So far the database has amassed 185,000 records, from 87 Missouri counties. The Missouri State Archives, for example, is hosting a project called Missouri Digital Heritage, which involves a database of birth and death certificates dating back to 1909 and earlier. Local historical and genealogical societies, the state archives, county authorities, all these parties are doing their best to make historical research easier. Thanks to a growing interest in genealogy and history, authorities and private organizations alike have put a lot of effort into making various resources freely available online. If you fail to find the one you need there, you will have to use other sources of information. However, even the most comprehensive electronic database does not hold every single obituary ever published in the state or the country. However, some will only give you basic information such as name of newspaper and date of publication unless you are a paid subscriber. There is a choice of these and for the most part they are free.
Generally, if you know the name of the person you are researching but are not too sure about the date of death or whether there was an obituary published in a local newspaper, you can try one of the nationwide digital databases of obituaries and death notices. Many of these resources are county-specific, which actually improves your chances of finding the obituary you need, or, if there is no obituary, a death record that contains relevant information. Missouri has ample resources in this respect, including death indexes, lists of death certificates complete with images, newspaper archives available online, and cemetery records. That said, however, it should be noted that obituary searches do take time, especially if you are looking for information about more distant ancestors. With all the online resources available today for anyone interested in their own family history, making a family tree or writing up a history of your ancestors has never been easier. In recent years, self-done family trees are also gaining popularity. Although those may be their primary purposes, they certainly aren't the only ones! Obituaries and death notices are also a historical resource that can be invaluable for genealogists and biographers.
Obituaries serve to inform a community of someone's passing, let people who knew them celebrate their life and share condolences. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
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