The St Louis County Library has a very good selection of Catholic genealogy resources in their Special Collections Department. Some of the available resources include:

Catholic Priests in St. Louis County, Mo., 1841–1869
Catholic Priests of St. Louis, Missouri as Listed in the City Direc...
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis

There are also links to the Archdiocese of St Louis website as well as the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, and much more.

Catholic Cemetery Records Online
Catholic Cemeteries Online with Searchable Databases

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Catholic cemeteries in any given location generally are owned or controlled by the diocese or archdiocese for that area. The good news is that all of the major dioceses and some not-so-major ones have web pages devoted to their Catholic cemeteries. But these websites vary in terms of the genealogical information one will find there. Most will at least include a note about the diocese's policies and procedures for genealogical research. My (less-than-scientific) canvass of diocesean procedures indicates that many will respond to mail requests for information and charge a small fee for the service. Many dioceses have PDF forms online for genealogical requests or direct email access for questions. But several dioceses have gone a step further, with searchable databases for their cemeteries.

Two of the better searchable databases can be found in the Archdiocese of St Louis and the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Other U.S. dioceses with searchable cemetery records online include:


Archdiocese of Seattle
Diocese of Fresno (Calif.)
Diocese of Wilmington (Del.)(includes Eastern Shore of Maryland)

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Some for Michigan:

St. Anne's of Detroit Exterior Parishes Index

http://www.genealogy.com/users/w/e/l/Terry-Weller/FILE/0016page.html



Ancient register of marriages and baptisms of Michilimakinac
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Ancien registre des mariages fait dans la paroisse de michilimakinac 1695- abt. 1821
Catholic records in French

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Ancien registre des mariages fait dans la paroisse de michilimakinac 1695- abt. 1821 Eglise catholique. Paroisse de St. Ignace (Michilimakinac, Michigan) or
Ancient register of marriages and baptisms of Michilimakinac

http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/mimack/marriages/data/nameindex.asp