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August 2024)
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One of the main goals for genealogists is finding birth, baptism, and/or christening information about their ancestors.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians, and archivists, many indexes to birth and baptism collections have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide specific birth, baptism, or christening information, and sometimes scanned images of the actual birth documents themselves. These free online collections have millions of records in them in total.
There are a great number of online and offline collections that may include birth information that is not included in the lists below. These different types can be found in 32 Ways to Find Ancestor Birth Information
If you are interested in baptism indexes that may include the birth date as well as baptism information, make sure and check out Church Records.
The lists below are specific birth, baptism, and christening indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state.
Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images. Near the bottom of the page under Film/Digital Notes is the name of each sub-collection. If there is a camera icon at the right of the name (in the Format column) then the collections’ images are browsable. If there is a camera with a key icon, it is only available at a Family History Center or affiliated library. If there is a film reel icon, then it is only available in microfilm format, not digital. To take full advantage make sure that you are logged in to FamilySearch. The results may be different if you are signed in, rather than not.
Note: I have included links to Free Ancestry records and indexes. You do not need a subscription but do need an Ancestry account. Without a subscription, you can view indexes. If there is an image associated with a record, in most cases you will need a subscription, but the index does include very usable information.
Missouri Birth Records
- Adair County Permanent Record of Births, 1883-1893
- Andrew County, Births as Reported in the Savannah Reporter from the 1850s to the 1890s
- Audrain County Birth Records 1883-1886
- Audrain County Register and Permanent Record of Births and Still Births, 1883-1886
- Barry County Births and Deaths, 1883-1885
- Barry County, Birth Indexes
- Bates County Births, Zion Lutheran Church
- Benton County Birth Index
- Benton County Permanent Records of Births and Deaths, 1883-1890
- Benton County, Birth Indexes
- Buchanan County, Birth Indexes
- Caldwell County Record of Births 1817-1868
- Cape Girardeau County Births
- Cape Girardeau County, Birth Register
- Carroll County Permanent Record of Births and Deaths 1883-1895, 1927
- Carroll County, Birth Indexes
- Carroll County, Birth Indexes
- Cass County Earliest Records 1836-1861
- Cass County Birth Records, 1883-1903
- Cass County, Birth Indexes
- Cedar County Birth Indexes
- Christian County Birth Records, 1840-1904
- Clark County, Birth Indexes
- Clay County Births
- Clinton County Birth Records 1839-1879, 1883-1895
- Clinton County, Birth Indexes
- Cole County Register of Births, V. 1, and Permanent Record of Births, V. 1, 1883-1906
- Cooper County Births 1883-1894
- Cooper County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1894
- Crawford County, Birth Indexes
- Dade County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1885
- Dallas County, Birth Indexes
- DeKalb County Register of Births 1883-1893
- DeKalb County, Birth Indexes
- Dekalb County, World War I Draft Registration Cards
- Dent County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Douglas County, Birth Indexes
- Easton, Buchanan County Births or Christenings 1868- 1876
- Franklin County Record of Births, 1826-1899
- Franklin County, Birth Indexes
- Gentry County, Births, 1868-1900
- Grundy County Birth Records, 1847-1866, 1883-1893; Death Records, 1883-1892
- Grundy County, Birth Indexes
- Harrison County, Birth Indexes
- Henry County Birth Records
- Hickory County, Birth Indexes
- Holt County Births pre-1910
- Holt County, Birth Indexes
- Howard County Permanent Record of Births 1883-1889
- Howard County Register of Births and Still Births, 1883-1893
- Howell County Miscellaneous Record, V. 1, 1874-1895
- Jackson County Vital Historical Records 1826-1876
- Jackson County, Registers and Permanent Records of Births and Deaths, 1883-1895
- Jasper County Miscellaneous Births and Deaths
- Jefferson County Newspaper Index Database
- Jefferson County Permanent Record and Register of Births, Still Births, 1883-1892 and Deaths, 1883-1892
- Johnson County Birth Index
- Lawrence County, World War I Draft Registration Cards
- Lewis County Births
- Livingston County Birth Records
- Livingston County Births
- Livingston County, Birth Indexes
- Macon County Register of Births, 1883-1893
- Marion County Register of Births and Still Births 1883-1889, 1928-1930
- Marion County Vital Records
- McDonald County Birth Records, 1883-1887
- McDonald County Record of Births, 1883-1887
- Miller County Birth & Death Records
- Miller County Births, 1883-1891; Deaths, 1883-1889
- Miscellaneous BMD Records by County
- Miscellaneous Records of Missouri, 1820-1870
- Missouri Birth & Death Records Database, Pre-1910 (Births); 1910-1966 (Deaths)
- Missouri Birth Index (1920-2015)
- Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935
- Missouri Births, 1817-1939
- Missouri. State Archives Miscellaneous Public Records, 1840-1881
- Monroe County Birth Records and Register, V. 1, 1883-1885
- Morgan County Miscellaneous Records
- Morgan County Permanent Record of Births, Permanent Record of Deaths
- Morgan County Record of Births, V. 1, 1839-1863 (Recorded 1868-1869); Permanent Record of Births, V. 1, 1883-1886
- Newton County Births and Deaths, 1883-1885
- Ozark County, Birth Indexes
- Ozark County, Records and Pioneer Families
- Pemiscot County Register of Births & Still Births, 1883-1885
- Perry County, Record of Births, 1849-1866
- Pettis County Permanent Record of Births, 1883-1885
- Phelps County, Birth & Death Records 1883, 1884, and incomplete to 1890, 1883-1890
- Pike County Permanent Record of Births, Vol. 1, 1883-1884
- Polk County, Birth Indexes
- Polk County, Birth Indexes
- Ralls County Register of Births and Still Births 1883-1886: Permanent Record of Births and Still Births 1883-1893
- Ralls County, Birth Indexes
- Ray County Record of Births and Deaths 1883-1890
- Ray County, Birth Indexes
- Reynolds County Registers and Permanent Records of Births and Deaths, 1883-1886
- Reynolds County, Birth Indexes
- Ripley County Miscellaneous Records, 1833-1956
- Saint Louis County, Register of Births (1883-1895) and Stillbirths (1883-1908)
- Saline County, Birth and Death Records, 1883, 1884, 1885
- Saline County, Birth Indexes
- Scotland County Births and Deaths, 1883-1889
- Scott County Births
- Scott County, Permanent Record of Births, Register of Deaths
- St. Clair County, Birth Indexes
- St. Francois County Birth and Death Records, 1883-1893, 1924-1931
- St. Louis County Miscellaneous Records, 1802-1892
- St. Louis County Registers of Births, 1850-1910; Index to Register of Births, 1910-1929
- St. Louis County, Birth Indexes
- Stoddard County Birth Index
- Sullivan County, Birth Indexes
- Texas County Births
- Texas County Births and Deaths, 1883-1895
- Texas County, Birth Indexes
- Texas County, Birth Indexes
- United States Births and Christenings, 1867-1931
- Warren County Permanent Record and Registration of Births and Still Births, 1883-1889, and Deaths, 1883-1894
- Washington County Permanent Record of Births, 1883-1895; Permanent Record of Deaths, 1883-1895, 1972-1976.
- Worth County, Birth Indexes
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!