Births, Deaths, Weddings, and other Life Events

City Services

• Birth Certificates
  Obtaining a copy of a birth certificate.
• Death Certificates
  Obtaining a copy of a death certificate
• Domestic Partnership Registry
  The Domestic Partnership Registry is a record of registered domestic partners (same-sex or heterosexual) in the city of St. Louis established and protected under City Ordinance.
• Marriage License
  Marriage License requirements and Information.
• Proclamations, Interviews, and Visits
  How to get a Mayoral Proclamation

Departments and Agencies

• Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar
  St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds & Vital Records Registrar is a public records library with nearly 250-years of history on people and property. The office provides a one-stop shopping for birth, marriage, land, death, and old corporation records.
• Register
  Office of the Register

External Resources

• Bellefontaine Cemetery
  For generations, Bellefontaine Cemetery has provided a tranquil, dignified setting in which to commemorate the lives of those who have shaped us, our families, and our city.
• Calvary Cemetaries
  Within this site you will find maps, directions and historical information about many of the 17 cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.
• Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
  Jefferson Barracks, one of the National Cemetery Administrations oldest interment sites, has served as a burial place soldiers from all wars. The National Cemetery is open to visitors every day of the year from dawn until dusk.

Online Applications and Forms

• Domestic Partnership Registry Application and Info
  Application to apply for the Domestic Partnership Registry.
• Gatewood Gardens Cemetery Search Form
  Gatewood Gardens Cemetery Search Form. List names of all individuals buried in the cemetery.