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:The Springfield-Greene County Library Center collection for southern Missouri includes censuses 1830-1930, access to subscription databases like Ancestry, HeritageQuest, and Fold3, church histories, directories 1878-2006, online deaths 1910-1964, online deeds 1833-1877, online Greene county histories, births, marriages, probate, local newspapers 1881-2006, maps, fire insurance maps, plat books, 53 active and 40 inactive genealogical periodicals, high school and college yearbooks, photos of landmarks, and cemetery transcripts. In addition, they have material on the effects of the Civil War on Greene County. The Lena Wills professional genealogist and columnist collection is found here. The Native American collection includes tribes of Missouri, the Dawes Rolls, the Guion Miller Rolls, and other Cherokee sources.<br><br>
:The Springfield-Greene County Library Center collection for southern Missouri includes censuses 1830-1930, access to subscription databases like Ancestry, HeritageQuest, and Fold3, church histories, directories 1878-2006, online deaths 1910-1964, online deeds 1833-1877, online Greene county histories, births, marriages, probate, local newspapers 1881-2006, maps, fire insurance maps, plat books, 53 active and 40 inactive genealogical periodicals, high school and college yearbooks, photos of landmarks, and cemetery transcripts. In addition, they have material on the effects of the Civil War on Greene County. The Lena Wills professional genealogist and columnist collection is found here. The Native American collection includes tribes of Missouri, the Dawes Rolls, the Guion Miller Rolls, and other Cherokee sources.<br><br>


[[Image:Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.jpg|right|250px|Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.jpg]]'''[[Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library|Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library]]'''<br>6424 West Farm Road 182<br>Republic, MO 65738<br>Telephone: 417-732-2662<br>E-mail: [http://www.nps.gov/wicr/contacts.htm Wilson's Creek Contact Us] form<br>Internet: [http://www.nps.gov/wicr/planyourvisit/library.htm The Hulston Library]<br><br>  
[[Image:Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.jpg|right|250px|Wilson's Creek National Battlefield.jpg]]'''[[Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library|Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library]]'''<br>6424 West Farm Road 182<br>Republic, MO 65738<br>Telephone:417-732-2662
 
[http://www.nps.gov/wicr/ Website]<br>[http://www.nps.gov/wicr/ Email]<br>
:This library can help genealogists find ancestors who served in the American Civil War, and learn more about that war in Missouri.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/wicr/planyourvisit/library.htm The Hulston Library] in ''Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Missouri'' in ''National Park Service'' (accessed 15 March 2014).</ref><br><br>
:All of the Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library's 10,000 volumes are non-circulating, but are available for use on-site. The collection focuses on the American Civil War period, especially on the Trans-Mississippi Theater. The library has many regimental histories and adjutant general reports mostly for the Union side.[2]
:This library can help genealogists find ancestors who served in the American Civil War, and learn more about that war in Missouri. They have access to the National Park Service's 6.3 million name database online called the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System. They also have microfilm copies of the Compiled Service Records for all Union and Confederate soldiers from Missouri, and those from other states who fought at Wilson's Creek.<br><br>


=== Outside Missouri  ===
=== Outside Missouri  ===
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