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'''Library E-mail:'''<ref name="IH">[http://www.mohistory.org/lrc/your-visit/info-and-hours Information and Hours] in ''Missouri History Museum'' (accessed 22 February 2106).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:library@mohistory.org library@mohistory.org] <br> '''Archives E-mail:''' &nbsp;[mailto:archives@mohistory.org archives@mohistory.org]<br>

'''Address:'''<ref name="IH" />

:225 South Skinker Blvd &nbsp;&nbsp;(Street address)<br>P.O. Box 11940 &nbsp;&nbsp;(Mailing address)<br>St. Louis, MO 63112-0040 <br><br>

'''Telephone:'''<ref name="IH" /> &nbsp;Library 314-746-4500; &nbsp;Archives 314-746-4510<br>'''Fax:''' &nbsp;314-746-4548<br>

'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="IH" /> &nbsp;Tuesday-Friday 12 - 5&nbsp;; &nbsp;Saturday 10 - 5. &nbsp;[https://oa.mo.gov/commissioner/state-holidays Missouri holidays]<br>

:*'''''Driving directions:&nbsp;''''' [http://www.mohistory.org/lrc/your-visit/how-to-get-here/driving-directions From Lambert Airport, From Downtown, and From I-44]<br>  

:*'''''Google map:&nbsp;''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Library+%26+Research+Center+(Missouri+History+Museum)/@38.642576,-90.3280774,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87d8caa89efb99bf:0xa5fb6317d491b31b Missouri History Museum Library and Research Center]<br>  

:*'''''Parking and Public transportation:&nbsp;''''' [http://www.mohistory.org/lrc/your-visit/how-to-get-here/parking-transit Parking/Public Transportation]

*[http://www.mohistory.org/lrc-home Library and Research Center] your visit, search the collections, collections, and family history.<br>  

*[http://www.mohistory.org/ Musuem Home] plan a visit, events, exhibits, education, research, and publications.  

They have an excellent collection about early Missouri settlers and immigrants through Illinois<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 67. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>, 90,000 books, periodicals, St. Louis newspapers, fire insurance maps, city directories, St. Louis people, western fur trade, and Missouri history.<ref>[http://mohistory.org/lrc/collections/library Library] in ''Missouri History Museum'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> The library has an [http://www.mohistory.org/lrc-home online genealogy index]. Copies of records can also be ordered online.  

*[http://www.mohistory.org/lrc/your-visit/doing-research/procedures Reading room procedures]

*Beverly D. Bishop, and Janice L. Fox, ''A List of Manuscript Collections in the Archives of the Missouri Historical Society'' (St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1982). {{WorldCat|12053065|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|76126|item|disp=FHL Book 977.8 A3b}}.  

*[[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> <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><br>

*[[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>

*[[St. Louis County Library]], a Missouri collection including the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org National Genealogical Society], and [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society] collections, online databases, federal censuses, births, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, yearbooks, and can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref>[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] in ''St. Louis County Library'' (accessed 2 February 2016).</ref>

''<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.  

*[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)}}. {{FHL|1185723|item|disp=FHL 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://stlouis-mo.gov/data/address-search/index.cfm St. Louis City Assessor] has real estate and property tax records.<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, UT : Everton Publishers, 2002), 406. {{WorldCat|50140092|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|1852055|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> <ref>[http://stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/assessor/assessor-administrative.cfm City of St. Louis Assessor's Office - Administrative] in ''City of St. Louis, Missouri'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>  

*[http://www.stlcitycircuitcourt.com/Probate/Probate%20Resource%20Room.pdf St. Louis City 22nd Circuit Court] probate records 1804-2000; civil, criminal, and family court.<ref name="HBG" /> <ref>[http://www.stlcitycircuitcourt.com/Probate/Probate%20Resource%20Room.pdf 22nd Judicial Circuit Probate Division Resource Room] in ''22nd Circuit Court St. Louis, Missouri'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>

*[http://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=3502 U.S. Customs House], St. Louis, has immigration and naturalization records.<ref name="SLCHW">[http://www.stlouisco.com/HealthandWellness/BirthandDeathCertificates St. Louis County Vital Records] in ''St. Louis County, Missouri'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>

*[[St. Louis Mercantile Library]], early newspapers, railroads, inland waterways, county records, biographies, and genealogies. A premier library for Missouri research.</ref><br>  

*[[St. Louis Missouri Family History Center]] has [[Family History Center Portal|premium online services]] for free, can offer research suggestions, and can order genealogical microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref>[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 29 February 2016).</ref>

*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]]  

*[http://www.centralmethodist.edu/library/moumcarchive.php Missouri United Methodist Archives], Fayette, historical materials on Methodism in Missouri emphasizing ministers.  

*[[Ozarks Genealogical Society Library]], Springfield, has Missouri and other states, a large periodical collection, and special southern Missouri family records.</ref> <ref>[http://www.ozarksgs.org/index.php/research Research] in ''Ozarks Genealogical Society'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>  

*[[Springfield-Greene County Library Midtown]], for southern Missouri: censuses, church histories, directories, Civil War, online deaths 1910-1958, births, marriages, land, probate, cemeteries.</ref> <ref>[http://thelibrary.org/lochist/collections.cfm?aid=925{{amp}}lid=62 Guide to Local History and Genealogy Department Collections] in ''Springfield-Greene County Library District'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>  

*[[State Historical Society of Missouri]], Columbia, census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, historical manuscripts, and reference materials.</ref>

*[[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.</ref> <ref>[http://harrisoncountymuseum.org/our_collection Our Collection] in ''Harrison County Museum'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>