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*[http://www.jchs.org/ Jackson County Historical Society], Independence, 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.jchs.org/ Jackson County Historical Society], Independence, title abstracts, diaries, letters, 2000 books, business ledgers, census, city directories, court, election, tax, vital records, plat maps, newspapers, periodicals, photos, subject indexes. | ||
*[http://jacksongov.org/151/Medical-Examiner Jackson County Medical Examiner], Kansas City, suspicious deaths. | *[http://jacksongov.org/151/Medical-Examiner Jackson County Medical Examiner], Kansas City, suspicious deaths. | ||
*[http://jacksongov.org/267/Recorder-of-Deeds Jackson County Recorder of Deeds], Kansas City, marriage and land records since 1827.<ref name="Red">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book : American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Salt Lake City, UT : Ancestry Pub., 2004), 394. {{WorldCat|779185438}}; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE3191918 Online 1989 version]; {{FHL|20296507|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb}}</ref> | *[http://jacksongov.org/267/Recorder-of-Deeds Jackson County Recorder of Deeds], Kansas City, marriage and land records since 1827.<ref name="Red">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book : American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Salt Lake City, UT : Ancestry Pub., 2004), 394. {{WorldCat|779185438}}; [https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE3191918 Online 1989 version]; {{FHL|20296507|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb}}</ref> | ||
*[http://kcmo.gov/health/birth-and-death-certificates/ Kansas City Health Department], Kansas City birth certificates; deaths 1874-1909.<ref name="VR" /> | *[http://kcmo.gov/health/birth-and-death-certificates/ Kansas City Health Department], Kansas City birth certificates; deaths 1874-1909.<ref name="VR" /> | ||
*[[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]], The '''Missouri Valley Room''' has a great genealogy collection for Missouri and Kansas with biographies, periodicals, genealogies, diaries, photos, scrapbooks, and newspapers of the Kansas City area.<ref name="DB4767">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.</ref> <ref name="SC">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref><br> | *[[Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections]], The '''Missouri Valley Room''' has a great genealogy collection for Missouri and Kansas with biographies, periodicals, genealogies, diaries, photos, scrapbooks, and newspapers of the Kansas City area.<ref name="DB4767">Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.</ref> <ref name="SC">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/special-collections Special Collections] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref><br> |
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail: ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 816-252-7228 Hours:[1] Mon-Sat; 10a-8p; Sun 1-8p Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]Significant holdings include all federal censuses 1790-1930 and many indexes, federal land sales in Missouri 1818-1903, the Draper Manuscript Collection, Kentucky tax records, Missouri State Penitentiary Records 1836-1931, papers of the St. Louis fur trade, Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations, indexes and Compiled Service Records of MO Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers, Civil War Union and Confederate unit histories, selected 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.[2] 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 a former family history center.[2] The Midwest Genealogy Center averages about 325 patrons a day. Tips[edit | edit source]
Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a record at the Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center, a similar record may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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