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Ozarks Genealogical Society Library

United States Missouri  Greene  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: OGS Office contact form

Address:


 * 534 West Catalpa St (PO Box 3945) Springfield, Missouri 65808-3945

Telephone: 417-831-2773

Hours and holidays: Wednesday 1:00-4:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. ; Closed holidays and holiday weekends.

Map and public transportation:
 * Google map: Ozarks Genealogical Society Library
 * Public transportation: City Utilities bus route Line 7 - S. Campbell stops on Campbell about two blocks east of the OGS Library. Also, Line 9 - S. Fort stops on Grand Ave near Walmart about four blocks north of the OGS Library (use the Google map to help find the library).

Internet sites and databases:


 * Ozarks Genealogical Society about, membership, publications, workshops, research, calendar, library and contact.
 * COOLcat catalog online. Search by keyword, title, author, subject, magazine/newpaper title, or call number. Also available in WorldCat.
 * Index to Special Collections genealogical family files (.pdf). This file is every-word searchable, but case sensitive.
 * 5-generation charts index to OGS member charts (.pdf).

Collection Description
Ozarks Genealogical Society has a substantial genealogy collection 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. The OGS catalog is combined with the Springfield-Greene County Library Midtown COOLcat catalog online—nevertheless, the two collections are separate.

The Ozarks Genealogical Society, Inc. (OGS) was formally organized in September 1969 by a group of individuals who were brought together by their common interest in researching family history. OGS was chartered in 1979 as a not-for-profit organization in the State of Missouri.

The goals of the Society are to encourage the research and preservation of family history, foster solid genealogical research practices, and preserve records of historical and genealogical interest. All the work of the Ozarks Genealogical Society is done by volunteers.

Areas of service include staffing the OGS Library; presenting programs; maintaining the Library building; researching, typing and editing records for publications; acting as officers and committee chairpersons; and responding to queries. Members and nonmembers are invited to submit materials for possible publication in the quarterly, Ozar'kin, or special publications. The Ozarks Genealogical Society has been serving researchers in southwest Missouri and the border counties of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas for 30 years.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * 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 Manuscripts, and KY taxes.
 * 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.

Similar Collections


 * Springfield-Greene County Library Midtown has substantial genealogy for southern Missouri: censuses, religious and church histories, city directories, U.S. Civil War, online death certificates 1910-1958, births, marriages, land, probate, cemeteries, clippings, newspapers, American Indians, maps, and periodicals.

Neighboring Collections


 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Springfield Missouri Family History Center has premium online services for free, offers research suggestions, and can order microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk, and Webster.
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Vital Records Office
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding states: Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.
 * Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne IN, has a premier genealogical periodical collection including Missouri, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.
 * Dallas Public Central Library, outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Missouri, Oklahoma, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.
 * Newberry Library, a large Chicago repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, Missouri, eastern seaboard, Canada, and British Isles.