Missouri Newspaper Obituaries (1988 - Current)

Searching for obituaries in Missouri obituaries online will help you follow your family history and trace long-lost ancestors. If you want to get in touch with people from your family in the distant past or research your lineage, the Missouri obituary archives are worth exploring.

Looking up Missouri local newspaper obituaries offers several benefits. You can:

• Trace all branches of your family tree.
• Discover extended family members.
• Learn about long-lost relatives.
• With access to over 13,000 newspapers covering 330 years of U.S. history, a simple Missouri obituary search provides extensive information.
• Plus, 95% of the newspaper records on GenealogyBank cannot be found anywhere else.

How to Perform a Missouri Obituary Search?

Enter your relative’s last name and click “Search.” This basic search is an excellent starting point for further investigation into your genealogy.

For those looking for additional details about a relative, follow these steps for an advanced search of Missouri obituaries from the past 330 years:

• Step 1: Enter the first and last name of your relative; the search will show you close matches.
• Step 2: Include a keyword, such as a town or school name.
• Step 3: Exclude a keyword to filter out irrelevant cities or towns.
• Step 4: Specify a year range to narrow your search based on known dates.
• Step 5: Sort results by the oldest, newest, or best matches.

Here are some strategies to fine-tune your genealogical investigations:

• Use information from recent ancestors to find the correct obituary.
• Search by initials, as older obituaries often used them.
• Look by the names of their husbands when searching for female relatives.
• Use date range and first/last name only to find obituaries that might be misspelled or misheard.

Expand your search with these additional resources:

• U.S. Newspaper Archives
• Birth Records
• Marriage Records
• Passenger Lists
• Government Publications
• Social Security Death Index
• U.S. Cultural Archives (African-American, Hispanic Ancestry, Irish Genealogy, Native American Ancestry, German-American, Italian Genealogy, Jewish-American)

When you are researching and uncovering your family history, make sure that you combine a variety of sources to get accurate results before you add them to your family tree. Our free “Tips for searching in newspapers” guide is available to help you to learn more about the proper method for searching in Missouri obituaries as well as outlying areas.