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

'''Telephone:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou" /> 816-252-7228<br>  

'''Hours:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou" /> Mon-Sat; 10a-8p; Sun 1-8p<br>  

*[https://www.mymcpl.org/research-and-learning/research-databases?interest_areas=483 MGC genealogy databases], Access NewspaperARCHIVE, African American Biographical Database, America's GenealogyBank, America's Obituaries &amp; Death Notices, American Ancestors, American Civil War Research Database, Ancestry Library Edition, Archive Finder, Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Confederate Newspapers, Digital Sanborn maps, Findmypast, HeritageQuest, ProQuest Obituaries. Additional databases useful for genealogical research are available in other categories, including history, biography, geography, and newspapers.<br>

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 Taxation|Kentucky tax records]], Missouri State Penitentiary Records 1836-1931, papers of the St. Louis fur trade, [[African American Slavery and Bondage#Finding_plantation_records|''Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations'']], indexes and [[Compiled Service Records|Compiled Service Records]] of MO Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers, Civil War [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865#Union_Unit_Histories|Union]] and [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865#Confederate_Unit_Histories|Confederate unit histories]], selected [[US Immigration Passenger Arrival Records|passenger arrival lists]], Native American sources, partial state vital records for AL, AR, CA, GA, IL, IN, KY, OR, TX, WA, Massachusetts original town records, city directories, the ''Independence Examiner'', and ''Kansas City Star and Times'', other newspapers (primarily Missouri), ''American Biographical Archives'', ''Black Biographical Dictionaries'', ''UMI Genealogy and Local History Series'', and the ''United States Serial Set''.<ref name="MGCAbout" />  

The Midwest Genealogy Center, a branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library, opened in 2008 with 52,000 square feet on two floors. The collection covers the entire United States and 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 former area [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centers].<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 10,000 customers per year.  

If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.  

*[[Harrison County Historical Museum]], Marshall TX, a key repository for '''''Missouri ''''' and Texas settlers. A major center for MO Confederates. Family folders, books, letters, diaries, journals, surname lists.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> <ref>[http://harrisoncountymuseum.org/our_collection Our Collection] in ''Harrison County Museum'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>