Reclaim the Records: A Million New Records from Missouri

 

https://mailchi.mp/reclaimtherecords/missouri-birth-index-and-missouri-death-index-updates?e=87d2371d01

If you are serious about genealogy, you should be familiar with Reclaim the Records. This non-profit organization has been enforcing public disclosure issues mostly through Freedom of Information (FOI) provisions and other state statutes for years now. I suggest you read the entire article linked above. In this particular instance, Reclaim the Records obtained the following:

Reclaim The Records is proud to announce the addition of the following data sets to the Missouri Birth Index and Missouri Death Index websites for free searches -- and to the public domain, for use and reuse:

The Missouri Birth Index has been updated with 588,542 new records from 1910-1919 and 2016-2022, for a total of 8,090,516 records covering 1910-2022.

The Missouri Death Index has been updated with 482,900 new records from 2016-2022, for a total of 3,081,382 records covering 1968-2022. (A Sunshine Law request for the pre-1968 death index data is in progress, but the actual death certificates from those years are already online, see below.)

Important note: in both cases, the 2022 data files are legally considered "provisional" releases by the state of Missouri. meaning that they may have some mistakes or missing records. The finalized copies of the 2022 birth data and 2022 death data will likely be released in mid-2024, along with the provisional data sets from 2023. We've added little warning symbols next to any 2022 births and deaths that pop up in the search results to let people know about this.

You might want to be aware of all the free records on their website also.