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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> |
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| [[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> | | [[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> |
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| :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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| *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> | | *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> |
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| [[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>E-mail: [mailto:MPR.center@nara.gov MPR.center@nara.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ National Personnel Records Center]<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: 314-801-0800<br>Fax: 314-801-9195 <br>E-mail: [mailto:MPR.center@nara.gov MPR.center@nara.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ National Personnel Records Center]<br><br> |
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| :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> | | :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> |
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| from all counties (61,000 reels), municipal records, 400,000 [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/photo.asp photos], 9000 maps, [http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/ censuses 1752-1940], [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/JudicialRecords/ court], [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/land.asp land], [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/military military], [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/mormon.asp Missouri Mormon War], and [http://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/msp/ penitentiary] records. Additional databases include [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/BirthDeath/ births/deaths pre-1910], [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/coroners/ coroners inquests], [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/land/ land patents 1831-1969], and [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/naturalization/ naturalizations 1816-1955].<ref>[https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/resources.asp#collection Research Room] in ''Missouri Secretary of State'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>[[Image:Fire.png|right|42px|Fire.png]]<br> | | from all counties (61,000 reels), municipal records, 400,000 [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/photo.asp photos], 9000 maps, [http://www.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/census/pages/ censuses 1752-1940], [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/JudicialRecords/ court], [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/land.asp land], [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/military military], [http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/mormon.asp Missouri Mormon War], and [http://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/msp/ penitentiary] records. Additional databases include [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/BirthDeath/ births/deaths pre-1910], [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/coroners/ coroners inquests], [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/land/ land patents 1831-1969], and [https://s1.sos.mo.gov/records/archives/archivesdb/naturalization/ naturalizations 1816-1955].<ref>[https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/resources.asp#collection Research Room] in ''Missouri Secretary of State'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref>[[Image:Fire.png|right|42px|Fire.png]]<br> |
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| '''[[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> |
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| :Sponsors events, conferences, Missouri First Families certificates, newsletters, a blog, MoSGA's ''Journal'', researchers, speakers, research links, and annual awards.<ref>[http://www.mosga.org/index.php Home] in ''Missouri State Genealogical Association'' (accessed 1 March 2016).</ref> The MoSGA collection is part of the [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center] in Independence MO.<ref>[http://mosga.org/cpage.php?pt=12 Library Program] in ''Missouri State Genealogical Association'' (accessed 13 March 2014).</ref><br> | | :Sponsors events, conferences, Missouri First Families certificates, newsletters, a blog, MoSGA's ''Journal'', researchers, speakers, research links, and annual awards.<ref>[http://www.mosga.org/index.php Home] in ''Missouri State Genealogical Association'' (accessed 1 March 2016).</ref> The MoSGA collection is part of the [[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center] in Independence MO.<ref>[http://mosga.org/cpage.php?pt=12 Library Program] in ''Missouri State Genealogical Association'' (accessed 13 March 2014).</ref><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: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> | | [[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> |
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| [[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> |
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| === 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=}} |