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'''Address:''' | '''Address:''' | ||
: | :Emerson History & Genealogy <br>Clark Family Branch<br>2nd Floor<br>1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd<br>St Louis, MO 63131-3598 | ||
'''Telephone:''' 314-994-3300<br> | '''Telephone:''' 314-994-3300<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:''' Monday-Thursday 9- | '''Hours and holidays:''' Monday-Thursday 9-8 ; Friday-Saturday 9-5 ; Sunday 1-5; closed on legal holidays--see [https://www.slcl.org/hours-and-locations Holiday closings] | ||
'''Map, parking, and public transportation:''' | '''Map, parking, and public transportation:''' | ||
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*'''''Tours.''''' Public tours of the department are given on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. | *'''''Tours.''''' Public tours of the department are given on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. | ||
*'''''Computer access.''''' There is a | *'''''Computer access.''''' There is a 60-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. ''''' | *'''''Microfilm readers. '''''3 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. | *'''''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. | ||
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*[https://www.stlgs.org/ St. Louis Genealogical Society] has a collection of 20,000 books, journals, maps, and CDs at the St. Louis County Library.<ref>[https://www.stlgs.org/ Home] in ''St. Louis Genealogical Society'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | *[https://www.stlgs.org/ St. Louis Genealogical Society] has a collection of 20,000 books, journals, maps, and CDs at the St. Louis County Library.<ref>[https://www.stlgs.org/ Home] in ''St. Louis Genealogical Society'' (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.<nowiki></ref></nowiki><br> | *[[St. Louis Mercantile Library]], early newspapers, railroads, inland waterways, county records, biographies, and genealogies. A premier library for Missouri research.<nowiki></ref></nowiki><br> | ||
*[ | *[https://locations.familysearch.org/en/search?qp=St.+Louis%2C+Missouri%2C+United+States&lat=38.627464&lng=-90.19835&r=25 St Louis FamilySearch Centers] have [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and can offer research guidance. | ||
*[[St. Louis Public Library]] has an Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006, family histories, passenger lists, Heritage Quest, and ''Gateway Family Historian'' publication.<ref>[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp Genealogists] in ''St. Louis Public Library'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref> | *[[St. Louis Public Library]] has an Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006, family histories, passenger lists, Heritage Quest, and ''Gateway Family Historian'' publication.<ref>[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117800.asp Genealogists] in ''St. Louis Public Library'' (accessed 3 February 2016).</ref> | ||
*[https://www.jfedstl.org/community-engagement/brodsky-library/our-collection/ Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library], St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books. | *[https://www.jfedstl.org/community-engagement/brodsky-library/our-collection/ Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library], St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books. | ||
Revision as of 11:53, 16 January 2025
Contact Information[edit | edit source]Email: genealogy@slcl.org Address:
Telephone: 314-994-3300 Hours and holidays: Monday-Thursday 9-8 ; 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.[1] 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, African American History Online, and Jewish Genealogy. 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
History & Genealogy at St. Louis County Library is a FamilySearch affiliate Library. Tips[edit | edit source]
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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
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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.
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Mixed City and County of St. Louis repositories:
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