I am just back from St Louis and found out that what I thought was City was actually County. I was looking for an Edward Harding in St Louis City Directories and he peters out around 1894, but none of his family is in St Louis deaths (via Ancestry Plus) Wen I looked for 2 Death Certificates at City Hall on another matter, they were not there and I was told that I should contact the county. Harding was living near where the Lambeth Airport is today, which is certainly way out of the City Limits. i guess that little towns were not noted and that all locals were lumped together in one CD. Is there an address that I can contact regarding County deaths that were not in St Louis City? Richard Malatzky
Hi Richard: This should be posted every couple of weeks for out-of-towners: St. Louis City and County separated in 1876. The new county seat for the County became Clayton. All county records before 1876 would still be with the City though. If your Edward died after 1910, you'd find his death cert with the State Health Dept. in Jefferson City. If between 1876 & 1910, you should be able to find him at the Dept. of Community Health, 121 S. Meramac, Clayton, Mo. 63105. Try call 314-854-6720 or 6684 per my records. Good hunting Gary Stoltman Mercerville, NJ ----- Original Message ----- From: <DMALATZKY1@aol.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:02 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] County vs City > I am just back from St Louis and found out that what I thought was City was > actually County. > > I was looking for an Edward Harding in St Louis City Directories and he > peters out around 1894, but none of his family is in St Louis deaths (via > Ancestry Plus) > > Wen I looked for 2 Death Certificates at City Hall on another matter, they > were not there and I was told that I should contact the county. Harding was > living near where the Lambeth Airport is today, which is certainly way out of > the City Limits. i guess that little towns were not noted and that all locals > were lumped together in one CD. > > Is there an address that I can contact regarding County deaths that were not > in St Louis City? > > Richard Malatzky > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the author. You can read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at http://rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html. >