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Researching
Deaths in Vernon
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Here are some suggestions on where to
begin with research to find information on an ancestor's death in Vernon County.
All of the below resources are available in the Nevada Library Genealogy
Department except #4, Death Certificates not yet 50 years old. Please see
Request Research to request Vernon County lookups or
general research by genealogy society members.
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The Current Vernon County Cemetery Directory.
The 1977 directory
has had 4 updates and it has 3 different indexes. A new cemetery
directory with an every-name index is being developed and is
expected out in 2009.
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1883-1910 Database of
Officially Reported Births
and Deaths in Vernon County. Prior to 1883, counties were
not asked to report births and deaths. This is a list made from a
ledger book of births and deaths that were reported beginning in 1883. It was not mandatory
to report births or deaths from 1883-1910, so many are not included.
This database is available online at the
Missouri State Archives website
and printed copies are available at the Nevada Library Genealogy
Department.
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Missouri State Death Certificates
Over 50 Years Old. Missouri required death certificates
beginning in 1910, and those which are at least 50 years old are
available online without charge from the Missouri State Archives at
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/
This is a copy of the very same Death Certificate document for which you
would pay $13 from the Missouri Dept. of Health and Senior Services,
except that it is not embossed as a legal document
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Death Certificates Not Yet 50
Years Old are available from the
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services ($13-15).
Please note that the "legal certificate
of death" that can be obtained from
the Vernon County Health Department, 301 North Washington Street,
Nevada, MO, for $10 is not the same document
and does not contain all of the genealogically
significant information which the Death Certificate documents from the State Archives
or the
State DHSS will have.
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Funeral Home Records.
Abstracts and indexes of many early funeral home records are available
to researchers at the Nevada Library Genealogy Department.
Click here to
see a list of funeral home records presently available in the Genealogy Department. Online indexes are available for
some of these records.
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Obituaries
and Notices of Death from Microfilmed Newspapers. All of the
extant early
newspapers in this area have been microfilmed by the State Historical
Society of Missouri. Copies of most of
that microfilm are available in the Nevada Library Genealogy Department.
It is also available at the
Newspaper Archives
of the State Historical Society of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.
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Newspaper Indexes. Many
of Vernon County's early
area newspapers have been abstracted and indexed. These newspaper
books
are now available in the Nevada Library Genealogy Department. Many
of the indexes to these newspaper books are also available online.
Click here to
go to the Genealogy Department page to see the indexes online.
Click here if you would like to purchase a copy of an abstracted newspaper book.
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Obituary Card File. If the
death occurred more recently than 1985, a copy of the obituary may be available in
the Genealogy Department's alphabetical card file.
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Obituaries
Online. Please check these links for copies of recent obituaries
which are available online:
The
Nevada Daily Mail and Sunday Herald Tribune, Nevada, MO.
The Fort
Scott Tribune, Fort Scott, KS.
Ferry Funeral
Home, Nevada, MO.
Evergreen Memorial Chapel, Nevada, MO.
Cheney Witt
Memorial Chapel, Fort Scott, KS.
Obituary Central. Find
obituaries or cemeteries.
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Probate
Index. If the estate of the deceased was settled in probate court,
there will be some documents pertaining to the settlement. Many of
the probate files do not list an exact date of death; however, the
earliest filing date is generally a few days after the death.
Click here for an
on-line searchable
Probate Index.
Email us for a quote to copy and mail a specific file
tricountygenealogy@centurytel.net
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Social
Security Death Index. If the
death occurred after about 1962 and the deceased was receiving a Social
Security benefit or the death was reported to the Social Security
Administration, a listing may be found in the SSDI.
Search SSDI on-line
at this link. |
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Members of the Tri-County Genealogical Society are
available to conduct research if you cannot make a research trip.
For information on requesting lookups or conducting general research,
please click here.
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