Online Guide to St. Louis Sources
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In late 1876, the City of St. Louis separated from St. Louis County. The city and county have remained two totally separate governmental entities since that time, an important fact in understanding how records are titled and which ones need to be consulted. More information about the split and how it affects research.
The following is a list of online indexes and finding aids to St. Louis City and County sources held by the History and Genealogy Department.
We will perform lookups in indexed sources for free. See "Lookups and other services" for guidelines and instructions for submitting requests.
General
Births
- Index to Saint Louis County, Missouri Register of Births (1883 – 1895) and Stillbirths (1883 – 1908)
- User’s guide for the Microfilm Set, Record of Births, 1850 – 1910 and Index to Record of Births, 1910 – 1929 for St. Louis City, Missouri (PDF, 266 kb)
Cemeteries
- Cemetery Holdings on Microfilm, Microfiche and CD-ROM
- Wesleyan Cemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri—includes:
Census
Church records
Catholic
- Catholic Priests in St. Louis, 1841 – 1900
- Catholic Church Records Held by the History and Genealogy Department
- Catholic Jubilee Histories Held by the History and Genealogy Department
- Guide to St. Louis Catholic Archdiocesan Parish Records
German Evangelical
Lutheran
- Lutheran Church Records Held by the History and Genealogy Department
- Immanuel Lutheran Church, Index to Baptisms, 1848 - 1909, and Marriages, 1848 - 1920
- St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Des Peres, Index to Baptisms and Deaths
United Church of Christ
- United Church of Christ Records Held by the History and Genealogy Department—includes congregations originating in the German Evangelical Synod of North America, the (German) Reformed Church, the Evangelical and Reformed Church, and the Congregational Church.
- Guide to German Evangelical congregations related to the United Church of Christ in St. Louis City and County
Other denominations
City directories
Court records
- Index to St. Louis County Court Records, 1824 – 1861
- Free Negroes Licensed in St. Louis, Missouri in 1835
Death records (see also "Newspapers" below)
- Guide to researching Saint Louis City Burial Certificates, Jan. 1882 - Oct. 1908, on Microfilm
- Funeral home records on microfilm held by the History and Genealogy Department
- St. Louis death records on microfilm in the History and Genealogy Department
Land records
Local History Index
Microfilm
Military records
Miscellaneous records
Naturalization records
Newspapers
Newspaper holdings
- Newspapers and Other Periodicals on Microfilm Held by Saint Louis County Library
- St. Louis Newspaper Held By the History and Genealogy Department
Newspaper indexes
- Index to Deaths in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1860-1861, 1880-1881, 1883
- Index to the Carondelet News
- Index to the Saint Louis County Watchman-Advocate Newspaper
- Name index to St. Louis French Newspapers
- Star-Times Newspaper Title index to Special Article Series
- Westliche Post Death Notice Index