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There's only one thing worse for a genealogist than finding that the cemetery inscription he or she needs has never been transcribed. And that is that it's been transcribed, but they don't know it. Hopefully the following list will help in that case. So get out those old death certificates and obits that listed the cemetery, and take a look at the work that some dedicated volunteers have already done for you.
Listed with each cemetery is the source material in which the headstone inscription can be found. In some cases there is more than one source; often this includes the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. If the source is not available to you locally be sure to verify the film number before ordering it from SLC. The vast majority of the hardcopy sources are available at the St. Louis County Library Headquarters location and the the main branch of the St. Louis Public Library. In a few cases there are other repositories listed where the inscription source can be found. Most of this information came from Elizabeth Kot and Shirley Thomson's Missouri Cemetery Inscription Sources: Print and Microfilm (Vallejo, Calif.: Indices Publishing, 1995) via the Ancestry database web site. I've tried to update the more recent activity. If you see errors or omissions please let me know so that I can keep this list as up-to-date as possible.
The abbreviations that I used can be found at the end of this list.
Oak Grove Cemetery in St. Charles City. Online database at Oak Grove Cemetery (Thanks to Grant Ebbesmeyer for letting me know of this one.)
ASTCC: A Stroll Through Coldwater Cemetery DAR-Mo, Webster Groves Chap.SLC: GSU, 1976.
AVNMMC: Atchison, Vernon, New Madrid, Miller, Chariton and Cemetery Records DAR Missouri SLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870004.
B-BV: Bellevue-Beautiful View [Caledonia, MO]
BVHS: Bellevue Valley Hist. Soc.
CCI: Catholic Cemetery Inscriptions of SLGS and LDS Church
CISFOL: Cemetery Inscriptions of Salt Fork, Old Lamine. Gilliam, MO: Saline Sentiments, n.d.
ECMCR DAR - Mo: East Central Missouri Cemetery Records DAR Missouri
FHL: Family History Library
FRGS: Four Rivers Gen. Soc.
GC DAR: Genealogical Collection DAR Missouri
GR.OFBG: Genealogical Records...Old Family Burying Ground and in the Public Cemeteries.. McElhiney, Mary Johnson N.p.: Edna McE. Olson, 1970.
GSU: Genealogical Society of Utah
HAGS: Heart of America Gen. Soc.
HBPC: History of Bellevue Presbyterian Cemetery Moore, Adella B.Farmington, MO:
HCMC: History of the Caledonia Methodist Church, 1810-1978 Akers, Muriel E.SLC: GSU, 1990.FHL film 1705416:1.
HGC: Holy Ghost Cem:Burials 1860-1907 GSU, 1987. FHL film 1503030:3-4 (1860-1894). FHL film 1503031:1-2 (1887-1903). FHL film 1503031:3 (1867-1907).
HGCR:Holy Ghost Church Records 1833-1961 SLC: GSU, 1985.FHL film 1433235:4 (Burials 1877-1895).
JSC: John Sappington Chap.
LDS 0870177: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870177.
LDS0870029: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film.
LDS0870177: Genealogical Collection DAR-MoSLC: GSU, 1971.FHL film 0870177
LDS0874035: Genealogical Records: Family and Cemetery Records, Newspaper Extracts, Etc. DARVol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1972.FHL film 0874035:1-2.
LDS0874035: Genealogical Records: Family and Cemetery Records, Newspaper Extracts, Etc DAR Vol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1972.FHL film 0874035:1-2.
LDS0893715/0962589: ECMCR DAR-MoVol. 3. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL films 0893715; 0962589:3.
LDS0924436: Church Cemetery Records of Missouri Vol. 1. SLC: GSU, 1973.FHL film 0924436:1-4.FHL fiche 6051114.
LDS0962589: ECMCR DAR-Mo Vol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.
LDS0962589: ECMCR DAR MissouriVol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 0962589:3.
LDS1405587/1405588:GSU, 1984. FHL film 1405587 (Book 1:1836-1984; Book 2: 1836-1984 [A-F] ). FHL film 1405588 (Book 2: 1836-1984 [G-Z] ; Book 3:1836- 1984).
LDS1705372: [Cemeteries . . . 1791-1988] LDS Church - Salt Lake City: Gen. Soc. of Utah, 1990. FHL film 1705372.
LDS6100220: OC-Mo DAR-MoVol. 2. SLC: GSU, 1952. FHL fiche 6100220.
LDS6101174: Heart of America Gen. Soc. Missouri Cemetery Records Vol. 1. Kansas City, MO: 1981.FHL fiche 6101174.
MC: Masonic Cemetery, Lodge 535 A.F.&A.M.; Blackwell Sanders, Linda San-Souci - Old Mines Area Hist. Soc., 1987.
MSGAJ: Missouri State Genealogical Association Journal
NGSQ: National Genealogical Society Quarterly
NSJC: New St. John's Cemetery StLMO: Central Microfilm Service, 1985.FHL film 1429189:1 (1839-1964). FHL film 1429189: (1915-1964).
OC-Mo: "Old Cemeteries, Missouri"
PHBC: Pioneer History of Benton Creek, Union. Lay, J. Gilbert - SLC: GSU, 1974.FHL film 962207:27.
SJUCC: St. John's United Church of Christ Parish Records, 1838-1968 StLMO: Central Microfilm Service, 1985.FHL film 1429188:1.
SLACL - St. Louis Archdiocese Cemetery Listing - 5/31/1988
SLC: Salt Lake City
SLCL: St. Louis County Library Headquarters
SLGS: St. Louis Genealogical Society
SLGSQ: St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly
StLMO: St. Louis, Missouri
WSHFR: Williams, Strickland and Haverstick Family Records Koester, Mable [Farmington, MO: M. Koester, 1991].
Barwise Cemetery - St. Louis Genealogical Society Quarterly 20:3 (Fal 1987)
Find-A-Grave Barwise Cemetery
Thanks to Bob Blum
Creek Church Cemetery. Dardenne Presbyterian Church.
Dardenne Presbyterian Church "Creek Church" Cemetery List
Thanks to Bob Blum
Rock Church Cemetery. Dardenne Presbyterian Church.
Rock Church Cemetery
Thanks to Bob Blum
Here are some other links which may be useful (Thanks to Bob Blum). The second one I found via Google and appears to list all the St. Charles County cemeteries known on the Find-A-Grave site.
Genealogy Trails Cemetery List
Find-a-Grave St. Charles County
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