Vital Records ~ Cemeteries and 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
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Marriage Records
Marriage records, 1829-1917
Author: Randolph County (Missouri). Recorder of Deeds; Randolph County, Missouri
Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991

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,
Randolph County: Early Marriages, 1829 - 1859 [Ellsberry, EP]
Macon County Marriages: Bks B and C, 1854 - 1860
Missouri Records before 1840 [Ormesher,S]
Missouri Civil Marriages, 1820 - 1874

"Early Missouri Marriages to and including 1840"
Vol I, Letters A - G
Compiled by:
Mrs J R Carter, Sedalia, Mo [No Date of Publication]
Includes marriages for Randolph County.
But, the way the booklet was organized, the Counties are not separated:
So, in order to find a record, you have to search the whole thing.
Use this link to download the book or read online [FS Catalog]
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Missouri Death Records
Death Certificates: 1910 - 1971 Online [Missouri Digital Heritage]
Missouri Digital Heritage: Genealogical Collections [Contains Vitals]
Mortality Schedules: 1850 and 1860 [Ellsberry Indexes]

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
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"Missouri Only" - Vital Record Databases, Family Search
Miscellaneous Vital Record Databases: FS - Chart
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Court and Probate Records: FS Films
Access: Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, Using this Link
There are Wills, Inventories, Probate Records, all sorts of legal Doc's
Probate Records: Link - FS Catalog
Missouri Probate Records, 1750 - 1998

Randolph County Wills: 1836-1858 [Index] Ellsberry
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Cemeteries of Randolph County
Elizabeth P Ellsberry compiled a very nice assortment of Cemetery Records.
Please use this link for a pdf of the files with clickable links to each book
"Legacy Cemeteries of Randolph County"
F~A~G ~ Missouri Gravestone Project ~ USGenWeb Archives

F-A-G:
Born in Missouri, Died in San Luis Obispo County, CA [Possible Obits]
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Mortuary 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
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Obituaries
Missouri Obituaries: 1968 [FS Catalog, Bearce, Mrs M, compiler]

Lookups:
Heritage Hub [Includes NewsBank and Newspapers.com
Include Name and possible dates and send query to Martha

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.
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