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The Midwest Genealogy Center opened in 2008 with 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. Their collection has been built up with donations from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Independence Library's Missouri county histories, American Family Records Association (AFRA), Missouri State Genealogical Association, Heart of America Genealogical Society, Gann Family Association, and a former [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].<ref name="MGCAbout">Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogical Center "About the Midwest Genealogy Center" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref> The Midwest Genealogy Center averages about 200 patrons a day. | The Midwest Genealogy Center opened in 2008 with 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. Their collection has been built up with donations from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Independence Library's Missouri county histories, American Family Records Association (AFRA), Missouri State Genealogical Association, Heart of America Genealogical Society, Gann Family Association, and a former [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].<ref name="MGCAbout">Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogical Center "About the Midwest Genealogy Center" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref> The Midwest Genealogy Center averages about 200 patrons a day. | ||
Significant holdings include all federal censuses 1790-1930 and many indexes, federal land sales in Missouri 1818-1903, the Draper | Significant holdings include all [[United_States_Census|federal censuses 1790-1930]] and many indexes, [[Missouri_Land_and_Property|federal land sales in Missouri]] 1818-1903, the [[Tennessee_History#The_Draper_Manuscript_Collection|Draper Manuscript Collection]], Kentucky tax records, Missouri State Penitentiary Records 1836-1931, papers of the St. Louis fur trade, indexes and Compiled Service Records of MO Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers, selected passenger arrival lists, Native American sources, partial state vital records for AL, AR, CA, GA, IL, IN, KY, OR, TX, WA, ''Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations'', the ''Independence Examiner'', and ''Kansas City Star and Times'', ''American Biographical Archives'', ''Black Biographical Dictionaries'', Civil War unit histories, Massachusetts original town records, ''UMI Genealogy and Local History Series'', and the ''United States Serial Set''.<ref name="MGCAbout" /> | ||
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