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'''Telephone:'''<ref name="HG" /> 314-994-3300, ext. 2070<br> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="HG" /> 314-994-3300, ext. 2070<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="HG" /> Monday-Thursday 9-9 ; Friday-Saturday 9-5 ; [http://www.slcl.org/about/holiday_schedule Holiday closings] | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="HG" /> Monday-Thursday 9-9 ; Friday-Saturday 9-5 ; Sunday 1-5; closed on legal holidays--see [http://www.slcl.org/about/holiday_schedule Holiday closings] | ||
'''Map, parking, and public transportation:'''<br> | '''Map, parking, and public transportation:'''<br> | ||
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*[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy St. Louis County Library History and Genealogy] holdings, visits, security, finding aids, databases, e-newsletter, publications, forms, look-ups, and services. <br> | *[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy St. Louis County Library History and Genealogy] holdings, visits, security, finding aids, databases, e-newsletter, publications, forms, look-ups, and services. <br> | ||
*[http://webpac.slcl.org/ | *[http://webpac.slcl.org/ St. Louis County Library Catalog] online. Search by keyword, author, title, subject, call number, periodical, or ISBN.<br> | ||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
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=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*'''''Tier 4.''''' Many genealogy books are shelved on Tier 4, an area that is normally closed to the public. The area is opened to the public on the third Saturday and Sunday of each month. | *'''''Tours.''''' Public tours of the department are given on the first Wednesday and third Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. | ||
* '''''Tier 4.''''' Many genealogy books are shelved on Tier 4, an area that is normally closed to the public. The area is opened to the public on the third Saturday and Sunday of each month. Materials on Tier 4 are available for use at other times upon request. | |||
*'''''Computer access.''''' There is a 30-minute time limit on the public computers if others are waiting. Photo I.D. is required for using public computers. Free wireless access to the system is also available for personal computers. | *'''''Computer access.''''' There is a 30-minute time limit on the public computers if others are waiting. Photo I.D. is required for using public computers. Free wireless access to the system is also available for personal computers. | ||
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*[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] general, births, cemeteries, census, church records, deaths, Local History Index, maps, microfilm, military, miscellaneous, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, and yearbooks. | *[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] general, births, cemeteries, census, church records, deaths, Local History Index, maps, microfilm, military, miscellaneous, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, and yearbooks. | ||
*[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy-and-local-history/finding-aids-guides-landing Finding Aids by Topic] 72 guides. | *[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy-and-local-history/finding-aids-guides-landing Finding Aids by Topic] 72 guides. | ||
* [http://www.slcl.org/content/subject-guides-history-genealogy-department Guides to various subjects in the collection can be downloaded as PDFs.] | |||
=== 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 name="DB67">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)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> <ref name="MGCAbout">[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm About the Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 5 May 2010).</ref | *[[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 name="DB67">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)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> <ref name="MGCAbout">[http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/genlh/about/#microfilm About the Midwest Genealogy Center] in ''Mid-Continent Public Library'' (accessed 5 May 2010).</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 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.<ref name="DB67" /> | *[[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 name="DB67" /> | ||