If you go to that same web page, down a little ways, you will see [ Listing of Available Records Search] I did a search for Crawford County to see what records were available. They don't have any Crawford County records. Therefore, you can't do a search for that county. To find out what laws there were for births and deaths, go to http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/bdrecords.asp I hope this helps. Jeanette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janette Vrana" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: [MOCRAWFO] Missouri Birth & Death Records Database > 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 > > > > ==== MOCRAWFO Mailing List ==== > Visit the Crawford County, MOGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocrawfo/ >