St. Louis Circuit Court Historical Records Project

Circuit Court record books were bound, handwritten records of daily proceedings of circuit court civil and criminal cases in the St. Louis Circuit Court. More about the record books.
 
Direct index books to circuit court case files contain handwritten entries for each case, arranged by letter of the alphabet for the last name of the plaintiffs for each consecutive term. Inverted index books contain handwritten entries for each case, arranged by letter of the alphabet for the last name of the defendants for each consecutive term. The books listed here contain digitized page images. More about the index books.

Execution record books contain handwritten entries in chronological order that record the costs and status of the execution (settlement) of a judgment in the court from a prior term. More about the execution books.