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-<big><big><big><font color="#003366">'''''Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center'''''</font></big></big></big><br>&nbsp;[[Image:{{MidwGenCen1}}]][[Image:{{MidwGenCen2}}]]
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 === Contact Information  ===
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 '''Address:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou">Mid-Continenet Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center "Directions and Hours" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/hrsdir.htm (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref>
 :3440 S. Lee's Summit Road<br>
-:Independence, MO 64055-1923<br>
+:Independence, MO 64055-1923<br><br>
 '''Telephone:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou" /> &nbsp;816-252-7228<br>
 '''Hours:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou" /> &nbsp;Mon - Thurs 9-9; Fri 9-6; Sat 9-5; Sun 1-5<br>
 :[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/about/closings.htm Holiday closings]
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 '''[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/hrsdir.htm Directions and maps]'''
 '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
 *[http://www.midwestgenealogycenter.org Midwest Genealogy Center Internet site], map, collection, directions, floor plans, genealogical resources, catalog.<br>
 *[http://www.mymcpl.org/catalog MCPL catalog online] search by words or phrase, author, title, subject, or series.<br>
 *[http://www.mymcpl.org/online-resources/research-databases/Genealogy MGC genealogy databases], America's GenealogyBank, Obituaries &amp; Death Notices, Ancestry, Archive Finder, Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Footnote, Sanborn maps, HeritageQuest, ProQuest Obituaries. <br>
 *[http://www.mymcpl.org/online-resources/research-databases/History MGC history databases], 279 databases, of which 272 are available remotely with a MCPL library card.<br>
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 If you cannot visit or find a record at the&nbsp;'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.
 '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
 *[http://www.mymcpl.org Mid-Continent Public Libary] parent library system of the Midwest Genealogy Center, Jackson County, Missouri.<br>
 *[http://www.mymcpl.org/locations MCPL branches] - 30 branches in Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties, Missouri.<br>
 '''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
 *[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/sc-genpg.htm St. Louis County Library], a Missouri collection including the St. Louis Genealogical Society, and the National Genealogical Society, online databases, federal censuses, African American records, &amp; access to LDS microfilms.<br>
 *[[Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<br>
 *[http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/overview.html Newberry Library] a large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, &amp; British Isles.<br>
 *[[Family History Library|Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
 '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
 *[http://www.slfp.com/ForestParkMHS.htm Missouri Historical Society] has regional history sources, St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the Louisiana Purchase, American West: indexes, guides, catalogs, photos, genealogy workshops.
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 *[http://www.jchs.org/ Jackson County Historical Society] title abstracts, diaries, letters, 2000 books, business ledgers, census, city directories, court, election, tax, vital records, plat maps, newspapers, periodicals, photos, subject indexes.
 *[http://www.mow.uscourts.gov/ United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri], federal court records.
 *Jackson County Courthouse, [http://www.16thcircuit.org/ 16th Circuit Court] local civil, criminal, and probate records.<br>
 *[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117856.asp St. Louis Public Library] obituaries, passenger lists, family histories, and HeritageQuest online.
 *[http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/ National Archives, Kansas City Branch] federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, and naturalizations. Free computers for Ancestry, Heritage Quest, or Footnote.<br>
 *[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ NARA National Personnel Records Center], St. Louis, government and military personnel records starting 1917.<br>
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 === Sources  ===
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 [[Category:United_States_Repositories|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Missouri|{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Jackson_County,_Missouri|{{PAGENAME}}]]