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===Contact Information===
===Contact Information===


'''E-mail:'''<ref name="HG">[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy History and Genealogy] in ''St. Louis County Library'' (accessed 1 March 2016).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:genealogy@slcl.org genealogy@slcl.org] <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="HG">[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy History and Genealogy] in ''St. Louis County Library'' (accessed 1 March 2016).</ref> [mailto:genealogy@slcl.org genealogy@slcl.org] <br>  


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'''Telephone:'''<ref name="HG" /> &nbsp;314-994-3300<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="HG" /> 314-994-3300<br>  


'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="HG" /> &nbsp;Monday-Thursday 9-9&nbsp;; Friday-Saturday 9-5&nbsp;; Sunday 1-5; closed on legal holidays--see [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:'''  
'''Map, parking, and public transportation:'''  


:*'''''Google map:&nbsp;''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Louis+County+Library/@38.63016,-90.405112,13z/data=!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x87d8cce775ef310b:0x1695044a233dfcdf!2s1640+S+Lindbergh+Blvd,+St+Louis,+MO+63131!3b1!3m1!1s0x87df3341f8659a2f:0x90da3e5082faae12?hl=en-US St. Louis County Library]
:*'''''Google map: ''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Louis+County+Library/@38.63016,-90.405112,13z/data=!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x87d8cce775ef310b:0x1695044a233dfcdf!2s1640+S+Lindbergh+Blvd,+St+Louis,+MO+63131!3b1!3m1!1s0x87df3341f8659a2f:0x90da3e5082faae12?hl=en-US St. Louis County Library]
:*'''''Parking:&nbsp;''''' The library has a large, free, well-lit parking lot.
:*'''''Parking: ''''' The library has a large, free, well-lit parking lot.
:*'''''Public transportation:&nbsp;''''' [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx Metro Transit-St. Louis] bus route [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrobus_Maps/Map48121514.pdf 48 South Lindbergh] stops next to the St. Louis County Library. Route [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrobus_Maps/Map58100614.pdf 58 Clayton Ballas] stops about 600 feet to the north on Clayton Rd.
:*'''''Public transportation: ''''' [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx Metro Transit-St. Louis] bus route [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrobus_Maps/Map48121514.pdf 48 South Lindbergh] stops next to the St. Louis County Library. Route [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrobus_Maps/Map58100614.pdf 58 Clayton Ballas] stops about 600 feet to the north on Clayton Rd.


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
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'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


''<u>St. Louis CITY offices</u>:&nbsp;'' In 1876 St. Louis '''City''' separated from St. Louis '''County''', but retained all of the original St. Louis County records prior to 1876.  
''<u>St. Louis CITY offices</u>: '' In 1876 St. Louis '''City''' separated from St. Louis '''County''', but retained all of the original St. Louis County records prior to 1876.  


*[http://www.stlouiscityrecorder.org/ St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar] has births 1825-1909, and 1920-present; marriages 1766-1931; deaths 1825-1960, and 1965-present; land 1877-present; adoptions, cemetery records, French and Spanish colonial records, orphanages, licenses and trademarks, veterans discharges, and will indexes, including county records before 1876.<ref name="Eichholz">Alice Eichholz, ''Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources'', 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 396. {{WorldCat|55947869|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref> <ref>[http://www.stlouiscityrecorder.org/ St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar] (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.stlouiscityrecorder.org/ St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar] has births 1825-1909, and 1920-present; marriages 1766-1931; deaths 1825-1960, and 1965-present; land 1877-present; adoptions, cemetery records, French and Spanish colonial records, orphanages, licenses and trademarks, veterans discharges, and will indexes, including county records before 1876.<ref name="Eichholz">Alice Eichholz, ''Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources'', 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 396. {{WorldCat|55947869|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}.</ref> <ref>[http://www.stlouiscityrecorder.org/ St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar] (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>
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''<u>Outside of St. Louis</u>:''  
''<u>Outside of St. Louis</u>:''  


*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Missouri:&nbsp;''''' [[Franklin County, Missouri Genealogy|Franklin]], [[Jefferson County, Missouri Genealogy|Jefferson]], [[St. Charles County, Missouri Genealogy|St. Charles]], [[St. Louis County, Missouri Genealogy|St. Louis County]], ''Independent City:&nbsp;'' [[St. Louis City, Missouri|St. Louis City]], '''''counties in Illinois:&nbsp;'''''[[Madison County, Illinois Genealogy|Madison]], [[Monroe County, Illinois Genealogy|Monroe]], and [[St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy|St. Clair]]
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Missouri: ''''' [[Franklin County, Missouri Genealogy|Franklin]], [[Jefferson County, Missouri Genealogy|Jefferson]], [[St. Charles County, Missouri Genealogy|St. Charles]], [[St. Louis County, Missouri Genealogy|St. Louis County]], ''Independent City: '' [[St. Louis City, Missouri|St. Louis City]], '''''counties in Illinois: '''''[[Madison County, Illinois Genealogy|Madison]], [[Monroe County, Illinois Genealogy|Monroe]], and [[St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy|St. Clair]]
*[http://www.cofchrist.org/visit-library-and-archives Community of Christ Library and Archives], Independence, books, periodicals, letters, and diaries of the of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints/Community of Christ.
*[http://www.cofchrist.org/visit-library-and-archives Community of Christ Library and Archives], Independence, books, periodicals, letters, and diaries of the of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints/Community of Christ.
*[[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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*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Iowa]], [[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Illinois]], [[Kansas Archives and Libraries|Kansas]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska]], [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]], and [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]].
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Iowa Archives and Libraries|Iowa]], [[Illinois Archives and Libraries|Illinois]], [[Kansas Archives and Libraries|Kansas]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Nebraska Archives and Libraries|Nebraska]], [[Oklahoma Archives and Libraries|Oklahoma]], and [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]].
*[[Harrison County Historical Museum]], Marshall TX, a key repository for '''''Missouri&nbsp;''''' 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>
*[[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>
*[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and Britain.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref>
*[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and Britain.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref>
{{Wikipedia|St. Louis County Library}}
{{Wikipedia|St. Louis County Library}}

Revision as of 10:50, 5 January 2024

St. Louis County Library History & Genealogy Department


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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1] genealogy@slcl.org

Address:[1]

St. Louis County Library Headquarters
Tier 5 (top floor)
1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63131

Telephone:[1] 314-994-3300

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]

History & Genealogy at St. Louis County Library (H&G) offers researchers a collection of more than 100,000 print items--including 13,000 family histories--valuable microfilm resources, and electronic databases. Geographic coverage includes states east of the Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, with emphasis on migration trails leading into Missouri. Military history, African American, and other ethnic sources are well represented.

St. Louis sources include online databases, federal censuses, births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalization records, newspapers, wills, and yearbooks.[2]

H&G holdings include materials from the National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection, the St. Louis Genealogical Society Collection, the Julius K. Hunter and Friends African American Research Collection and the Jewish Genealogical Society of St. Louis Collection.

Church records include records of parishes in the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Catholic Diocese of Belleville, IL,, and many German Protestant churches originating in the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod and the Evangelical Synod of North America (now United Church of Christ).

Collections includes difficult-to-find sources for German, Swiss, French, and British Isles research, including

  • One of the largest collections of Ortssippenbücher / Ortsfamilienbücher in the U.S. Volumes cover villages and towns in Germany, Alsace-Lorraine, and Banat.
  • A complete set of parish records for Canton Bern, Switzerland on 850 microfilm rolls.
  • More than 800 books of memorial inscriptions for Scottish cemeteries.
  • Materials for research in England and Ireland.

History & Genealogy at St. Louis County Library is a FamilySearch affiliate Library.

Tips[edit | edit source]

  • Tours. Public tours of the department are given on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.
  • Computer access. There is a 30-minute time limit on the public computers if others are waiting. Free wireless access, which includes access to library databases, is available for personal wireless devices.
  • Microfilm readers. 12 microfilm readers are available for use. All readers are attached to a printer and able to scan and save images electronically. Use is limited to one hour if others are waiting.
  • Book copying and scanning. A coin-operated photocopier is available to make paper copies and can be used as a flat-bed scanner. An overhead book scanner allows scanning to an electronic file.

Guides[edit | edit source]

Planning a research visit[edit | edit source]

The St. Louis County Library History & Genealogy website offers helpful information about using the collection and planning a research visit.

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

  • 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 Manuscripts, and KY taxes.[3] [4]
  • 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.[5]
  • 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>

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:

Wikipedia has more about this subject: St. Louis County Library

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 History and Genealogy in St. Louis County Library (accessed 1 March 2016).
  2. ↑ Online guide to St. Louis sources in the History and Genealogy Department in St. Louis County Library (accessed 2 February 2016).
  3. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 67. At various libraries (WorldCat). FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
  4. ↑ About the Midwest Genealogy Center in Mid-Continent Public Library (accessed 14 December 2021).
  5. ↑ Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Alice Eichholz, Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 396. At various libraries (WorldCat). FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004.
  7. ↑ St. Louis City Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar (accessed 7 March 2014).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, UT : Everton Publishers, 2002), 406. At various libraries (WorldCat). FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002.
  9. ↑ City of St. Louis Assessor's Office - Administrative in City of St. Louis, Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  10. ↑ 22nd Judicial Circuit Probate Division Resource Room in 22nd Circuit Court St. Louis, Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 St. Louis County Vital Records in St. Louis County, Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  12. ↑ St. Louis County Clerk in St. Louis County, Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  13. ↑ St. Louis County Circuit Court Clerk in St. Louis County, Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  14. ↑ St. Louis County Probate Court in St. Louis County, Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  15. ↑ St. Louis County Office of the Medical Examiner in St. Louis County, Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  16. ↑ Clayton History Archives (accessed 3 Aug 2021).
  17. ↑ German American Heritage Society of St. Louis (accessed 7 March 2014)
  18. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.
  19. ↑ Home in St. Louis African American History and Genealogy Society (accessed 7 March 2014).
  20. ↑ Home in St. Louis Genealogical Society (accessed 7 March 2014).
  21. ↑ Genealogists in St. Louis Public Library (accessed 3 February 2016).
  22. ↑ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri (accessed 7 March 2014).
  23. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 47 and 67.
  24. ↑ Special Collections in Kansas City Public Library (accessed 7 March 2014).
  25. ↑ Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Information in Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (accessed 3 March 2016).
  26. ↑ Vital Records in Kansas City Public Library (accessed 2 Feb 2016).
  27. ↑ Research in Ozarks Genealogical Society (accessed 15 March 2014).
  28. ↑ Guide to Local History and Genealogy Department Collections in Springfield-Greene County Library District (accessed 15 March 2014).
  29. ↑ The Hulston Library in Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Missouri in National Park Service (accessed 15 March 2014).
  30. ↑ Our Collection in Harrison County Museum (accessed 7 March 2014).
  31. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.
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