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CENSUS
1850 Federal Census Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
1860 Federal Census Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
1868 State Census Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
1870 Federal Census Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
1876 State Census Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
1920 Cape Girardeau County Federal Census, Volume 1
1920 Cape Girardeau County Federal Census, Volume 2
1930 Cape Girardeau County Federal Census
CIVIL WAR
1890 Union Vets and Widows, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
VITAL RECORDS
Birth Records City of Cape Girardeau Missouri - Book 1 - 1897-1916
Birth Records City of Cape Girardeau Missouri - Book 2 - 1917-1926
Death Records City of Cape Girardeau MO Book A - 14 Apr 1882 - 25 Dec 1911
Earlier version of 1882-1911 Death Records
Death Records City of Cape Girardeau MO Book B - 12 Jan 1912 - 14 Sept 1924
Death Records City of Cape Girardeau MO Book C - 28 Sept 1924 - 28 Feb 1934
Estate Settlements Cape County 1853-1950
Marriage Records, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, 1805-1900 | Marriage Books A thru H
Marriage Records, Cape Girardeau County, 1873-1900
Marriage Records, Cape Girardeau County, Book D, 1868 thru April 1873
OTHER BOOKS
Cape Girardeau District Grange 1881-1894
"Doyle's Diary" | Diary of Leo Doyle November 1882 - January 1900
Naturalization Records (Indexes) of Cape Girardeau County, MO, 1813-1928, Volume 1