Clay County Birth Records
1883 - 1884
Source: Missouri
State Archives: Birth and Death Records
1883
1884
Description:
Birth & Death Records
The first provision for statewide registration of births
and deaths was enacted July 1, 1883, when the State Board
of Health was created for the supervision of such
registrations. The act concerning birth and death
registration was repealed in 1893 and registration ceased
until 1910.
Over 250 reels of microfilm containing birth and death
records from 1883 to 1893 are available at the Archives
for research. Researchers should note that the records
vary from county to county during this period because
there was no requirement for mandatory reporting from
parents or professional attendants. For example, Bates
County births records are only available for 1883 to
1886. Contact the Archives to learn more about
researching birth and death records at
[email protected].
The Missouri Birth and Death Records Database is an
abstract of the birth, stillbirth, and death records
recorded before 1909 and that are available on microfilm
at the Missouri State Archives. The Bureau of Vital
Statistics has certificates of Missouri births and deaths
from 1910 to the present. The database currently contains
over 185,000 records from 87 counties. Information found
in this database includes:
Births and Stillbirths: name of child, date and place of
birth, sex, and race; nationality, residence, and ages of
parents, occupation and full name of father, maiden name
of mother, name and address of medical or other attendant
making return; in case of stillbirth, name of undertaker
and place of burial.
Deaths: date of report, name, sex, color, age,
occupation, marital status, nationality, birthplace;
date, place, and cause of death; date and place of
burial, addresses of undertaker, physician returning
certificate.
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