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/WMB.2ACE/4853.1 Message Board Post: Dear Betty, I would get copies of the St. Louis City Directory and find what year they no longer appear, then request a death certificate from the State of Missouri. http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/geneinfo.htm http://www.health.state.mo.us/