Missouri Newspapers

Resources for Missouri Newspapers include:


 * The State Historical Society of Missouri -- in the collection are Missouri newspapers from about 1800, and card indexes by name and subject to some of the early papers. The Society and the Family History Library also have several published abstracts and indexes of obituaries and marriages from 1808 to 1870.
 * St. Louis Public Library - list of newspapers owned by the Library in its microfilm collection; covers 1808-2008.

Digital Issues Online


 * Daily Missouri Republican, 1861-1865 - via the State Historical Society of Missouri
 * Missouri Historical Newspapers Online - via the Online Historical Newspapers Directory

Indexes


 * St. Louis Post-Dispatch Obituary Index - created by the St. Louis Public Library. Index covers obituaries, death notices, and burial permits. Years indexed thus far include: 1880-1930, 1942-1945, 1960-1961, 1992- present.
 * St. Louis Argus Index -- an African-American newspaper;index created by the St. Louis Public Library. Years indexed include 1915-1927, 1942-1945.
 * Westliche Post Obituary Index - (St. Louis German-language newspaper) Years indexed: 1879-1890.
 * Newspaper Surname Index - created by the South Dakota Historical Society. Index covers a wide range of titles and years, 1781-2006. Searches can be by year, by birth, death, marriage, or other.

Print Resources


 * William H. Taft, Missouri Newspapers, When and Where, 1808-1963 (Columbia: University of Missouri, 1964; Family History Library book ). Find In A Library

Web Sites
http://www.umsystem.edu/shs/newspaper.shtml

http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&amp;catid=340

http://www.ancestorhunt.com/missouri_newspaper_obituaries.htm

http://previous.slpl.org/libsrc/obit.htm