Cape Girardeau Genealogy (in Cape Girardeau County, MO)

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Cape Girardeau Birth Records

1847-1910 Missouri Birth Registers Ancestry online

1920-2015 Missouri Birth Index MyHeritage online

Birth records of the city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. WorldCat

Missouri, Birth Records, 1910-present Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Cape Girardeau Cemetery Records

Blue Springs Cemetery US Gen Web online

Burials in Old Lorimier Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, MO, 1806-1983 FamilySearch Library

Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cape County Memorial Park Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fairmount Cemetery Billion Graves online

Guardian & curators records book A and box & bundles in probate court book B (part), Cape Girardeau, MO. WorldCat

Hobbs Chapel Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Hoyer Cemetery Find a Grave online

Iona Cemetery Billion Graves online

Juden Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lange Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lange Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lewis Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lorimer Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. WorldCat

Lorimer [i.e., Lorimier] cemetery, Cape Girardeau, Missouri FamilySearch Library

Lorimier Cemetery Billion Graves online

Missouri Deaths and Burials Index, 1873-1976 Ancestry online

Mount Auburn Cemetery Billion Graves online

New Lorimier Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Nunn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Nunn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Hanover Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Hanover Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Lorimier Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Lorimier Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Old Lorimier Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shady Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shady Grove Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. IX: Soldiers Buried in Cape Girardeau, Missouri Ancestry online

Zion United Methodist Billion Graves online

Cape Girardeau Census Records

1844-1881 Missouri State Census Collection (includes 1868-1869 for Cape Girardeau County) Ancestry online

1844-1881 Missouri State Census Collection (includes 1876 for Cape Girardeau County) Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Cape Girardeau Church Records

Church register, 1898-1914 (Christ Evangelical Church (Cape Girardeau, Missouri)) FamilySearch Library

Holy Family Catholic School & Church - African American US Gen Web Archives online

Records (microform), 1806-1867, Bethel Baptist Church (Cape Girardeau, Mo.). Archive Grid

Cape Girardeau City Directories

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Cape Girardeau (Missouri) city directories FamilySearch Library

Cape Girardeau City Directory 1932 MyHeritage online

Cape Girardeau City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Cape Girardeau City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Cape Girardeau, MO 1912-1932 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Cape Girardeau, MO 1937, 1939, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1951 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, city directory : also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Wiggins and Weaver's Ohio River directory for 1871-1872 : embracing a full alphabetical record of the names of the inhabitants, and business directories of Wheeling, Parkersburg, Marietta, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Ironton, Portsmouth, Ripley, Bellaire, Bridgeport, Harmar, Middleport, Martins Ferry, Maysville, Owensboro, Paducah, Lawrenceburg, Aurora, Madison, Cairo, Chester, Cape Girardeau FamilySearch Library

Cape Girardeau Death Records

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1834-1931 Missouri Death Records Ancestry online

1910-1962 Missouri Death Certificates Index Ancestry online

1968-2015 Missouri Death Index MyHeritage online

1968-2015 Missouri Death Records Ancestry online

Death records : City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. WorldCat

Death records, city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri FamilySearch Library

Death records, city of Cape Girardeau, Missouri. WorldCat

Missouri Death Certificates 1910-1969 Missouri State Archives online

Missouri Deaths and Burials Index, 1873-1976 Ancestry online

Missouri, Death Records, 1910-present Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Cape Girardeau Histories and Genealogies

Cape Girardeau, biography of a city FamilySearch Library

Cape Girardeau Immigration Records

Missouri, Federal Naturalization Records, 1856-1942 Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau Land Records

Deed records, 1805-1910; indexes, 1805-1904 FamilySearch Library

Cape Girardeau Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, 1923 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, June 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, May 1893 Library of Congress online

Cape Girardeau Marriage Records

1805-2002 Missouri Marriage Records Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1805-1950; index to marriage records, 1805-1952 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, marriage book B, 1839-1854 Genealogy Gophers online

Marriages books 'H' - 'I' - 'J' : January 1901 - October 1910 FamilySearch Library

Missouri, Compiled Marriage Index, 1766-1983 (includes Cape Girardeau 1826-1855) Ancestry online

Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850 Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau Military Records

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. IX: Soldiers Buried in Cape Girardeau, Missouri Ancestry online

Cape Girardeau Newspapers and Obituaries

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Bulletin Journal, 1962, 1979-1986 Google News Archive online

Cape County Herald 1911-1914 Newspapers.com online

Cape County herald (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Feb. 17, 1911 to Jan. 23, 1914) MyHeritage online

Cape County herald 02/17/1911 to 01/23/1914 Genealogy Bank online

Cape Daily Tribune 1914-1914 Newspapers.com online

Cape Girardeau Argus, 1863-1871 Missouri Digital Heritage online

Cape Girardeau Bulletin, 1967-1976 Google News Archive online

Cape Girardeau Democrat (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Jan. 3, 1891 to Jan. 5, 1901) MyHeritage online

Cape Girardeau Democrat 01/03/1891 to 01/05/1901 Genealogy Bank online

Cape Girardeau Democrat 1891-1901 Missouri Digital Newspaper Project online

Cape Girardeau Democrat 1891-1909 Newspapers.com online

Cape Girardeau Eagle 12/16/1853 to 07/26/1862 Genealogy Bank online

Cape Girardeau Eagle 1857-1862 Newspapers.com online

Cape Girardeau News 1876-1876 Newspapers.com online

Cape Girardeau News, 1955-1966 Google News Archive online

Cape Girardeau Progress 1902-1909 Newspapers.com online

Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian 1918-1918 Newspapers.com online

Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian, 1918-2007 Google News Archive online

Cape Weekly tribune (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Feb. 6, 1914 to Oct. 30, 1914) MyHeritage online

Cape weekly tribune 02/06/1914 to 10/30/1914 Genealogy Bank online

Daily Republican 1914-1914 Newspapers.com online

Daily Republican, 1908-1909, 1912-1918 Google News Archive online

Daily Tribune 1914-1918 Newspapers.com online

Morning Sun 1919-1922 Newspapers.com online

Southeast Missourian 1951-1952 Newspapers.com online

Southeast Weekly Bulletin 1955-1964 Newspapers.com online

The Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Feb. 17, 1911 to Jan. 23, 1914) Chronicling America online

The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Jan. 3, 1891 to Jan. 5, 1901) Chronicling America online

The Cape weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Feb. 6, 1914 to Oct. 30, 1914) Chronicling America online

The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Nov. 6, 1914 to Oct. 17, 1918) Chronicling America online

The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Oct. 25, 1918 to Dec. 25, 1918) Chronicling America online

Weekly Republican 1908-1918 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Tribune 1914-1918 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Western Press 1876-1876 Newspapers.com online

Weekly tribune (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Oct. 25, 1918 to Dec. 25, 1918) MyHeritage online

Weekly tribune 10/25/1918 to 12/25/1918 Genealogy Bank online

Weekly tribune and the Cape County herald (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) (from Nov. 6, 1914 to Oct. 17, 1918) MyHeritage online

Weekly tribune and the Cape County herald 11/06/1914 to 10/17/1918 Genealogy Bank online

Western Eagle 1848-1851 Newspapers.com online

Western Press 08/18/1874 to 05/19/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Westliche Presse 1876-1876 Newspapers.com online

weekly tribune 1918-1919 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Cape Girardeau

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Cape County Herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1911-1914

Cape Girardeau Bulletin. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1967-1976

Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909

Cape Girardeau Eagle. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1851-1862

Cape Girardeau News. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1874-1888

Cape Girardeau Progress. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1901-1910

Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau [Mo.]) 1918-1921

Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau [Mo.]) 1918-1925

Daily Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1889-1909

Daily Eagle. (Cape Girardeau [Mo.]) 1860-1862

Daily Republican. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1901-1918

Daily Tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918

Marble City News. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1865-1874

Missouri Cultivator. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1888-1891

Morning Sun. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1919-1922

Regional Farmer. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1985-1987

Saturday Review. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1892-1896

South East Democrat. (Cape Girardeau [Mo.]) 1857-1858

Southeast Gazette. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1890-1900

Southeast Missourian. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1925-Current

Southeast Radical. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1865-1866

Southeast Weekly Bulletin. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1940s-1967

Weekly Republican. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1901-1918

Weekly Tribune and the Cape County Herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918

Weekly Tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919

Weekly Western Press. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1870s-1876

Western Eagle. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1847-1851

Western Press. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1873-1870s

Cape Girardeau Probate Records

1766-1988 Missouri, Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Guardian & curators records book A and box & bundles in probate court book B (part), Cape Girardeau, MO. WorldCat

Cape Girardeau School Records

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Cape Girardeau Vo-Tech High School yearbook, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 Classmates online

Cape Girardeau Vo-Tech High School yearbook, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central High School - Girardot Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO), 1916, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969 E Yearbook online

Central High School yearbook, 1916, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central High School yearbook, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Central High School yearbook, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986 Classmates online

Central High School yearbook, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

College High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO), 1934, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959 E Yearbook online

College High School yearbook, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

College High School yearbook, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1955, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 Classmates online

College High School yearbook, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1955, 1959, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Holy Family Catholic School & Church - African American US Gen Web Archives online

Missouri State Normal School Third District yearbooks, 1915, 1916 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Senior of Central High School Commencement 1942, 1944 US Gen Web Archives online

Southeast Missouri State College yearbook, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southeast Missouri State Teachers College yearbooks, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southeast Missouri State University - Sagamore Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO), 1915, 1916, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988 E Yearbook online

Southeast Missouri State University yearbook, 1915, 1921, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southeast Missouri State University yearbook, 1951, 1952 Classmates online

Southeast Missouri State University yearbook, 1951, 1952 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St Mary's High School yearbook, 1939 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Marys High School - Hi Lites Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO), 1939 E Yearbook online

St Marys High School yearbook, 1939 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Vincent's College yearbooks, 1967, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Vincents College Prep Academy - Cape Yearbook (Cape Girardeau, MO), 1966, 1969 E Yearbook online

St Vincents College Prep Academy yearbook, 1966, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Mary's High School yearbook, 1939 Classmates online

St. Mary's High School yearbook, 1939 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Vincent's College yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972 Classmates online

St. Vincent's College yearbook, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Vincent's College yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University High School yearbook, 1952 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

University High School yearbook, 1952, 1980 Classmates online

University High School yearbook, 1952, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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