Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center: Difference between revisions

The Midwest Genealogy Center is 52,000 square feet on two floors. The collection includes over 80,000 family history books, 100,000 local history items, 565,000 microfilms and microfiches, and 7,000 maps. The center also has an extensive newspaper clipping file and thousands of family name files. The center opened two years ago and averages about 200 patrons a day. They have all of the books and microfilms of a closed [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].  

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