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Springville-Greene County Library Midtown

United States Missouri  Greene  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: Ask a Librarian contact form

Address:


 * The Library Center 4653 S. Campbell Ave. Springfield, MO 65810-1723

Telephone: 417-616-0534 Fax:  417-883-9348

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:


 * Local History
 * 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
The Springfield-Greene County Library Midtown collection for southern Missouri includes censuses, church histories, directories, Civil War, online deaths 1910-1958, births, marriages, land, probate, cemeteries.

Large collection of books on researching your genealogy. In addition, material on the Civil War and it effects on the county. Genealogy workshops offered on a regular basis.

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


 * Ozarks Genealogical Society Library, Springfield, has Missouri and other states, a large periodical collection, and special southern Missouri family records.

Neighboring Collections


 * Springfield-Greene County Health Department, Springfield, has births 1920-present; deaths 1980-present.
 * Greene County Archives and Records Center, Springfield, births 1883-1902, marriages since 1833, deaths 1883-1902, divorces 1837-1950 , probate 1833-1990, deeds 1833-1960s, civil and criminal court cases 1833-1991, coroner 1830s-1970s, military discharges, schools, taxes, road books, and petitions.
 * U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, Springfield, recent civil, criminal, or bankruptcy cases.
 * Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center, Springfield, official archives, research center, and museum of the Assemblies of God.
 * Missouri Pacific Historical Society, Bucklin, railroad heritage including some employee records. This railroad had several affiliate railroads.
 * Ozarks Afro-American Heritage Museum, Walnut Grove, a repository of local Afro-American culture, with an ever-growing collection.
 * Republic Historical Society online center for historical research in Republic, Missouri.
 * 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.
 * Wilson's Creek National Battlefield Library, Republic, helps find ancestors who served in the U.S. Civil War.
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: Christian, Dade, Dallas, Lawrence, Polk, and Webster.
 * Community of Christ Library and Archives, Independence, books, periodicals, letters, and diaries of the of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints/Community of Christ.
 * Concordia Historical Institute, St. Louis, Department of Archives and History of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.
 * Episcopal Diocese of Missouri Archives, St. Louis, a library, extensive document and photograph collections, and parish registers.
 * Kansas City Public Library Missouri Valley Special Collections, The Missouri Valley Room has a great genealogy collection for Missouri and Kansas with biographies, periodicals, genealogies, diaries, photos, scrapbooks, and newspapers of the Kansas City area.
 * Missouri Bureau of Vital Records, Jefferson City, central registry of Missouri births and deaths since 1910; marriages and divorces since 1948.
 * Missouri History Museum Library, St. Louis, has regional history sources, St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi and Missouri Valleys, the Louisiana Purchase, American West: indexes, guides, catalogs, photos, genealogy workshops. Many records of Missouri settlers from Illinois.
 * Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, has court, land, military, death records, federal censuses, county and municipal records, photos, penitentiary, and manuscript records. Birth and death record index since 1883 is online; birth records 1883-1895; marriages 1827-1937.
 * Missouri United Methodist Archives, Fayette, historical materials on Methodism in Missouri emphasizing ministers.
 * Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis Office of Archives and Records parish christenings, confirmations, marriages, and deaths.
 * St. Louis County Library, a Missouri collection including the National Genealogical Society, and St. Louis Genealogical Society collections, online databases, federal censuses, births, deaths, cemeteries, church records, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, wills, African American records, yearbooks, and can order microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
 * St. Louis Mercantile Library, early newspapers, railroads, inland waterways, county records, biographies, and genealogies. A premier library for Missouri research.
 * St. Louis Public Library has an Obituary Index for the years 1880–1927; 1942–1945; 1992–2006, family histories, passenger lists, Heritage Quest, and Gateway Family Historian publication.
 * Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library, St. Louis, comprehensive source for Judaica. 23,000 books.
 * State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia, census, maps, newspapers, online tools, oral history, photos, historical manuscripts, and reference materials.
 * 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.