Many sources are available to locate a person’s date of death for residents of the city of St. Louis. Newspapers published obituaries, cemeteries maintained burial records, and church officials recorded funeral information. St. Louis city officials not only recorded deaths in registers (and later in certificate form) but also they recorded similar information on burial certificates. For additional information about these certificates, see the guide on the St. Louis County Library website http://www.slcl.org/content/guide-researching-saint-louis-city-burial-certificates-jan-1882-oct-1908-microfilm. Here are examples of such certificates, both for 1900, one for Percy Smith, an African American, the other for Thomas Nicholson from Scotland.
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AuthorI am a professional genealogist specializing in St. Louis area genealogical and historical research and tracing the lives of African Americans. I earned my Ph.D. in history from the University of Alabama. Please see my other website Finding African American Ancestors http://findingafricanamericanancestors.weebly.com/. Archives
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