This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EKB.2ACE/720.1 Message Board Post: Lisa, I don't know if you have already found your information but Missouri did not officially keep birth and death records prior to 1910. Mostly I depend on obits. If you know the county and a time frame you can have a search done in the area newpaper. Some of them are online. I am in DeKalb county researching Daviess and Hamilton counties for my families. I would eb glad to help in any way I could. LR