State of Missouri Puts Inquest Database Online

The state of Missouri has announced that the Coroner's Inquest Database is now available. This database covers the records of Andrew, Cape Girardeau, Clinton, Perry, St. Francois, and Stoddard counties, dating from 1842 to 1932. There are also nineteenth century records from the City of St. Louis and the St. Louis Medical Examiner. The database is available at http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/coroners/ .

The records are searchable by several factors, including name, cause of death, and year span. You can also do a simple keyword search. A cause search for "pnemonia" found one result even though I spelled it wrong. A corrected search for "pneumonia" found 490 results.

Results are shown in a table including the name of the deceased, county, date of death, and cause of death (some of the causes are in addition to pneumonia -- "Accident - Pneumonia; Run Over By Wagon") There's a link to more details which includes case number, race, gender, age, and the location of the record.

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