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DEATHS
Below is information on how to research Vernon County,
Missouri deaths, burials, and obituaries.
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1. Vernon County, Missouri Cemetery Directory 2010.
This new directory includes information on many previously unrecorded
deaths and burials. It includes an every-name index of more than
51,000 deaths and burials, with maiden names cross-referenced.
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2.
1883-1910 Database of Officially Reported Births and Deaths in Vernon
County. Prior
to 1883, Missouri counties were not asked to record births and deaths.
Beginning in 1883, counties were asked (but not required) to report
births and deaths. The births and deaths that were recorded in the County Clerk's office
beginning in 1883 are in this database at the
Missouri State Archives website. Because it was not
mandatory to report births or deaths from 1883-1910, many are not
included.
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3. 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 at
Missouri State Archives advanced search. This is a copy of the
official Missouri Death Certificate, but it is not embossed as a legal
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4. 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
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5. Find A Grave. Thousands
of generous volunteers have posted cemetery information and gravestone
pictures on the
Find A Grave website. A variety of
searches are available including by name, location, cemetery. Many
contain biographical information, obituaries, and photos. Many Vernon
County burials are included, but no cemetery's listing is complete.
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6.
Funeral Home Records. Abstracts
and indexes of many early funeral home records are available to
researchers at the Nevada Library Genealogy Department. Online
indexes are available for some of these records.
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7.
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. A listing of the newspaper microfilm
available in the
Nevada Library Genealogy Department is at
this link. For a detailed list of specific issues available, see
the Vernon County microfilm list for those papers at
Newspaper Archives
of the State Historical Society.
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8.
Newspaper Indexes. Many
of Vernon County's early area newspapers have been abstracted and
indexed and are now available in the Nevada Library Genealogy
Department. Many of the
indexes to these newspaper books are also available online.
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9.
Obituary Card File.
If a local 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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10.
Obituaries Online. Please
check these links for copies of more recent obituaries available
online:
The
Nevada Daily Mail and Sunday Herald Tribune, Nevada, MO
The Fort
Scott Tribune, Fort Scott, KS
Ferry Funeral
Home, Nevada, MO
Cheney Witt
Memorial Chapel, Fort Scott, KS
Find A Grave
Obituary Central
Vernon Co USGenWeb Obituaries
Some Nevada, MO newspapers were
digitized and indexed as part of the Google News Archives project.
This project has now been discontinued, but the newspapers are
still searchable from this link:
http://news.google.com/news/advanced_news_search?as_drrb=a
You can limit your search to specific words, dates, source and location
and also exclude certain words. Google News Archives includes
papers from across the nation. |
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Probate Index. If
the estate of the deceased was settled in probate court, there will be
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 the
Vernon County Historical
Society
for a quote to copy and mail a specific file.
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12.
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 Social Security Death
Index which is available to those with access to
www.ancestry.com. Many
larger libraries have this subscription website available for patrons;
please check the libraries in your area.
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Members of the genealogy society are available to conduct research on
behalf of the society if you are unable to make a research trip. Please see
their website for information on requesting lookups or conducting
general research.
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