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tonyman · 05-06-2011, 10:41 AM

I'm trying to find records of my grandpa, who was from MO. He died when my mom was a baby and noone knows much about him or his side of the family. Where can I research for him in MO? I'm from CA so is there an online data base? Or a good public library? anything will help!

Cindiana · 05-06-2011, 04:05 PM

If he was born before 1930, you should be able to find him in the 1930 census. If you have a library card you should be able to access Ancestry.com for free there. If you'd like, you can give me his name and I could look him up for you

CAVA1990 · 05-06-2011, 08:20 PM

You might want to poke around on here:

SOS, Missouri - State Archives Missouri History

EnricoV · 05-07-2011, 01:13 PM

The two most useful Missouri online resources I regularly use are the death certificates at the archives site CAVA1990 listed, and the marriage database at Ancestry.

Of course, a lot depends on what time period you're talking about. You say it's a grandfather, but you could be anywhere from 16-70, so knowing when it is he might have died is impossible. The death certificates only go up to 1960. Marriages until very recently.