Dunklin County, Missouri

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Vital Records ~ Cemeteries & Mortuaries ~ Obituaries There were no Vital Record Indexes on the old Dunklin County Site: So... everything will be new additions. The Resources will all be from Family Search and Missouri State Archives Birth Records: Reclaim the Records has uploaded new Birth Records for Missouri:  Missouri Birth Index, 1920(ish)-2015 "They tried to charge us $1.5 million for a public records request. Then they decided to ignore the state Sunshine Law altogether." Here are Birth Resources from Family Search & FS Catalog: Birth Records: This Link has some resources listed Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935 Missouri Births, 1817-1939 Missouri Digital Heritage Marriage Records Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920 Marriage records, 1872-1949; index to marriage records, 1889-1953 Dunklin County, Missouri, marriage records indexed 1872-1900 Missouri, county marriage, naturalization, and court records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1800-1991 There are a lot of Marriage Records on LDS Film: The first Chart is film from the 'Historical Image Section' with Film Numbers and Dates For Access, log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, Plug in Film # where it says 'Fiche / Film' The Missoui State Government Records may be found here: Please use this link Finally... Remember that folks often "ran away" to get married, so below are FS Marriage Record Links for both Neighboring Counties and States. Missouri Counties: Butler ~ New Madrid ~ Pemiscot ~ Stoddard Marriage Records & Other Vitals Arkansas Digital Archives ~ Illinois State Archives ~ Iowa Digital Records Kansas ~ Kentucky ~ Nebraska ~ Oklahoma ~ Tennessee And give the FS Catalog a try too. Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages This link is for folks born in Missouri and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925 [Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses] Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link. Death Records There were no Death Record Indexes in the Old Dunklin Files: However, there was a collection of Death Certificate Images, They can be found here. DC: Contributors: Our Thanks to each and every one... Lutes, Dawn ~ Houck, Mary Jo ~ Johnson, Gary ~ Peterson, Lori Pinkowski, Shirley ~ Wright, Don E Death Records: Family Search Missouri Deaths and Burials, 1867-1976 Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930 Missouri Death Certificates: 1910 - 1972 Remember: Vital Records can be found in a lot of different records; The links to the collections should work, but if they do not, please sign in to search and view. Mortality Schedule: 1860 Naturalization and Court Records: 1802 > 1969 Other B~M~ D Sources: Application Types Social Security ~ Headstones  [Military] ~  Draft Registration ~ Employment Delayed Birth Certificates Cemeteries & Mortuary Records The Cemetery Files for Dunklin County have all been reformatted and uploaded 'For Reference' The Indexes are old, some more than 15 years. Bethany ~ Cardwell ~ Branum ~ Bone-Williford ~ Cockrum ~ Gibson ~ Horner ~ Lacy ~ Riddle Notes for Cardwell: There are separate sections that you can view: They can be found here: Each file has a Number behind it. Like this: And here is a chart with Folks who have no Headstones There is also a nice book for Cemetery Inscriptions in Dunklin County: Cemetery Inscriptions, Dunklin County, MO, Vol II Collected and Compiled: Bobbie Hatton Richardson, Bragg City, MO, 63827, 1972 And a Citation for Distinguished Service Cross: William S Rush, 1944 F~A~G ~ Missouri Gravestone Project ~ USGenWeb Tombstone Project This is a Chart with the names of Dunklin County Cemeteries listed on F~A~G Mortuary Records California, Sacramento, Cemetery Records, 1900-1959 'Searchable Index' - Family Search or use the Catalog and enter the film number below: FS Film # 104304412 There are several Funeral Homes in this collection Note: Even though this is a Site for Missouri, Folks did die on vacation... so checking records in other places is always a good idea. <<<New>>> Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri Film #1598049, Item 4 Baldwin Funeral Home [Emerson-Baldwin Funeral Home] Published by the Dunklin County Genealogy Society c/o Dunklin County Library 226 North Main Street Kennett, Missouri 63857 Authors: Barbara Lynn & Jane Rogers Time Frame: 21 October 1919 - 5 Septemner 1964 Images 411 - 451 Sample File Lentz Funeral Home Kennett, Dunklin, Missouri Published by the Dunklin County Genealogy Society c/o Dunklin County Library 226 North Main Street Kennett, Missouri 63857 Film # 1598049, Item 4 Time Frame: 2 December 1929 - 1 October 1980 Images 452-542 Sample File Obituaries: >>>New<<< Obituaries of: Harriet D. Bowling 94 in 1992 Theodore Dameron Jr 57 in 1992 Mrs. Alma E Damron 89 in 1992 Claytus V. Camron 86 in 1993 Maude Jane Damron 86 in 1992 Owen Banks Damron 86 in 1992 Partha Damron 88 in 1993 Charles E. Rose 79 in 1992 Winnie Sinclair Sanders 1913-1993 Margaret Youchoff 85 in 1992 "Journal Article" The Dameron--Damron Family Newsletter, Vols. 24 The J R Nieves Legacy Collection of Obituary Indexes There is a nice selection for Dunklin County This is the link for Missouri This is the link for all of the United States This is the link for Countries of the World Also, there are Indexes for 'Birth Place Not Identified' and 'County Not Identified' Many of the Obituries on the Indexes can be found on Heritage Hub. Heritage Hub is available through local Public Libraries with a Library Card. Look under 'Digital Resources' on your Library Web Page There were a few Obituaries found in the 'Old Dunklin Files' They have been reformatted and can be found here, the file is a searchable pdf. There were 5 Obituaries found that are Newspaper Images [No Names of Newspapers or Dates] Lorton, Ralph ~ Merritt, Goldie Dona ~ Parks, Daisy Ellen ~ Parks, Don ~ Parks, Ella Pearl Dunklin County Obituaries: Heritage Hub: 1955 - December 2023 [Lookups Available] Martha New HH Resource: "Missouri funeral home notices and obituaries (MO) 1999-Current" September 2024 Note: I will not be creating any more Obit Indexes: I have had no queries for them for a couple of years. But, that said, I will still do lookups on Heritage Hub Contact: Martha In the FS Catalog: 2 sets of Obit Collections: "Tidbits from the Big Piney Examiner of Sublette Co., WY" 1912 > 2006 - Some Years Missing Compiler: Anna Lee Woffinden The Book may be downloaded here [FS Catalog] There are indexes at the back of each Booklet The Booklets are full of Obituaries, Death and Funeral Notices Accidents, and the odd news article about local Pioneers and... "Pahrump, Nevada Genealogical Society Obits 1970 2009: Published: 2010" Digital copies of obituaries for people with some connection to Pahrump, Nevada. Individuals may have lived and or died in many different states." Please use this link for all of the publications [FS Catalog] There are indexes and each book is searchable or available to download.