> Subject: > Missouri Birth & Death Records Database > From: > "Janette Vrana" <[email protected]> > Date: > Wed, 19 May 2004 12:22:03 -0500 > To: > [email protected] > > >Can anyone tell me why we cannot search for "Crawford" county in the Missouri Birth & Death Records (online searchable) Database at: > >http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/birthdeath/default.asp > >What alternatives are there? > >Is it correct that there were no county requirement to record births, deaths, and marriages before the 1900's? Could people be married without a license at home by a preacher? Could people be born and die with a county certification? > >Thanks, JV > > > Let me answer that. The State Archives in Jefferson City are not aware that there were and Birth Records in Crawford County prior to 1900, so they were not added to their database. As a matter of fact, if you called the courthouse today, they will tell you they have none, because they are not aware they exist. I transcribed these records myself and Leslie Hanby proofread and added the Stillbirth section from all available records at the courthouse. They are at the Record's Office. You can go to the Crawford County Archives site and use the search engine at the top of the page, or click on birth records and scan the files which were copied and alphabetized. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/crawford/crawford.htm#marriages