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'''Telephone:'''<ref name="HG" /> 314-994-3300, ext. 2070<br> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="HG" /> 314-994-3300, ext. 2070<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="HG" /> Monday-Thursday 9-9 ; Friday-Saturday 9-5 ; [http://www.slcl.org/about/holiday_schedule Holiday closings] | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="HG" /> Monday-Thursday 9-9 ; Friday-Saturday 9-5 ; Sunday 1-5; closed on legal holidays--see [http://www.slcl.org/about/holiday_schedule Holiday closings] | ||
'''Map, parking, and public transportation:'''<br> | '''Map, parking, and public transportation:'''<br> | ||
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*[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy St. Louis County Library History and Genealogy] holdings, visits, security, finding aids, databases, e-newsletter, publications, forms, look-ups, and services. <br> | *[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy St. Louis County Library History and Genealogy] holdings, visits, security, finding aids, databases, e-newsletter, publications, forms, look-ups, and services. <br> | ||
*[http://webpac.slcl.org/ | *[http://webpac.slcl.org/ St. Louis County Library Catalog] online. Search by keyword, author, title, subject, call number, periodical, or ISBN.<br> | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
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=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*'''''Tier 4.''''' Many genealogy books are shelved on Tier 4, an area that is normally closed to the public. The area is opened to the public on the third Saturday and Sunday of each month. | *'''''Tours.''''' Public tours of the department are given on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. | ||
* '''''Tier 4.''''' Many genealogy books are shelved on Tier 4, an area that is normally closed to the public. The area is opened to the public on the third Saturday and Sunday of each month. Materials on Tier 4 are available for use at other times upon request. | |||
*'''''Computer access.''''' There is a 30-minute time limit on the public computers if others are waiting. Photo I.D. is required for using public computers. Free wireless access to the system is also available for personal computers. | *'''''Computer access.''''' There is a 30-minute time limit on the public computers if others are waiting. Photo I.D. is required for using public computers. Free wireless access to the system is also available for personal computers. | ||
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*[http://www.slcl.org/content/online-guide-st-louis-sources-history-and-genealogy-department Online guide to St. Louis sources in the History and Genealogy Department] general, births, cemeteries, census, church records, deaths, Local History Index, maps, microfilm, military, miscellaneous, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, and yearbooks. | *[http://www.slcl.org/content/online-guide-st-louis-sources-history-and-genealogy-department Online guide to St. Louis sources in the History and Genealogy Department] general, births, cemeteries, census, church records, deaths, Local History Index, maps, microfilm, military, miscellaneous, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, and yearbooks. | ||
*[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy-and-local-history/finding-aids-guides-landing Finding Aids by Topic] 72 guides. | *[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy-and-local-history/finding-aids-guides-landing Finding Aids by Topic] 72 guides. | ||
* [http://www.slcl.org/content/subject-guides-history-genealogy-department Guides to various subjects in the collection can be downloaded as PDFs.] | |||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, a great American genealogy collection: censuses, MO federal land sales, penitentiary, St. Louis fur trade, Civil War, passenger lists, plantations, American Indians, city directories, newspapers, [[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Manuscripts]], and KY taxes.<ref name="DB67">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 67. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> <ref name="MGCAbout">[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm About the Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref | *[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, a great American genealogy collection: censuses, MO federal land sales, penitentiary, St. Louis fur trade, Civil War, passenger lists, plantations, American Indians, city directories, newspapers, [[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Manuscripts]], and KY taxes.<ref name="DB67">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 67. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> <ref name="MGCAbout">[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm About the Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref> | ||
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> | *[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> | ||
*[[National Archives at Kansas City]] federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, adoptions, vital records, land, and Indian records.<ref name="DB67" /> | *[[National Archives at Kansas City]] federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, photos, adoptions, vital records, land, and Indian records.<ref name="DB67" /> | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 20 July 2016
United States 
Missouri St. Louis Archives and Libraries St. Louis County Library
Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] genealogy@slcl.org Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 314-994-3300, ext. 2070 Hours and holidays:[1] Monday-Thursday 9-9 ; Friday-Saturday 9-5 ; Sunday 1-5; closed on legal holidays--see Holiday closings Map, parking, and public transportation:
Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]The St. Louis County Library genealogical collection has 85,000 print items, 9,500 family histories, 850 periodical titles, 40,000 microfilm rolls, and many electronic databases. Their emphasis is on St. Louis, Missouri, and states and foreign countries that fed migration into Missouri, including New England states, the 13 colonies, and many foreign countries. Military history, African American, and other ethnic sources are well represented. Record types include online databases, federal censuses, births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks.[2] They also have collections from the National Genealogical Society, the St. Louis Genealogical Society, the African American Research Collection, the Jewish Genealogical Society, the Archdiocese of St. Louis parish records, and from the Archdiocese of Belleville, Illinois. SLCL also can order microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.[3] Significant miscellaneous items include 850 microfilms from parish registers of the Swiss Canton of Bern, over 100 Jewish Yizkor books, and sources for Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New England, and some rare English, Welsh, and Scottish genealogies.[4] Tips[edit | edit source]
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Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source via the St. Louis County Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
Similar Collections
Neighboring Collections St. Louis CITY offices: In 1876 St. Louis City separated from St. Louis County, but retained all of the original St. Louis County records prior to 1876.
St. Louis COUNTY offices:
Mixed City and County of St. Louis repositories:
Outside of St. Louis:
Outside of Missouri:
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