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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
Part of the Louisiana Purchase, 1803; Louisiana Territory, 1805; renamed Missouri Territory, 1812
STATEHOOD
1821
AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
Various, 1821–1876 (many are lost or incomplete)
FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1830
PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
Public
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1910
MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1948
CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Missouri Department of Health
and Senior Services
Bureau of Vital Records
Box 570
Jefferson City, MO 65102
(573) 751-6387
