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:The Library of Congress site has a wonderful [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] page that links to more 60 collections, searchable by keyword or time period in a variety of media. | :The Library of Congress site has a wonderful [http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html American Memory] page that links to more 60 collections, searchable by keyword or time period in a variety of media. | ||
== Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest | == Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center == | ||
[[Image:Midwest Genealogy Center 1.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri]]'''[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]]'''<br>3440 S. Lee's Summit Road<br>Independence, MO 64055-1923<br>Telephone: 816-836-5200<br>Fax: 816-521-7253 <br>E-mail: [mailto:ge@mymcpl.org ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us]<br>Internet: [http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] | [[Image:Midwest Genealogy Center 1.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center in Independence, Missouri]]'''[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]]'''<br>3440 S. Lee's Summit Road<br>Independence, MO 64055-1923<br>Telephone: 816-836-5200<br>Fax: 816-521-7253 <br>E-mail: [mailto:ge@mymcpl.org ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us]<br>Internet: [http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Midwest Genealogy Center] | ||
: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. 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>[https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/mgc-information/about-mgc About the Midwest Genealogy Center] at ''Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogical Center'' (accessed 14 December 2021).</ref> | :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. 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>[https://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy/mgc-information/about-mgc About the Midwest Genealogy Center] at ''Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogical Center'' (accessed 14 December 2021).</ref> | ||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston]] | == [https://www.sar.org/library-about-us/ National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), Genealogical Research Library] == | ||
809 West Main St.<br>Louisville, KY 40202<br>Telephone: 502-589-1776<br>E-mail: https://www.sar.org/library_contact_form/<br>Internet: https://www.sar.org/ | |||
Catalog: https://www.sar.org/sar-library-catalog/ | |||
This national genealogical library houses over 55,000 items, including family histories, local, county and state records. The Library also houses an archival collection containing both institutional and Revolutionary period items. The SAR Library is a Family Search Affiliate library and also provides onsite patrons with FREE access to Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest, Fold3, and American Ancestors (NEHGS). The online [https://www.sar.org/sar-library-catalog/ catalog] allows you to see what is available - with many titles connected to e-book editions through their corresponding catalog record. | |||
'''The Library is open to the general public for $5 admission per day with FREE admission to Friends of the SAR Library (FOL); SAR members and their spouses; members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Children of the American Revolution (CAR), and Sons of the Revolution (SR).''' The SAR Library is a non-circulating, reference facility only. | |||
The library is currently operating '''''by appointment only''''', M-F, 9:30am-4:30pm.[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston]] | |||
== [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] == | == [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] == | ||
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[[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|thumb|right|right|280px|Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois]]60 West Walton Street<br> Chicago, IL 60610<br> Telephone: 312-255-3512<br>E-mail: [https://www./contact-librarian Contact a Librarian] form<br>Internet: [http://www./ Newberry Library] | [[Image:Newberry Library.jpg|thumb|right|right|280px|Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois]]60 West Walton Street<br> Chicago, IL 60610<br> Telephone: 312-255-3512<br>E-mail: [https://www./contact-librarian Contact a Librarian] form<br>Internet: [http://www./ Newberry Library] | ||
:A large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records many from Illinois, the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.<ref>[http://www./genealogy-and-local-history Genealogy and Local History] in ''The Newberry'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> They have over 17,000 printed genealogies. The collection is noteworthy for its colonial America, especially New England holdings. They have church, town, and county histories from all parts of the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. This includes a comprehensive set of New England town histories, and strong collection of county histories from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. Their Civil War unit histories collection is one of the best.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref> This library has research guides on various subjects related to genealogy and library holdings cataloged from 1978. See | :A large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records many from Illinois, the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.<ref>[http://www./genealogy-and-local-history Genealogy and Local History] in ''The Newberry'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> They have over 17,000 printed genealogies. The collection is noteworthy for its colonial America, especially New England holdings. They have church, town, and county histories from all parts of the United States, Canada, and the British Isles. This includes a comprehensive set of New England town histories, and strong collection of county histories from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states. Their Civil War unit histories collection is one of the best.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer, 39.</ref> This library has research guides on various subjects related to genealogy and library holdings cataloged from 1978. See | ||
:*[http://www./genealogy-collection-guides-and-research-tools Genealogy Collection Guides and Research Tools] for more information about the collections. ''<br>'' | :*[http://www./genealogy-collection-guides-and-research-tools Genealogy Collection Guides and Research Tools] for more information about the collections. ''<br>'' | ||
:*A surname index to genealogical periodicals and local history books in the Newberry Library was completed in 1915 and published as ''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''<ref>''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1960. {{WorldCat|83367401}} {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL films 928135–928137}} and {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL book 973 D22n vols. 1–4}}</ref> Since this index is old, be sure to use the [http://www./sites/default/files/textpage-attachments/Genealogical%20Index.pdf online guide sheet] to this collection before using the source. | :*A surname index to genealogical periodicals and local history books in the Newberry Library was completed in 1915 and published as ''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''<ref>''The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library''. Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1960. {{WorldCat|83367401}} {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL films 928135–928137}} and {{FHL|130151|item|disp=FHL book 973 D22n vols. 1–4}}</ref> Since this index is old, be sure to use the [http://www./sites/default/files/textpage-attachments/Genealogical%20Index.pdf online guide sheet] to this collection before using the source. | ||
== [[Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute]] == | == [[Ackman & Ziff Family Genealogy Institute]] == | ||