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Missouri Archives and Libraries

United States Missouri  Archives and Libraries

These archives, libraries, societies, and museums preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Missouri.

National
National Personnel Records Center (NPRC)

The National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis is part of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). It is the central repository for both the military and civil services personnel-related records. It maintains military personnel records from WWI to the present. Records prior to WWI are in Washington, D.C.

National Archives at Kansas City 400 West Pershing Road Kansas City, MO 64108 Telephone: 816-268-8000


 * Collects federal agency and court records for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. They have all federal censuses 1790-1940 and most indexes, photos, maps, naturalization records, immigration, military records, and federal land records. Specialties include frontier and territorial history, and American Indians of the Northern Great Plains.

Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center 3440 S. Lee's Summit Road Independence, MO 64055-1923 Telephone: 816-836-5200 Fax: 816-521-7253


 * Complete set of federal censuses and indexes, records of Missouri and surrounding states. This is one of the most complete genealogy resource centers in America. The Mid-Continent Public Library shares its genealogical materials through interlibrary loan.

State
Missouri History Museum Library 225 South Skinker Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63112-0040 Telephone: 314-746-4500 Fax: 314-746-4548


 * Mailing Address: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center P.O. Box 11940 St. Louis, MO 63112-0040.

The library has an online genealogy index that can be searched before visiting. Copies of records can also be ordered online.

A helpful guide to the society's collection is Beverly D. Bishop and Janice L. Fox, A List of Manuscript Collections in the Archives of the Missouri Historical Society(St. Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1982;(Worldcat) and ).

Missouri State Archives 600 West Main Street Jefferson City, MO 65102 Telephone: 314-751-3280 Fax: 573-526-7333 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Saturday hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Microfilm and published materials are available in the research room; records from the Archives' stacks should be requested in advance for use on Thursday evenings, Saturdays or holidays

The holdings of the Missouri State Archives date from 1770 and include: executive, legislative, and judicial records; records of state departments and agencies; land records; military records; state publications; photographic collections; county and municipal records on microfilm; and manuscript and reference collections.

Through the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiativebegun in 2007, the Missouri State Archives and the Missouri State Library, in partnership with the State Historical Society of Missouri, are assisting institutions across the state in digitizing their records and placing them online for easy access.

A list of county records on microfilm is available at the following link.

A helpful guide to the collection is A Guide to the Missouri State Archives (Jefferson City, Missouri: Missouri Secretary of State, 198-; not at Family History Library). (Worldcat)

State Historical Society of Missouri 1020 Lowry Columbia, MO 65201-7298 Telephone: 573-882-7083 Fax: 573-884-4950 (located at Ellis Library, Univ. of Missouri campus)


 * Western Historical Manuscript Collection 23 Ellis Library University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65201-5149 Telephone: 573-882-6028 Fax: 573-884-0345

Note: Records kept at the state capitol were lost by fires in 1837 and 1911. Several counties in Missouri have also lost records due to fire, war, and other destruction.

Regional
Kansas City Public Library Special Collections Heart of America Genealogical Society 311 East 12th Street Kansas City, MO 64106-2454 Telephone: 816-221-2685 Fax: 816-421-7484 St. Louis County Library

Their collection includes holdings from the St. Louis Genealogical Society, the National Genealogical Society and parish records from the Archdiocese of St. Louis and the Archdiocese of Belleville, Illinois.

Outside Missouri
Harrison County Historical Museum Old Harrison County Courthouse 117 East Bowie (P.O. Box 1987) Marshall, Texas 75671 Phone: 903-938-2680 E-mail: [mailto:info@harrisoncountymuseum.org info@harrisoncountymuseum.org]


 * A key repository for locating selected early Missouri  and Texas  settlers. This was a center for Missouri Confederate soldiers during the Civil War. It has a great collection of family folders, books, letters, diaries, journals, and surname lists.