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=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
*George Gambrill, ''Genealogical Material and Local Histories in the St. Louis Public Library, Rev. ed.'' (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Public Library, 1965) {{WorldCat|432954|item|disp=At various libraries (Worldcat)}}. {{ | *George Gambrill, ''Genealogical Material and Local Histories in the St. Louis Public Library, Rev. ed.'' (St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Public Library, 1965) {{WorldCat|432954|item|disp=At various libraries (Worldcat)}}. {{FSC|237839|item|disp=FS Library Film 928060 items 7-8; Book 977.866 A3s}}. | ||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''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}}; {{ | *[[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}}; {{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 15 December 2021).</ref><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>Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</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.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 67.</ref> | ||
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''<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. | ''<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)}}. {{ | *[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>''Handybook for Genealogists : United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, UT : Everton Publishers, 2002), 406. {{WorldCat|50140092|item|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | *[http://stlouis-mo.gov/data/address-search/index.cfm St. Louis City Assessor] has real estate and property tax records.<ref>''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>[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> | *[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>[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> | ||
*[http://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> | *[http://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> | ||
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Collection Description[edit | edit source]The St. Louis Public Library has an on-line Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006. They also have hundreds of published family histories, passenger lists, and access to the Heritage Quest database. The Gateway Family Historian is published by the Library.[3] Guides[edit | edit source]
Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at the St. Louis Public 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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