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:OGS has substantial genealogy for southern Missouri, Missouri in general, other states, a large collection of genealogical periodicals, maps, family histories, and over one dozen special collections compiled by area researchers. Special Collections records focus on family histories with an emphasis in the southwest Missouri geographical area.<ref>[http://www.ozarksgs.org/index.php/research Research] in ''Ozarks Genealogical Society'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref><br><br> | :OGS has substantial genealogy for southern Missouri, Missouri in general, other states, a large collection of genealogical periodicals, maps, family histories, and over one dozen special collections compiled by area researchers. Special Collections records focus on family histories with an emphasis in the southwest Missouri geographical area.<ref>[http://www.ozarksgs.org/index.php/research Research] in ''Ozarks Genealogical Society'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref><br><br> | ||
'''[[St. Louis County Library]]'''<br>Headquarters<br> Tier 5 (top floor)<br>1640 South Lindbergh Blvd<br>St Louis, MO 63131-3598<br>Telephone: 314-994-3300, ext. 2070<br> | '''[[St. Louis County Library]]'''<br>Headquarters<br> Tier 5 (top floor)<br>1640 South Lindbergh Blvd<br>St Louis, MO 63131-3598<br>Telephone: 314-994-3300, ext. 2070<br>[http://www.slcl.org// Website]<br>[mailto:scollections@slcl.org/ Email] | ||
:The St. Louis County Library genealogical collection has 85,000 print items, 9,500 family histories, 850 periodical titles, 40,000 microfilm rolls, and many electronic databases. Their emphasis is on St. Louis, Missouri, and states and foreign countries that fed migration into Missouri, including New England states, the 13 colonies, and many foreign countries. Military history, African American, and other ethnic sources are well represented. Record types include online databases, federal censuses, births, marriages, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, and yearbooks.[2] | |||
:Significant miscellaneous items include 850 microfilms from parish registers of the Swiss Canton of Bern, over 100 Jewish Yizkor books, and sources for Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New England, and some rare English, Welsh, and Scottish genealogies.[4] | |||
:Their collection includes holdings from the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org National Genealogical Society], [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society], African American Research Collection, Jewish Genealogical Society, parish records from the Archdiocese of St. Louis, and the Archdiocese of Belleville, Illinois.<ref>[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy Genealogy and local history] in ''St. Louis County Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref><br><br> | :Their collection includes holdings from the [http://www.ngsgenealogy.org National Genealogical Society], [http://www.stlgs.org St. Louis Genealogical Society], African American Research Collection, Jewish Genealogical Society, parish records from the Archdiocese of St. Louis, and the Archdiocese of Belleville, Illinois.<ref>[http://www.slcl.org/genealogy Genealogy and local history] in ''St. Louis County Library'' (accessed 7 March 2014).</ref><br><br> | ||