Guide to Using St. Louis City Burial Certificates - Film Guide by Year: 1882-1889

To select the correct film for a given date and certificate number, find the entry line in this chart that contains BOTH
  • the date of death in the starting/ending date range
  • the certificate number in the starting/ending certificate number range
Year Starting Date Ending Date Starting Certif. # Ending Certif. # SLCL Film # Notes
1882 1-Jan 28 Feb 1882 1 1261 BCSL-1  
1882 31-Jan 7 Mar 1882 1900 1387 BCSL-1 In backward chronological order.
1882 1-Mar 31 Mar 1882 1260 1899 BCSL-2 Some difficult to read.
1882 1-Mar 7 Mar 1882 1386 1262 BCSL-3 In backward chronological order.
1882 1-Apr 31 May 1882 1901 3143 BCSL-3  
1882 1-Sep 15 Sep 1882 5627 5971 BCSL-3  
1882 15-Sep 2 Dec 1882 5972 7790 BCSL-4  
1882 2-Dec 31 Dec 1882 7791 8560 BCSL-5  
1883 1-May 31 May 1883 2925 3580 BCSL-5  
1883 1-May 31 May 1883 126 182 BCSL-5 Some difficult to read.
1883 1-Aug 12 Aug 1883 5210 5513 BCSL-5  
1883 2-Aug 29 Aug 1883 309 350 BCSL-6  
1883 13-Aug 31 Aug 1883 5514 6030 BCSL-6 Some difficult to read.
1883 1-Sep 30 Sep 1883 6031 6803 BCSL-6  
1883 1-Sep 30 Sep 1883 351 401 BCSL-6  
1883 1-Nov 19 Nov 1883 7556 7956 BCSL-6  
1883 1-Nov 30 Nov 1883 436 471 BCSL-7  
1883 19-Nov 30 Nov 1883 7957 8190 BCSL-7  
1883 1-Dec 31 Dec 1883 8207 8883 BCSL-7  
1883 1-Dec 31 Dec 1883 472 512 BCSL-7  
1883 1-Dec 31 Dec 1883 8192 8874 BCSL-7 Missing some numbers.
1884 1-Jul 28 Jul 1884 4024 4858 BCSL-7 4859-4967 located on BCSL-9.
1884 1-Jul 30 Jul 1884 195 221 BCSL-9  
1884 28-Jul 31 Jul 1884 4859 4967 BCSL-9  
1884 1-Aug 31 Aug 1884 4968 5738 BCSL-8  
1884 1-Aug 26 Aug 1884 222 246 BCSL-8  
1885 1-Jan 31 Jan 1885 1 643 BCSL-10  
1885 1-Jan 31 Jan 1885 1 27 BCSL-10 Some difficult to read.
1885 1-Feb 28 Feb 1885 646 1267 BCSL-9 Permit numbers out of order.  Some are hard to read.
1885 2-Feb 25 Feb 1885 28 51 BCSL-9  
1885 1-Mar 31 Mar 1885 52 76 BCSL-10 Date on first record uncertain.
1885 1-Mar 6 Mar 1885 1269 1383 BCSL-10 Some difficult to read.
1885 6-Mar 31 Mar 1885 1384 1941 BCSL-11  
1885 1-Apr 30 April 1885 1942 2547 BCSL-9 Permit numbers out of order.  Some are hard to read.
1885 2-Apr 29 Apr 1885 77 108 BCSL-9  
1885 1-May 31 May 1885 109 136 BCSL-11  
1885 1-May 29 Jun 1885 2549 3818 BCSL-11  
1885 2-Jun 28 Jun 1885 137 159 BCSL-12  
1885 29-Jun 30 Jun 1885 3819 3859 BCSL-12  
1885 1-Aug 31 Aug 1885 4760 5580 BCSL-13 Note the year change.  Some difficult to read.
1885 1-Aug 30 Aug 1885 200 244 BCSL-13 Note the year change.  Some difficult to read.
1885 1-Sep 17 Sep 1885 5582 5973 BCSL-9  
1885 1-Sep 30 Dec 1885 245 347 BCSL-10  
1885 17-Sep 30 Sep 1885 5974 6274 BCSL-10  
1885 1-Oct 31 Oct 1885 6275 6972 BCSL-12  
1885 1-Oct 29 Nov 1885 276 322 BCSL-12  
1885 1-Nov 30 Nov 1885 6974 7566 BCSL-12  
1885 1-Dec 31 Dec 1885 7568 8214 BCSL-10 Some difficult to read.
1886 1-Jul 31 Jul 1886 146 183 BCSL-12 Note the change in year.
1886 1-Jul 13 Jul 1886 4136 4512 BCSL-12  
1886 13-Jul 31 Jul 1886 4513 5017 BCSL-13 Some difficult to read.
1886 1-Dec 30 Dec 1886 286 303 BCSL-13  
1886 1-Dec 20 Dec 1886 8298 8745 BCSL-13  
1886 20-Dec 31 Dec 1886 8746 9033 BCSL-14  
1887 1-Jan 31 Jan 1887 1 790 BCSL-14  
1887 3-Jan 28 Jan 1887 1 34 BCSL-14  
1887 1-May 29 May 1887 118 140 BCSL-14  
1887 1-May 31 May 1887 2963 3584 BCSL-14  
1887 6-Jun   141   BCSL-14 Lone record between #3584 and #186
1887 25-Jul 1 Jul 1887 5441 4603 BCSL-15 Numbers skip and in backward chronological order.
1887 31-Jul 1 Jul 1887 186 158 BCSL-14 Backward numerically and chronologically.
1887 31-Jul 25 Jul 1887 5625 5449 BCSL-14 Numbers are random and dates backward.
1887 31-Jul 1 Jul 1887 5628 4591 BCSL-15 In backward chronological order.
1887 1-Sep 30 Sep 1887 6579 7419 BCSL-15  
1887 1-Sep 30 Sep 1887 207 229 BCSL-16  
1887 30-Sep 30 Sep 1887 7420 7429 BCSL-16  
1887 1-Oct 31 Oct 1887 7433 8275 BCSL-16  
1887 1-Oct 4 Nov 1887 230 271 BCSL-16 Some difficult to read.
1887 1-Nov 30 Nov 1887 8277 9102 BCSL-16  
1887 4-Nov 30 Nov 1887 272 297 BCSL-16  
1887 1-Dec 1 Dec 1887 9103 9130 BCSL-16  
1887 1-Dec 30 Dec 1887 9131 9895 BCSL-17  
1887 4-Dec 30 Dec 1887 299 329 BCSL-17  
1887 31-Dec   330   BCSL-17 Out of order.
1888 18-Jan 28 May 1888 17.5 124.5 BCSL-17 Six records completely out of order and random.
1888 1-Mar 31 Mar 1888 52 76 BCSL-17  
1888 1-Mar 31 Mar 1888 1714 2561 BCSL-17  
1888 1-Jun 8 Jun 1888 3891 4054 BCSL-17  
1888 8-Jun 30 Jun 1888 4055 4697 BCSL-18  
1888 1-Nov 29 Nov 1888 288 314 BCSL-18 Large blank gap in film
1888 1-Nov 7 Nov 1888 7925 8048 BCSL-18  
1888 2-Nov 29 Nov 1888 420 494 BCSL-18 Note year change.  Some difficult to read.
1888 7-Nov 30 Nov 1888 8049 8538 BCSL-19  
1888 1-Dec 31 Dec 1888 315 343 BCSL-19  
1888 1-Dec 31 Dec 1888 8539 9186 BCSL-19 Some difficult to read.
1888 3-Dec 31 Dec 1888 497 562 BCSL-19  
1889 1-Jan 23 Jan 1889 1 512 BCSL-19  
1889 1-Jan 31 Jan 1889 1 63 BCSL-20  
1889 2-Jan 7 Jan 1889 1 33 BCSL-20  
1889 23-Jan 31 Jan 1889 513 715 BCSL-20  
1889 1-Feb 28 Feb 1889 717 1387 BCSL-20  
1889 1-Feb 28 Feb 1889 65 107 BCSL-20  
1889 1-Feb 26 Feb 1889 34 54 BCSL-20  
1889 1-Mar 30 Mar 1889 1388 2069 BCSL-20  
1889 1-Mar 31 Mar 1889 108 173 BCSL-21 Some difficult to read.
1889 4-Mar 31 Mar 1889 55 80 BCSL-21  
1889 30-Mar 31 Mar 1889 2070 2109 BCSL-21  
1889 1-Apr 30 Apr 1889 2110 2768 BCSL-21  
1889 1-Apr 29 Apr 1889 174 240 BCSL-21  
1889 1-Apr 27 Apr 1889 81 99 BCSL-21  
1889 1-May 31 May 1889 241 312 BCSL-21  
1889 1-May 31 May 1889 2769 3368 BCSL-21  
1889 3-May   3364   BCSL-21 Lone record between #80 and #100
1889 3-May 31 May 1889 100 122 BCSL-21  
1889 1-Jun 30 Jun 1889 3370 4081 BCSL-22  
1889 1-Jun 30 Jun 1889 313 377 BCSL-22  
1889 3-Jun 27 Jun 1889 123 141 BCSL-22  
1889 1-Jul 31 Jul 1889 4082 4777 BCSL-22  
1889 1-Jul 31 Jul 1889 378 460 BCSL-22  
1889 2-Jul 31 Jul 1889 143 174 BCSL-23  
1889 1-Aug 31 Aug 1889 4778 5471 BCSL-23  
1889 1-Aug 31 Aug 1889 461 552 BCSL-23  
1889 2-Aug 31 Aug 1889 175 201 BCSL-23  
1889 1-Sep 30 Sep 1889 5472 6122 BCSL-23  
1889 1-Sep 30 Sep 1889 553 620 BCSL-23  
1889 5-Sep 30 Sep 1889 202 217 BCSL-23  
1889 1-Oct 31 Oct 1889 6123 6789 BCSL-18 Note the change in year.
1889 1-Oct 31 Oct 1889 621 687 BCSL-18 Some difficult to read.
1889 2-Oct 28 Oct 1889 218 240 BCSL-18  
1889 1-Nov 16 Nov 1889 6790 7128 BCSL-23  
1889 1-Nov 30 Nov 1889 689 763 BCSL-24  
1889 4-Nov 27 Nov 1889 241 257 BCSL-24  
1889 16-Nov 30 Nov 1889 7129 7382 BCSL-24  
1889 1-Dec 31 Dec 1889 7383 8003 BCSL-24  
1889 1-Dec 31 Dec 1889 764 833 BCSL-24  
1889 4-Dec 31 Dec 1889 258 283 BCSL-24