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*[ | *[https://digital.shsmo.org/ State Historical Society of Missouri Digital Collections], index | ||
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=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Missouri === | === Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Missouri === | ||
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:One of America's most complete genealogical centers including censuses and indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers. Surrounding states are well represented.</ref> <ref>[http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> The [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center|Mid-Continent Public Library]] shares its genealogical materials through interlibrary loan.<br><br> | :One of America's most complete genealogical centers including censuses and indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers. Surrounding states are well represented.</ref> <ref>[http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> The [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center|Mid-Continent Public Library]] shares its genealogical materials through interlibrary loan.<br><br> | ||
[[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|right|250px|National Archives and Records Administration.jpg]]'''[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]'''<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br> Washington DC<br> Telephone: | [[Image:National Archives and Records Administration.jpg|right|250px|National Archives and Records Administration.jpg]]'''[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]]'''<br>700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW<br> Washington DC<br> Telephone: 1-866-272-6272<br> Fax: 301-837-0483<br> [http://archives.gov/ Website]<br>[http://www.archives.gov/ Email]<br><br> | ||
:Nationwide censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | :Nationwide censuses, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees. The National Archives Building in Washington, DC (Archives I), houses textual and microfilm records relating to genealogy, American Indians, pre-World War II military and naval-maritime matters, the New Deal, the District of Columbia, the Federal courts, and Congress.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref> <br><br> | ||
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*Bureau of Indian Affairs and other American Indian records | *Bureau of Indian Affairs and other American Indian records | ||
*Copies of federal census, military, federal land records, and immigration records | *Copies of federal census, military, federal land records, and immigration records | ||
*Specialties include frontier and territorial history, and American Indians of the Northern Great Plains.<ref>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)}}. {{ | *Specialties include frontier and territorial history, and American Indians of the Northern Great Plains.<ref>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)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
[[Image:StLouisNationalArchives.jpg|right|250px|StLouisNationalArchives.jpg]]'''[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]]''' <br>1 Archives Drive<br>St. Louis, MO 63138<br>Telephone: | [[Image:StLouisNationalArchives.jpg|right|250px|StLouisNationalArchives.jpg]]'''[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]]''' <br>1 Archives Drive<br>St. Louis, MO 63138<br>Telephone: 314-801-0800<br>Fax: 314-801-9195 <br>Email: [mailto:MPR.center@nara.gov MPR.center@nara.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ National Personnel Records Center]<br><br> | ||
:The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). It is the central repository for both the military and civil services personnel-related records. It maintains military personnel records for servicemen and servicewomen discharged from 1912 to 1952* (*i.e. 62 years after discharge). Use '''[http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html Standard Form SF-180]''' to order files. | :The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). It is the central repository for both the military and civil services personnel-related records. It maintains military personnel records for servicemen and servicewomen discharged from 1912 to 1952* (*i.e. 62 years after discharge). Use '''[http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/standard-form-180.html Standard Form SF-180]''' to order files. Records prior to WWI are in Washington, D.C.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.</ref> <ref>[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ National Archives at St. Louis] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 18 March 2014).</ref> | ||
=== State === | === State === | ||
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They provide online access to journals, photographs, newspapers, and oral histories telling the story of Missouri’s history, people, and culture.<br><br> | They provide online access to journals, photographs, newspapers, and oral histories telling the story of Missouri’s history, people, and culture.<br><br> | ||
'''[[Missouri History Museum Library]]'''<br>225 South Skinker Blvd (P.O. Box 11940)<br>St. Louis, MO 63112-0040<br>Telephone: 314-746-4500<br>Fax: 314-746-4548<br>[http://www.mohistory.org/ Website]<br> | '''[[Missouri History Museum Library]]'''<br>225 South Skinker Blvd (P.O. Box 11940)<br>St. Louis, MO 63112-0040<br>Telephone: 314-746-4500<br>Fax: 314-746-4548<br>[http://www.mohistory.org/ Website]<br> | ||
[mailto:library@mohistory.org/ Email]<br> | [mailto:library@mohistory.org/ Email]<br> | ||
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: | :[https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/county/croll Original county records] on microfilm. [https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/resources Research, Online Resources, Featured Collections, and Guides] | ||
:'''''Note:''''' | :'''''Note:''''' Records kept at the state capitol were lost by fires in 1837 and 1911. Several counties in Missouri have also lost records due to fire, war, and other destruction.<br><br> | ||
'''[[Missouri State Genealogical Association]]'''<br>P.O. Box 833<br>Columbia, MO 65205-0833<br>[http://www.mosga.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:webmanager@mosga.org/ Email]<br> | '''[[Missouri State Genealogical Association]]'''<br>P.O. Box 833<br>Columbia, MO 65205-0833<br>[http://www.mosga.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:webmanager@mosga.org/ Email]<br> | ||
:Sponsors events, conferences, Missouri First Families certificates, newsletters, a blog, MoSGA's ''Journal'', researchers, speakers, research links, and annual awards. | :Sponsors events, conferences, Missouri First Families certificates, newsletters, a blog, MoSGA's ''Journal'', researchers, speakers, research links, and annual awards. The MoSGA collection is part of the [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]] in Independence MO.<br> | ||
Surname Databases four databases with over 113,800 names.<br> | Surname Databases four databases with over 113,800 names.<br> | ||
MoSGA blog.<br><br> | MoSGA blog.<br><br> | ||
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[[Image:Missouri State Historical Society.jpg|right|250px|Missouri State Historical Society.jpg]]'''[[State Historical Society of Missouri]]'''<br>University of Missouri Ellis Library<br>1020 Lowry Street<br>Columbia, Missouri, 65201-7298<br>Telephone: 573-882-1187<br>Fax: 573-884-4950<br>[http://shs.umsystem.edu/ Website]<br>[mailto:shsofmo@umsystem.edu/ Email]<br> | [[Image:Missouri State Historical Society.jpg|right|250px|Missouri State Historical Society.jpg]]'''[[State Historical Society of Missouri]]'''<br>University of Missouri Ellis Library<br>1020 Lowry Street<br>Columbia, Missouri, 65201-7298<br>Telephone: 573-882-1187<br>Fax: 573-884-4950<br>[http://shs.umsystem.edu/ Website]<br>[mailto:shsofmo@umsystem.edu/ Email]<br> | ||
: | :[https://collections.shsmo.org/ Historical and genealogical collections] include with historic Missouri manuscripts and reference books, collection of 460,000 books, 500,000 manuscripts, 150,000 archival records, 2,900 maps, databases, art, census records, [https://digital.shsmo.org/ digital collections], newspapers, oral history, and photographs. This Society has [https://shsmo.org/visit research centers] at Cape Girardeau, Columbia, Kansas City, Rolla, St. Louis, and Springfield. | ||
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:OGS has substantial genealogy for southern Missouri, Missouri in general, other states, a large collection of genealogical periodicals, maps, family histories, and over one dozen special collections compiled by area researchers. Special Collections records focus on family histories with an emphasis in the southwest Missouri geographical area.<ref>[http://www.ozarksgs.org/index.php/research Research] in ''Ozarks Genealogical Society'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref><br><br> | :OGS has substantial genealogy for southern Missouri, Missouri in general, other states, a large collection of genealogical periodicals, maps, family histories, and over one dozen special collections compiled by area researchers. Special Collections records focus on family histories with an emphasis in the southwest Missouri geographical area.<ref>[http://www.ozarksgs.org/index.php/research Research] in ''Ozarks Genealogical Society'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref><br><br> | ||
'''[[St. Louis County Library]]'''<br> | '''[[St. Louis County Library]]'''<br>Emerson History & Genealogy<br>Clark Family Branch<br>2nd Floor<br>1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd<br>St Louis, MO 63131-3598<br>Telephone: 314-994-3300<br>[https://www.slcl.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:genealogy@slcl.org/ Email] | ||
:The St. Louis County Library genealogical collection has 85,000 print items, 9,500 family histories, 850 periodical titles, 40,000 microfilm rolls, and many electronic databases. Their emphasis is on St. Louis, Missouri, and states and foreign countries that fed migration into Missouri, including New England states, the 13 colonies, and many foreign countries. Military history, African American, and other ethnic sources are well represented. Record types include online databases, federal censuses, births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks.[2] | :The St. Louis County Library genealogical collection has 85,000 print items, 9,500 family histories, 850 periodical titles, 40,000 microfilm rolls, and many electronic databases. Their emphasis is on St. Louis, Missouri, and states and foreign countries that fed migration into Missouri, including New England states, the 13 colonies, and many foreign countries. Military history, African American, and other ethnic sources are well represented. Record types include online databases, federal censuses, births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks.[2] | ||
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=== Outside Missouri === | === Outside Missouri === | ||
[[Image:Old Harrison Co Courthouse in Marshall, TX.JPG|right|250px|Old Harrison Co Courthouse in Marshall, TX.JPG]]'''[[Harrison County Historical Museum|Harrison County Historical Museum]]''' <br> Old Harrison County Courthouse <br>117 East Bowie (P.O. Box 1987) <br>Marshall, Texas 75671<br>Telephone: | [[Image:Old Harrison Co Courthouse in Marshall, TX.JPG|right|250px|Old Harrison Co Courthouse in Marshall, TX.JPG]]'''[[Harrison County Historical Museum|Harrison County Historical Museum]]''' <br> Old Harrison County Courthouse <br>117 East Bowie (P.O. Box 1987) <br>Marshall, Texas 75671<br>Telephone: 903-938-2680 <br>[http://www.harrisoncountymuseum.org/ Website]<br>[mailto:info@harrisoncountymuseum.org/ Email]<br> | ||
:A key repository for locating selected early '''''Missouri | :A key repository for locating selected early '''''Missouri ''''' and '''''Texas ''''' settlers. This was a center for Missouri Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It has a great collection of family folders, books, letters, diaries, journals, and surname lists.<br><br> | ||
'''Miami, Oklahoma''' also has significant association with southern | '''Miami, Oklahoma''' also has significant association with southern Missouri heritage and genealogy. | ||
[[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|right|250px|Newberry Library.jpg]]'''[[Newberry Library|Newberry Library]]''' <br>60 West Waltron Street <br>Chicago, Illinois 60610<br>Telephone: 312-255-3512<br>Newberry<br>[http://www./ Website]<br>[mailto:genealogy@/ Email]<br> | [[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|right|250px|Newberry Library.jpg]]'''[[Newberry Library|Newberry Library]]''' <br>60 West Waltron Street <br>Chicago, Illinois 60610<br>Telephone: 312-255-3512<br>Newberry<br>[http://www./ Website]<br>[mailto:genealogy@/ Email]<br> | ||
:Over 17,000 printed genealogies. Their collection is strong for colonial America, especially New England, including local histories from all over the United States, Canada, and Britain. Outstanding county history collection for the '''''Midwest | :Over 17,000 printed genealogies. Their collection is strong for colonial America, especially New England, including local histories from all over the United States, Canada, and Britain. Outstanding county history collection for the '''''Midwest ''''' and Mid-Atlantic states. The Civil War collection is one of the best in America.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref> | ||
=== FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries === | === FamilySearch Affiliate Libraries === | ||
{{FS_AfLib|Name=Cass County Public Library|Address=400 East Mechanic St|Address2=|City=Harrisonville|State=MO|PostCode=64701|URL=}} | {{FS_AfLib|Name=Cass County Public Library|Address=400 East Mechanic St|Address2=|City=Harrisonville|State=MO|PostCode=64701|URL=}} | ||