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[[File:Midwest Genealogy Center 1.jpg|thumb|right|480px|<center>Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri</center>]]
=== Contact Information ===
 
===Contact Information===


'''Email:''' [mailto:mgc@mymcpl.org mgc@mymcpl.org]  
'''E-mail:''' [mailto:ge@mymcpl.org ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us]  


'''Address:'''
'''Address:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou">Mid-Continenet Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center "Directions and Hours" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/hrsdir.htm (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref>


:3440 S. Lee's Summit Road<br>
:3440 S. Lee's Summit Road<br>
:Independence, MO 64055-1923<br><br>
:Independence, MO 64055-1923<br><br>


'''Telephone:''' 816-252-7228<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou" /> &nbsp;816-252-7228<br>


'''Hours:''' Mon-Sat; 10a-8p; Sun 1-8p<br>  
'''Hours:'''<ref name="MGCDirHou" /> &nbsp;Mon-Thurs 9-9; Fri 9-6; Sat 9-5; Sun 1-5<br>


:[https://www.mymcpl.org/library-information/using-mcpl/holiday-closings Holiday closings]
:[http://www.mymcpl.org/about-us/holiday-hours Holiday closings]


'''[https://goo.gl/maps/6BVP4iTtoNTusEJf8 Directions and maps]'''  
'''[http://maps.google.com/?q=39.056211+-94.389870+%283440+S.+Lee%27s+Summit+Road%2C+Independence%2C+MO%2C+64055-1923%2C+us%29 Directions and maps]'''  


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


*[http://midwestgenealogycenter.org Midwest Genealogy Center Internet site], map, collection, directions, floor plans, genealogical resources, catalog.{{WC}}
*[http://www.midwestgenealogycenter.org Midwest Genealogy Center Internet site], map, collection, directions, floor plans, genealogical resources, catalog.<br>
*[http://www.mymcpl.org/catalog MCPL catalog online] search by words or phrase, author, title, subject, or series, and in [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat]. <br>
*[http://www.mymcpl.org/catalog MCPL catalog online] search by words or phrase, author, title, subject, or series.<br>
*[https://www.mymcpl.org/research-and-learning/research-databases?interest_areas=483 MGC genealogy databases], Access NewspaperARCHIVE, African American Biographical Database, America's GenealogyBank, America's Obituaries &amp; Death Notices, American Ancestors, American Civil War Research Database, Ancestry Library Edition, Archive Finder, Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Confederate Newspapers, Digital Sanborn maps, Findmypast, HeritageQuest, ProQuest Obituaries. Additional databases useful for genealogical research are available in other categories, including history, biography, geography, and newspapers.<br>
*[http://www.mymcpl.org/online-resources/research-databases/Genealogy MGC genealogy databases], America's GenealogyBank, Obituaries &amp; Death Notices, Ancestry, Archive Finder, Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Footnote, Sanborn maps, HeritageQuest, ProQuest Obituaries. &nbsp;Additional databases useful for genealogical research are available in other categories, including history, biography, geography, and newspapers.<br>
*[https://www.mymcpl.org/research-and-learning/research-databases?interest_areas=540 MGC history databases], 279 databases, of which 272 are available remotely with a MCPL library card.<br>
*[http://www.mymcpl.org/online-resources/research-databases/History MGC history databases], 279 databases, of which 272 are available remotely with a MCPL library card.<br>


===Collection Description===
=== Collection Description ===


Significant holdings include all [[United States Census|federal censuses 1790-1930]] and many indexes, [[Missouri Land and Property|federal land sales in Missouri]] 1818-1903, the [[Tennessee History#The_Draper_Manuscript_Collection|Draper Manuscript Collection]], [[Kentucky Taxation|Kentucky tax records]], Missouri State Penitentiary Records 1836-1931, papers of the St. Louis fur trade, [[African American Slavery and Bondage#Finding_plantation_records|''Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations'']], indexes and [[Compiled Service Records|Compiled Service Records]] of MO Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers, Civil War [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865#Union_Unit_Histories|Union]] and [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865#Confederate_Unit_Histories|Confederate unit histories]], selected [[US Immigration Passenger Arrival Records|passenger arrival lists]], Native American sources, partial state vital records for AL, AR, CA, GA, IL, IN, KY, OR, TX, WA, Massachusetts original town records, city directories, the ''Independence Examiner'', and ''Kansas City Star and Times'', other newspapers (primarily Missouri), ''American Biographical Archives'', ''Black Biographical Dictionaries'', ''UMI Genealogy and Local History Series'', and the ''United States Serial Set''.<ref name="MGCAbout" />  
Significant holdings include all [[United States Census|federal censuses 1790-1930]] and many indexes, [[Missouri Land and Property|federal land sales in Missouri]] 1818-1903, the [[Tennessee History#The_Draper_Manuscript_Collection|Draper Manuscript Collection]], [[Kentucky Taxation|Kentucky tax records]], Missouri State Penitentiary Records 1836-1931, papers of the St. Louis fur trade, [[African American Slavery and Bondage#Finding_plantation_records|''Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations'']], indexes and [[Compiled Service Records|Compiled Service Records]] of MO Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers, Civil War [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865#Union_Unit_Histories|Union]] and [[United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865#Confederate_Unit_Histories|Confederate unit histories]], selected [[US Immigration Passenger Arrival Records|passenger arrival lists]], Native American sources, partial state vital records for AL, AR, CA, GA, IL, IN, KY, OR, TX, WA, Massachusetts original town records, city directories, the ''Independence Examiner'', and ''Kansas City Star and Times'', other newspapers (primarily Missouri),&nbsp;''American Biographical Archives'', ''Black Biographical Dictionaries'', ''UMI Genealogy and Local History Series'', and the ''United States Serial Set''.<ref name="MGCAbout" />  


The Midwest Genealogy Center, a branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library, opened in 2008 with 52,000 square feet on two floors. The collection covers the entire United States and includes over 80,000 family history books, 100,000 local history items, 565,000 microfilms and microfiches, and 7,000 maps. The center also has an extensive newspaper clipping file and thousands of family name files. Their collection has been built up with donations from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Independence Library's Missouri county histories, American Family Records Association (AFRA), Missouri State Genealogical Association, Heart of America Genealogical Society, Gann Family Association, and former area [https://www.familysearch.org/centers/locations/ FamilySearch centers].<ref name="MGCAbout">Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogical Center "About the Midwest Genealogy Center" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref> The Midwest Genealogy Center averages about 10,000 customers per year.  
The Midwest Genealogy Center, a branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library, opened in 2008 with 52,000 square feet on two floors. The collection covers the entire United States and includes over 80,000 family history books, 100,000 local history items, 565,000 microfilms and microfiches, and 7,000 maps. The center also has an extensive newspaper clipping file and thousands of family name files. Their collection has been built up with donations from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Independence Library's Missouri county histories,&nbsp;American Family Records Association (AFRA),&nbsp;Missouri State Genealogical Association,&nbsp;Heart of America Genealogical Society, Gann Family Association, and a former [[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Family History Center]].<ref name="MGCAbout">Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogical Center "About the Midwest Genealogy Center" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref> The Midwest Genealogy Center averages about 325 patrons a day.  


===Tips===
=== Tips ===


*Schedule an [https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/resources/appointments appointment with at genealogy expert] at 816-252-7228 or email [mailto:mgc@mymcpl.org mgc@mymcpl.org].
*Schedule an [http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/appointment-genealogy-expert appointment with at genealogy expert] at 816-252-7228 or e-mail [mailto:ge@mymcpl.org ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us].  
*Groups are welcome, but please give advance notice.
*Groups are welcome, but please give advance notice.


===Alternate Repositories===
=== Alternate Repositories ===


If you cannot visit or find a record at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.  
If you cannot visit or find a record at the&nbsp;'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar record may be available at one of the following.  


'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>


*[http://www.mymcpl.org Mid-Continent Public Library] parent library system of the Midwest Genealogy Center, Jackson County, Missouri.<br>
*[http://www.mymcpl.org Mid-Continent Public Libary] parent library system of the Midwest Genealogy Center, Jackson County, Missouri.<br>
*[http://www.mymcpl.org/locations Mid-Continent Public Libraries branches], 30 branches in Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties, Missouri.<br>
*[http://www.mymcpl.org/locations MCPL branches] - 30 branches in Jackson, Clay, and Platte counties, Missouri.<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>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 67. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>


*[[Allen County Public Library]], Ft. Wayne IN, has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref><br>
*[http://www.slcl.org/branches/hq/sc/sc-genpg.htm St. Louis County Library], a Missouri collection including the St. Louis Genealogical Society, and the National Genealogical Society, online databases, federal censuses, African American records, &amp; access to LDS microfilms.<br>
*[[Dallas Public Central Library]], outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including '''Missouri''', Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref><br>
*[[Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<br>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, censuses, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 1 and 109.</ref><br>
*[http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/overview.html Newberry Library] a large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, &amp; British Isles.<br>
*[[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>
*[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.  
*[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, and tax abstracts in book form, or microfilm of originals for some states, and online databases.


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>


*[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.slfp.com/ForestParkMHS.htm Missouri Historical Society] has regional history sources, St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the Louisiana Purchase, American West: indexes, guides, catalogs, photos, genealogy workshops.
*[http://www.16thcircuit.org/ Jackson County Courthouse], Kansas City, local civil, criminal, and probate records since 1828.<ref name="Red" /><br>
*[http://shs.umsystem.edu/research/index.shtml State Historical Society of Missouri] census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, manuscripts.  
*[http://www.jacohd.org/Services_Certificates.aspx Jackson County Health Department], Independence, Jackson County birth certificates since 1920.<ref name="VR" />
*[http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/ Missouri State Archives] in Springfield has court, land, military, death records, federal censuses, county and municipal records, photos, penitetiary, and manuscript records. Death records have been digitized and indexed.  
*[http://www.jchs.org/ Jackson County Historical Society], Independence, title abstracts, diaries, letters, 2000 books, business ledgers, census, city directories, court, election, tax, vital records, plat maps, newspapers, periodicals, photos, subject indexes.
*[http://www.mosga.org/ Missouri State Genealogical Association] has donated their books the the Midwest Genealogy Center.  
*[http://jacksongov.org/151/Medical-Examiner Jackson County Medical Examiner], Kansas City, suspicious deaths.
*[http://www.jchs.org/ Jackson County Historical Society] title abstracts, diaries, letters, 2000 books, business ledgers, census, city directories, court, election, tax, vital records, plat maps, newspapers, periodicals, photos, subject indexes.  
*[http://jacksongov.org/267/Recorder-of-Deeds Jackson County Recorder of Deeds], Kansas City, marriage and land records since 1827.<ref name="Red">Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Ancestry's Red Book : American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Salt Lake City, UT : Ancestry Pub., 2004), 394. {{WorldCat|779185438}}; {{FSC|611946|item|disp=FamilySearch Catalog}}</ref>
*[http://www.mow.uscourts.gov/ United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri], federal court records.  
*[http://kcmo.gov/health/birth-and-death-certificates/ Kansas City Health Department], Kansas City birth certificates; deaths 1874-1909.<ref name="VR" />
*Jackson County Courthouse, [http://www.16thcircuit.org/ 16th Circuit Court] local civil, criminal, and probate records.<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>
*[http://www.slpl.org/slpl/gateways/article240117856.asp St. Louis Public Library] obituaries, passenger lists, family histories, and HeritageQuest online.  
*[http://www.mow.uscourts.gov/ United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri], Kansas City, recent federal civil, criminal, and bankruptcy court records.
*[http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/ National Archives, Kansas City Branch] federal censuses 1790–1930; selected military service indexes, pension indexes, passenger lists, and naturalizations. Free computers for Ancestry, Heritage Quest, or Footnote.<br>
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' '''in Missouri:''' [[Cass County, Missouri|Cass]], [[Clay County, Missouri|Clay]], [[Johnson County, Missouri|Johnson]], [[Lafayette County, Missouri|Lafayette]], [[Platte County, Missouri|Platte]], [[Ray County, Missouri|Ray]], '''in Kansas:''' [[Johnson County, Kansas|Johnson]], and [[Wyandotte County, Kansas|Wyandotte]].
*[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ NARA National Personnel Records Center], St. Louis, government and military personnel records starting 1917.<br>
*[http://www.lutheranhistory.org/ Concordia Historical Institute], St. Louis, Department of Archives and History of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
*[http://www.diocesemo.org/ministries/diocesan/communications/diocesan-archives/ Episcopal Diocese of Missouri Archives], St. Louis, a library, extensive document and photograph collections, and parish registers.
*[[Missouri Bureau of Vital Records]], Jefferson City, central registry of Missouri births and deaths since 1910; marriages and divorces since 1948.<ref>[http://health.mo.gov/data/vitalrecords/ Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Information] in ''Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services'' (accessed 3 March 2016).</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.<nowiki></ref></nowiki>
*[[Missouri State Archives]], Jefferson City, has court, land, military, death records, federal censuses, county and municipal records, photos, penitentiary, and manuscript records. Birth and death record index since 1883 is online; birth records 1883-1895; marriages 1827-1937.<ref name="VR">[http://www.kclibrary.org/kchistory/vital-records Vital Records] in ''Kansas City Public Library'' (accessed 2 Feb 2016).</ref>
*[https://centralmethodist.edu/academics/library/missouri-united-methodist-archives.html Missouri United Methodist Archives], Fayette, historical materials on Methodism in Missouri emphasizing ministers.
*[[National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)]], St. Louis, federal government employee and military personnel records starting 1917.<ref name="DB134">Dollarhide and Bremer, 134.</ref><br>
*[[Ozarks Genealogical Society Library]], Springfield, has Missouri and other states, a large periodical collection, and special southern Missouri family records.
*[http://archstl.org/archives Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Archives and Records] parish christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths.
*[[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, and yearbooks.
*[[St. Louis Mercantile Library]], early newspapers, railroads, inland waterways, county records, biographies, and genealogies. A premier library for Missouri research.<br>
*[[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>
*[http://brodskylibrary.org/collection.php Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library], St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books.
*[[Springfield-Greene County Library Center]], for southern Missouri: censuses, church histories, directories, Civil War, online deaths 1910-1958, births, marriages, land, probate, cemeteries.<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.
*[[Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library]], Republic, find ancestors who served in the U.S. Civil War.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/wicr/planyourvisit/library.htm The Hulston Library] in ''Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Missouri'' in ''National Park Service'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref>
*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 ''''' and Texas settlers. A major center for MO Confederates. Family folders, books, letters, diaries, journals, surname lists.<ref>[http://harrisoncountymuseum.org/our_collection Our Collection] in ''Harrison County Museum'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>


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Revision as of 19:08, 13 September 2011

Mid-Continent Public Library
Midwest Genealogy Center
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri.
Midwest Genealogy Center interior.

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail: ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us

Address:[1]

3440 S. Lee's Summit Road
Independence, MO 64055-1923

Telephone:[1]  816-252-7228

Hours:[1]  Mon-Thurs 9-9; Fri 9-6; Sat 9-5; Sun 1-5

Holiday closings

Directions and maps

Internet sites and databases:

  • Midwest Genealogy Center Internet site, map, collection, directions, floor plans, genealogical resources, catalog.
  • MCPL catalog online search by words or phrase, author, title, subject, or series.
  • MGC genealogy databases, America's GenealogyBank, Obituaries & Death Notices, Ancestry, Archive Finder, Biography and Genealogy Master Index, Footnote, Sanborn maps, HeritageQuest, ProQuest Obituaries.  Additional databases useful for genealogical research are available in other categories, including history, biography, geography, and newspapers.
  • MGC history databases, 279 databases, of which 272 are available remotely with a MCPL library card.

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Significant holdings include all federal censuses 1790-1930 and many indexes, federal land sales in Missouri 1818-1903, the Draper Manuscript Collection, Kentucky tax records, Missouri State Penitentiary Records 1836-1931, papers of the St. Louis fur trade, Records of Antebellum Southern Plantations, indexes and Compiled Service Records of MO Union and Confederate Civil War soldiers, Civil War Union and Confederate unit histories, selected passenger arrival lists, Native American sources, partial state vital records for AL, AR, CA, GA, IL, IN, KY, OR, TX, WA, Massachusetts original town records, city directories, the Independence Examiner, and Kansas City Star and Times, other newspapers (primarily Missouri), American Biographical Archives, Black Biographical Dictionaries, UMI Genealogy and Local History Series, and the United States Serial Set.[2]

The Midwest Genealogy Center, a branch of the Mid-Continent Public Library, opened in 2008 with 52,000 square feet on two floors. The collection covers the entire United States and includes over 80,000 family history books, 100,000 local history items, 565,000 microfilms and microfiches, and 7,000 maps. The center also has an extensive newspaper clipping file and thousands of family name files. Their collection has been built up with donations from the Daughters of the American Revolution, Independence Library's Missouri county histories, American Family Records Association (AFRA), Missouri State Genealogical Association, Heart of America Genealogical Society, Gann Family Association, and a former Family History Center.[2] The Midwest Genealogy Center averages about 325 patrons a day.

Tips[edit | edit source]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a record at the Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

Similar Collections

  • St. Louis County Library, a Missouri collection including the St. Louis Genealogical Society, and the National Genealogical Society, online databases, federal censuses, African American records, & access to LDS microfilms.
  • Allen County Public Library (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.
  • Newberry Library a large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, & British Isles.
  • Family History Library, Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, Mormon records.
  • Dallas Public Central Library 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, and tax abstracts in book form, or microfilm of originals for some states, and online databases.

Neighboring Collections

 Wikipedia has more about this subject: Mid-Continent Public Library

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mid-Continenet Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center "Directions and Hours" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/hrsdir.htm (accessed 5 May 2010).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogical Center "About the Midwest Genealogy Center" at http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm (accessed 5 May 2010).
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