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Using St. Louis City [Mo.] Burial Certificates Microfilm at St. Louis County Library:
Film Guide by Year, 1882-1889


Introduction  |  List of Missing Months
Film Guide  by Year:  1882-1889  | 1890-1893  | 1894-1896  | 1897-1899  |  1900-1902  | 1903-1904  | 1905-1908
Film Guide by Roll:  1-27  |  28-47  |  48-64  |  65-81  |   82-99  |  100-110  |  111-122
 

Before using this chart, be sure to complete the steps listed on the Introduction page for this microfilm set. After step three, you should have the date of death and burial certificate number and, by checking the list of missing months, know if you have hit a dead end because the film set does not contain certificates for that month.

To select the correct film for a given date and certificate number, find the entry line in this chart that contains BOTH

  • the date of death in the starting/ending date range
  • the certificate number in the starting/ending certificate number range


The certificates on the films are not always in perfect chronological order, and as a result, certificates from the same month may be on separate rolls of microfilm. If using the films here in the department, follow the descriptive list on the side of each Burial Certificate film box.

Film Guide to St. Louis City [Mo.] Burial Certificates
January 1882 – December 1889
Year Starting Date Ending Date Starting Certif. # Ending Certif. # SLCL Film # Notes
1882 1-Jan 28 Feb 1882 1 1261 BCSL-1    
1882 31-Jan 7 Mar 1882 1900 1387 BCSL-1 In backward chronological order.
1882 1-Mar 31 Mar 1882 1260 1899 BCSL-2 Some difficult to read.
1882 1-Mar 7 Mar 1882 1386 1262 BCSL-3 In backward chronological order.
1882 1-Apr 31 May 1882 1901 3143 BCSL-3    
1882 1-Sep 15 Sep 1882 5627 5971 BCSL-3    
1882 15-Sep 2 Dec 1882 5972 7790 BCSL-4    
1882 2-Dec 31 Dec 1882 7791 8560 BCSL-5    
1883 1-May 31 May 1883 2925 3580 BCSL-5    
1883 1-May 31 May 1883 126 182 BCSL-5 Some difficult to read.
1883 1-Aug 12 Aug 1883 5210 5513 BCSL-5    
1883 2-Aug 29 Aug 1883 309 350 BCSL-6    
1883 13-Aug 31 Aug 1883 5514 6030 BCSL-6 Some difficult to read.
1883 1-Sep 30 Sep 1883 6031 6803 BCSL-6   
1883 1-Sep 30 Sep 1883 351 401 BCSL-6   
1883 1-Nov 19 Nov 1883 7556 7956 BCSL-6   
1883 1-Nov 30 Nov 1883 436 471 BCSL-7   
1883 19-Nov 30 Nov 1883 7957 8190 BCSL-7   
1883 1-Dec 31 Dec 1883 8207 8883 BCSL-7   
1883 1-Dec 31 Dec 1883 472 512 BCSL-7   
1883 1-Dec 31 Dec 1883 8192 8874 BCSL-7 Missing some numbers.
1884 1-Jul 28 Jul 1884 4024 4858 BCSL-7 4859-4967 located on BCSL-9.
1884 1-Jul 30 Jul 1884 195 221 BCSL-9    
1884 28-Jul 31 Jul 1884 4859 4967 BCSL-9    
1884 1-Aug 31 Aug 1884 4968 5738 BCSL-8    
1884 1-Aug 26 Aug 1884 222 246 BCSL-8    
1885 1-Jan 31 Jan 1885 1 643 BCSL-10    
1885 1-Jan 31 Jan 1885 1 27 BCSL-10 Some difficult to read.
1885 1-Feb 28 Feb 1885 646 1267 BCSL-9 Permit numbers out of order.  Some are hard to read.
1885 2-Feb 25 Feb 1885 28 51 BCSL-9    
1885 1-Mar 31 Mar 1885 52 76 BCSL-10 Date on first record uncertain.
1885 1-Mar 6 Mar 1885 1269 1383 BCSL-10 Some difficult to read.
1885 6-Mar 31 Mar 1885 1384 1941 BCSL-11    
1885 1-Apr 30 April 1885 1942 2547 BCSL-9 Permit numbers out of order.  Some are hard to read.
1885 2-Apr 29 Apr 1885 77 108 BCSL-9    
1885 1-May 31 May 1885 109 136 BCSL-11    
1885 1-May 29 Jun 1885 2549 3818 BCSL-11    
1885 2-Jun 28 Jun 1885 137 159 BCSL-12    
1885 29-Jun 30 Jun 1885 3819 3859 BCSL-12    
1885 1-Aug 31 Aug 1885 4760 5580 BCSL-13 Note the year change.  Some difficult to read.
1885 1-Aug 30 Aug 1885 200 244 BCSL-13 Note the year change.  Some difficult to read.
1885 1-Sep 17 Sep 1885 5582 5973 BCSL-9    
1885 1-Sep 30 Dec 1885 245 347 BCSL-10    
1885 17-Sep 30 Sep 1885 5974 6274 BCSL-10    
1885 1-Oct 31 Oct 1885 6275 6972 BCSL-12    
1885 1-Oct 29 Nov 1885 276 322 BCSL-12    
1885 1-Nov 30 Nov 1885 6974 7566 BCSL-12    
1885 1-Dec 31 Dec 1885 7568 8214 BCSL-10 Some difficult to read.
1886 1-Jul 31 Jul 1886 146 183 BCSL-12 Note the change in year.
1886 1-Jul 13 Jul 1886 4136 4512 BCSL-12    
1886 13-Jul 31 Jul 1886 4513 5017 BCSL-13 Some difficult to read.
1886 1-Dec 30 Dec 1886 286 303 BCSL-13    
1886 1-Dec 20 Dec 1886 8298 8745 BCSL-13    
1886 20-Dec 31 Dec 1886 8746 9033 BCSL-14    
1887 1-Jan 31 Jan 1887 1 790 BCSL-14    
1887 3-Jan 28 Jan 1887 1 34 BCSL-14    
1887 1-May 29 May 1887 118 140 BCSL-14    
1887 1-May 31 May 1887 2963 3584 BCSL-14    
1887 6-Jun   141   BCSL-14 Lone record between #3584 and #186
1887 25-Jul 1 Jul 1887 5441 4603 BCSL-15 Numbers skip and in backward chronological order.
1887 31-Jul 1 Jul 1887 186 158 BCSL-14 Backward numerically and chronologically.
1887 31-Jul 25 Jul 1887 5625 5449 BCSL-14 Numbers are random and dates backward.
1887 31-Jul 1 Jul 1887 5628 4591 BCSL-15 In backward chronological order.
1887 1-Sep 30 Sep 1887 6579 7419 BCSL-15    
1887 1-Sep 30 Sep 1887 207 229 BCSL-16    
1887 30-Sep 30 Sep 1887 7420 7429 BCSL-16    
1887 1-Oct 31 Oct 1887 7433 8275 BCSL-16    
1887 1-Oct 4 Nov 1887 230 271 BCSL-16 Some difficult to read.
1887 1-Nov 30 Nov 1887 8277 9102 BCSL-16    
1887 4-Nov 30 Nov 1887 272 297 BCSL-16    
1887 1-Dec 1 Dec 1887 9103 9130 BCSL-16    
1887 1-Dec 30 Dec 1887 9131 9895 BCSL-17    
1887 4-Dec 30 Dec 1887 299 329 BCSL-17    
1887 31-Dec   330   BCSL-17 Out of order.
1888 18-Jan 28 May 1888 17.5 124.5 BCSL-17 Six records completely out of order and random.
1888 1-Mar 31 Mar 1888 52 76 BCSL-17    
1888 1-Mar 31 Mar 1888 1714 2561 BCSL-17    
1888 1-Jun 8 Jun 1888 3891 4054 BCSL-17    
1888 8-Jun 30 Jun 1888 4055 4697 BCSL-18    
1888 1-Nov 29 Nov 1888 288 314 BCSL-18 Large blank gap in film
1888 1-Nov 7 Nov 1888 7925 8048 BCSL-18    
1888 2-Nov 29 Nov 1888 420 494 BCSL-18 Note year change.  Some difficult to read.
1888 7-Nov 30 Nov 1888 8049 8538 BCSL-19    
1888 1-Dec 31 Dec 1888 315 343 BCSL-19    
1888 1-Dec 31 Dec 1888 8539 9186 BCSL-19 Some difficult to read.
1888 3-Dec 31 Dec 1888 497 562 BCSL-19    
1889 1-Jan 23 Jan 1889 1 512 BCSL-19    
1889 1-Jan 31 Jan 1889 1 63 BCSL-20    
1889 2-Jan 7 Jan 1889 1 33 BCSL-20    
1889 23-Jan 31 Jan 1889 513 715 BCSL-20    
1889 1-Feb 28 Feb 1889 717 1387 BCSL-20    
1889 1-Feb 28 Feb 1889 65 107 BCSL-20    
1889 1-Feb 26 Feb 1889 34 54 BCSL-20    
1889 1-Mar 30 Mar 1889 1388 2069 BCSL-20    
1889 1-Mar 31 Mar 1889 108 173 BCSL-21 Some difficult to read.
1889 4-Mar 31 Mar 1889 55 80 BCSL-21   
1889 30-Mar 31 Mar 1889 2070 2109 BCSL-21   
1889 1-Apr 30 Apr 1889 2110 2768 BCSL-21   
1889 1-Apr 29 Apr 1889 174 240 BCSL-21   
1889 1-Apr 27 Apr 1889 81 99 BCSL-21   
1889 1-May 31 May 1889 241 312 BCSL-21   
1889 1-May 31 May 1889 2769 3368 BCSL-21   
1889 3-May   3364   BCSL-21 Lone record between #80 and #100
1889 3-May 31 May 1889 100 122 BCSL-21    
1889 1-Jun 30 Jun 1889 3370 4081 BCSL-22    
1889 1-Jun 30 Jun 1889 313 377 BCSL-22    
1889 3-Jun 27 Jun 1889 123 141 BCSL-22    
1889 1-Jul 31 Jul 1889 4082 4777 BCSL-22    
1889 1-Jul 31 Jul 1889 378 460 BCSL-22    
1889 2-Jul 31 Jul 1889 143 174 BCSL-23    
1889 1-Aug 31 Aug 1889 4778 5471 BCSL-23    
1889 1-Aug 31 Aug 1889 461 552 BCSL-23    
1889 2-Aug 31 Aug 1889 175 201 BCSL-23    
1889 1-Sep 30 Sep 1889 5472 6122 BCSL-23    
1889 1-Sep 30 Sep 1889 553 620 BCSL-23    
1889 5-Sep 30 Sep 1889 202 217 BCSL-23    
1889 1-Oct 31 Oct 1889 6123 6789 BCSL-18 Note the change in year.
1889 1-Oct 31 Oct 1889 621 687 BCSL-18 Some difficult to read.
1889 2-Oct 28 Oct 1889 218 240 BCSL-18    
1889 1-Nov 16 Nov 1889 6790 7128 BCSL-23    
1889 1-Nov 30 Nov 1889 689 763 BCSL-24    
1889 4-Nov 27 Nov 1889 241 257 BCSL-24    
1889 16-Nov 30 Nov 1889 7129 7382 BCSL-24    
1889 1-Dec 31 Dec 1889 7383 8003 BCSL-24    
1889 1-Dec 31 Dec 1889 764 833 BCSL-24    
1889 4-Dec 31 Dec 1889 258 283 BCSL-24    

St. Louis City [Mo.] Burial Certificates, Jan 1882–Oct 1908:
Introduction  |  List of Missing Months  |   Mo. State Archives Film Numbers
Film Guide by Year: 1882-1889 | 1890-1893 | 1894-1896 | 1897-1899 | 1900-1902 | 1903-1904 | 1905-1908

Film Guide by Roll:  1-27  |  28-47  |  48-64  |  65-81  |   82-99  |  100-110  |  111-122  
 
 
Modified: 23 November 2005
 
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