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===Contact Information=== | |||
'''Email:''' [mailto:genealogy@slcl.org genealogy@slcl.org] <br> | |||
'''Address:''' | |||
:St. Louis County Library Headquarters<br>Tier 5 (top floor)<br>1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd.<br>St. Louis, MO 63131 | |||
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'''Telephone:''' 314-994-3300<br> | |||
'''Hours and holidays:''' Monday-Thursday 9-9 ; 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:''' | |||
:*'''''Google map: ''''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Louis+County+Library/@38.63016,-90.405112,13z/data=!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x87d8cce775ef310b:0x1695044a233dfcdf!2s1640+S+Lindbergh+Blvd,+St+Louis,+MO+63131!3b1!3m1!1s0x87df3341f8659a2f:0x90da3e5082faae12?hl=en-US St. Louis County Library] | |||
:*'''''Parking: ''''' The library has a large, free, well-lit parking lot. | |||
:*'''''Public transportation: ''''' [http://www.metrostlouis.org/Default.aspx Metro Transit-St. Louis] bus route | |||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | |||
*[https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy St. Louis County Library History and Genealogy]--information about holdings, planning a visit, security policies, indexes and finding aids, library databases, ''PastPorts'' e-newsletter, forms, look-ups and other services. | |||
*[https://slouc.na2.iiivega.com/ St. Louis County Library Catalog] online. Search by keyword, author, title, subject, call number, periodical, or ISBN.<br> | |||
===Collection Description=== | |||
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.<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> | |||
H&G holdings include materials from the [https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/free-resources/book-loan-collection/ National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection], the [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society Collection], the [https://slcl.libguides.com/c.php?g=1283149&p=9418492 Julius K. Hunter and Friends African American Research Collection], [https://www.slcl.org/resources/african-american-history-online African American History Online], and [https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy/jewish-genealogy 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 | |||
*One of the largest collections of ''Ortssippenbücher / Ortsfamilienbücher'' in the U.S. Volumes cover villages and towns in Germany, Alsace-Lorraine, and Banat. | |||
*A complete set of parish records for Canton Bern, Switzerland on 850 microfilm rolls. | |||
*More than 800 books of memorial inscriptions for Scottish cemeteries. | |||
*Materials for research in England and Ireland. | |||
History & Genealogy at St. Louis County Library is a FamilySearch affiliate Library. | |||
===Tips=== | |||
*'''''Tours.''''' Public tours of the department are given on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. | |||
*'''''Computer access.''''' There is a 30-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. '''''12 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. | |||
===Guides=== | |||
*[https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy Online guide to St. Louis sources in the History and Genealogy Department]. Highlights sources in the collection pertaining to St. Louis-area research. | |||
*[https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy/online-guide-st-louis-sources Online Guide to St. Louis Sources]. Links to finding aids, indexes, and guides to library holdings arranged by topic. | |||
===Planning a research visit=== | |||
The [https://www.slcl.org/research-learn/genealogy St. Louis County Library History & Genealogy website] offers helpful information about using the collection and planning a research visit. | |||
===Alternate Repositories=== | |||
If you cannot visit or find a source via the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | |||
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | |||
*[[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>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> <ref name="MGCAbout">[https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/mgc-information/about-mgc About the Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 14 December 2021).</ref> | |||
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<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> | |||
*[[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. | |||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | |||
*[[State Historical Society of Missouri]], Columbia, census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, historical manuscripts, and reference materials.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> | |||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | |||
''<u>St. Louis CITY offices</u>: '' 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)}}. {{FSC|1185723|item|disp=FS Library 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)}}. {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library 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> | |||
*[https://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> | |||
''<u>St. Louis COUNTY offices</u>:'' | |||
:*[http://www.stlouisco.com/HealthandWellness/BirthandDeathCertificates St. Louis County Office of Vital Records], Berkeley, has all Missouri births since 1920, St. Louis ''County only'' births 1883-1910; all MO deaths since 1980, and St. Louis ''County only'' deaths 1883-1910.<ref name="Eichholz" /> <ref name="SLCHW" /> | |||
:*[http://www.stlouisco.com/YourGovernment/CountyCouncil/CountyClerk St. Louis County Clerk], Clayton, has births 1877-1910.<ref name="HBG" /> <ref>[http://www.stlouisco.com/YourGovernment/CountyCouncil/CountyClerk St. Louis County Clerk] in ''St. Louis County, Missouri'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | |||
:*[http://www.stlouisco.com/LawandPublicSafety/CircuitCourt/CircuitClerk St. Louis <u>County</u> Recorder of Deeds], Clayton, has marriages and land records since 1876, and military discharges. Marriage, court, and land records of St. Louis County '''prior to 1876 are only available''' via the [https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/recorder/ St. Louis <u>City</u> Recorder of Deeds and Vital Records Registrar].<ref name="Eichholz" /> | |||
:*[http://www.stlouisco.com/LawandPublicSafety/CircuitCourt/ St. Louis County Circuit Court Clerk], Clayton, has court records since 1876, and divorces.<ref name="HBG" /> <ref>[http://www.stlouisco.com/LawandPublicSafety/CircuitCourt/ St. Louis County Circuit Court Clerk] in ''St. Louis County, Missouri'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | |||
:*[http://www.stlouisco.com/YourGovernment/CountyDepartments/StLouisCountyCircuitCourt/probatecourt St. Louis County Probate Court], Clayton, has probate records and an online index.<ref>[http://www.stlouisco.com/YourGovernment/CountyDepartments/StLouisCountyCircuitCourt/probatecourt St. Louis County Probate Court] in ''St. Louis County, Missouri'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | |||
:*[http://www.stlouisco.com/HealthandWellness/MedicalExaminer St. Louis County Office of the Medical Examiner], St. Louis, has selected death records.<ref>[http://www.stlouisco.com/HealthandWellness/MedicalExaminer St. Louis County Office of the Medical Examiner] in ''St. Louis County, Missouri'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | |||
''<u>Mixed City and County of St. Louis repositories</u>:'' | |||
*[https://www.claytonmo.gov/community/clayton-community-foundation/history/clayton-history-archives Clayton History Archives], Clayton, collects artifacts and documents.<ref>[https://www.claytonmo.gov/community/clayton-community-foundation/history/clayton-history-archives Clayton History Archives] (accessed 3 Aug 2021).</ref> | |||
*[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. | |||
*[http://www.gahs-stlouis.org/ German American Heritage Society of St. Louis] exploring and preserving heritage.<ref>[http://www.gahs-stlouis.org/ German American Heritage Society of St. Louis] (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.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> | |||
*[[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> | |||
*[http://archstl.org/archives Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Archives and Records] parish christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths. | |||
*[http://www.stl-aahgs.com/ St. Louis African American History and Genealogy Society] collects, preserves, and publishes genealogical and historical records.<ref>[http://www.stl-aahgs.com/ Home] in ''St. Louis African American History and Genealogy 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 Missouri FamilySearch Center]] has [[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> | |||
*[https://www.jfedstl.org/community-engagement/brodsky-library/our-collection/ Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library], St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books. | |||
*[http://www.moep.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri], St. Louis, civil/criminal/bankruptcy court records.<ref>[http://www.moep.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri] (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref> | |||
''<u>Outside of St. Louis</u>:'' | |||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Missouri: ''''' [[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: '' [[St. Louis City, Missouri|St. Louis City]], '''''counties in Illinois: '''''[[Madison County, Illinois Genealogy|Madison]], [[Monroe County, Illinois Genealogy|Monroe]], and [[St. Clair County, Illinois Genealogy|St. Clair]] | |||
*[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. | |||
*[[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> | |||
*[[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 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. | |||
*[[Ozarks Genealogical Society Library]], Springfield, has Missouri and other states, a large periodical collection, and special southern Missouri family records.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> <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.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> <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> | |||
*[[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> | |||
''<u>Outside of Missouri</u>:'' | |||
*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.<nowiki></ref></nowiki> <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, eastern seaboard, Canada, and Britain.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref> | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 22 April 2024
Contact Information[edit | edit source]Email: genealogy@slcl.org Address:
Telephone: 314-994-3300 Hours and holidays: Monday-Thursday 9-9 ; 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]
Guides[edit | edit source]
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
Similar Collections
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.
St. Louis COUNTY offices:
Mixed City and County of St. Louis repositories:
Outside of St. Louis:
Outside of Missouri:
Sources[edit | edit source]
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