 Vol 'A'

More Marriage Records on Film ~ Access from the FS Catalog:
955647, Indexes: Vols. 1-2, 1837-1954
955649, Item 1, Marriage records, Vols. 1-2, 1837-1954
955649, Item 1, Marriage records, V. A, Aug. 21, 1838-Sept. 29, 1911
955649, Item 3, Marriage records, V. B, Oct. 30, 1845-Oct. 3, 1859


The Vitals listed below are Films or Books
Use the Lists below and then access the FS Catalog to view the records

Early Missouri Marriages: Up To and Including 1840
Carter, Mrs R J - Alpha letters A > G, Vol 1
The book can be downloaded [FS]

Marriages: 1847-1880, Books A > D, Elizabeth P Ellsberry [Book is Here]
or Access Film # 7647149, Images 536 > 594 in the FS Catalog
Daviess County Marriages: 1836-1855, Elizabeth P Ellsberry [Book is Here]


Missouri Death Records
Death Certificates: 1910 - 1971 Online [Missouri Digital Heritage]
Missouri Mortality Schedules: 1850 ~ 1860
Missouri Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections [Contains Vitals]

Remember: Vital Records can be found in Newspapers
This is the link for the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project

Free Digital Newspapers:
Chronicling America ~ Google Archives ~ California Digital Newspapers [There are Articles for MO]
Three new Sites: History Hub ~ Century Past ~ Boston Public Library


"Missouri Only" - Vital Record Databases, Family Search
Miscellaneous Vital Record Databases: FS - Chart


Court and Probate Records: FS Film
Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog,
enter Film # of interest in the Fiche/Film Slot
Harrison County Probate and Court Records [Chart]


Cemeteries of Harrison County
Cemetery Files from the old Harrison County

There are FS Films for 4 Harrison County Cemeteries: Please Use This Link: Then click on 'Film'
Antioch ~ Burris Church Cem ~ Daniel and Matkins Church Cem

Elizabeth Prather Ellsberry compiled records for many Missouri Counties:
Among the books are Cemetery Records.
There are 6 for Callaway County ~ 2 for Daviess County ~ 5 for Howard
3 Vols for "Missouri" ~ 3 Vols for 'Northwestern' MO and Linn

F~A~G ~ Missouri Gravestone Project ~ USGenWeb Archives

F-A-G:
Born in Missouri, Died in San Luis Obispo County, CA [Possible Obits]


Mortuary and Coroner Records
California, Sacramento, Cemetery Records, 1900-1959
'Searchable Index' - Family Search
or use the Catalog and enter the film number below:
FS Film # 104304412
There are several Funeral Homes in this collection

Missouri Coroner's Inquest Database
There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data


Obituaries
There were some Obits found in the old Harrison Files: Please Use This Link
Obits from the Bethany Republican Clipper: 1990 [Jan - June]
Missouri Obituaries: 1968 [Book: FS Catalog, Bearce, Mrs M, compiler]

Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank ~ Missouri Newspapers [See Below for List]
Lookups: Include Name and possible dates and send query to Martha

Here is a list of the MO Newspapers on Heritage Hub
MO Newspapers: HH
Center Square Missouri, The (MO) 2020 - 2021 USA - MO Web-Only
Daily Missouri Republican Daily Missouri Republican 1841 - 1888 USA - MO - St. Louis
Democrat-Missourian, The (Harrisonville, MO) 2007 - 2019
Maneater, The: University of Missouri (Columbia, MO) 1995 - 202 Columbia College/University
Missouri Courier 1849 - 1854 USA - MO - Hannibal
Missouri Farmer Today (MO) 2012 - 2021
Missouri funeral home notices and obituaries (MO) 1999 - Current Web-Only Source
Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser 1808 - 1818 USA - MO - St. Louis
Missouri Lawyers Media (MO) 2004 - 2023 MO - St. Louis Web-Only
South Missourian News (Thayer, MO) 1900 - Current USA - MO - Thayer
Tri-Weekly Missouri Republican 1853 - 1858 USA - MO - St. Louis

Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves
 There are no Indexes for Harrison County, but there are for her Neighbors:
Audrain ~ Cole ~ Cooper
Here is the Index for all of Missouri
Here is the Index for the United States
Here is an index for Countries of the World

Note:
Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection
which is available in many local Public Libraries.
Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card

In the FS Catalog: 2 sets of Obit Collections

"Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY"
1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing
Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden
The Book may be downloaded here [FS Catalog]
There are indexes at the back of each Booklet
The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death and Funeral Notices
Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers

and...

"Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970 2009: Published: 2010"
Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada.
Individuals may have lived and or died in many different states."
Please use this link for all of the publications [FS Catalog]
There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download.