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 S. Lee's Summit Road<br>Independence, MO 64055-1923<br>Telephone: 816-836-5200<br>Fax: 816-521-7253 <br>Email: [mailto:ge@mymcpl.org ge@mcpl.lib.mo.us]<br>[http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy Website]
 :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),&nbsp;''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>
-=== [[Sons of the American Revolution|National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) Genealogical Research Library]] ===
-[[File:SAR Library inside.jpg|thumb|325x325px|National SAR Genealogical Research Library in Louisville, KY]]
-West Main St.<br>Louisville, KY 40202<br>Telephone: 502-589-1776<br>[https://www.sar.org/library_contact_form/ Contact Form]<br>[https://www.sar.org/ Website]<br>[https://www.sar.org/sar-library-catalog/ Catalog]
-This national genealogical research 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, M-F, 9:30am-4:30pm, and every 3rd Saturday of the month, 9am-4pm.'''''
-'''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.[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|right|210px|NEHGS 101 Newbury St in Boston]]
 === [[New England Historic Genealogical Society]] ===