St. Louis Mercantile Library: Difference between revisions

'''E-mail:''' &nbsp;[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/research/research-request.html Reference/Research Request Form] <br>  

'''Address:'''<ref name="HM">[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/about-the-library/index.html History and Mission] in ''UMSL St. Louis Mercantile Library'' (accessed 25 March 2016).</ref>  

'''Telephone:'''<ref name="HM" /> &nbsp;314-516-7240 or 314-516-7247 <br>'''Fax:''' &nbsp;314-516-7241<br>  

'''Hours and holidays:''' &nbsp;[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/about-the-library/hours.html Library hours and holidays]<br>  

:*'''''Google map:&nbsp;''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Saint+Louis+Mercantile+Library/@38.7161424,-90.3228521,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87df3590f8868a85:0x10d432662b8d71f1 St. Louis Mercantile Library]

:*'''''Public transportation:&nbsp;''''' The [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx Metro Transit-St. Louis] bus route '''[http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrobus_Maps/Map04031416.pdf 4-Natural Bridge]''' stop (Natural Bridge @ University) is 1100&nbsp;feet south of the Library. The '''Metro Link train [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Libraries/Metrolink_Station_Schedules/UMNO112612.pdf UMSL North]''' stop is 1750&nbsp;feet northeast of the Library. The '''''North Hanley Transit Center&nbsp;''''' a mile to the northwest connects bus routes '''4-Natural Bridge''', 35, 37, 38, 39, 47, 49, 61, 77, 79, 98, and the '''Metro Link train'''.

The Mercantile Library has been from its inception a membership library, with members today having access to millions of books in the [http://catalog.missouri.edu/ University of Missouri's catalog] (also available in [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat]). Mercantile Library members are also entitled to other benifits, including special lectures, openings of special exhibitions of the collections, receptions, informal talks and discounts on library services and publications.<br>

*[http://www.umsl.edu/mercantile/John%20W.%20Barriger%20III%20National%20Railroad%20Library/index.html John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library]

*[[National Archives at Kansas City]], MO, records of federal agencies and courts for '''''Iowa, Kansas, Missouri''''', and '''''Nebraska''''', censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, military records.<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>[http://www.archives.gov/kansas-city/ National Archives at Kansas City] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 5 March 2014).</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.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>

*[http://www.claytonhistorysociety.org/ Clayton Historical Society], Clayton, collects artifacts and documents.<ref>[http://www.claytonhistorysociety.org/ Clayton Historical Society] (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>  

*[[Missouri History Museum Library]], St. Louis, has regional history sources, St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the Louisiana Purchase, American West: indexes, guides, catalogs, photos, genealogy workshops. Many records of Missouri settlers from Illinois.<ref name="DB67" />

*[[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>

*[[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>

*[http://brodskylibrary.org/collection.php Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library], St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books.  

*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]]  

*[[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" /> <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>  

*[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 name="DB67" /> <ref>[http://www.ozarksgs.org/index.php/research Research] in ''Ozarks Genealogical Society'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>  

*[[Springfield-Greene County Library Center]], for southern Missouri: censuses, church histories, directories, Civil War, online deaths 1910-1958, births, marriages, land, probate, cemeteries.<ref name="DB67" /> <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 name="DB67" />

*[[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 name="DB67" /> <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, '''''Missouri&nbsp;''''', eastern seaboard, Canada, and Britain.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref>