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Guides & Finding Aids

These guides and finding aids have been produced to help researchers more effectively use the genealogical holdings at St. Louis County Library. More will be added, so check this site frequently.

Alphabetical listing of counties and their Dewey Decimal numbers by state:

Ala.	Alaska	Ariz.	Ark.	Cal.	Colo.	Conn.	Del.	Fla.	Ga.
Hawaii	Id.	Ill.	Ind.	Ia.	Kan.	Ky.	La.	Me.	Md.
Mass.	Mich.	Minn.	Miss.	Mo.	Mont.	Neb.	Nev.	N.H.	N.J.
N.M.	N.Y.	N.C.	N.D.	Ohio	Okla.	Ore.	Pa.	R.I.	S.C.
S.D.	Tenn.	Tex.	Utah	Vt.	Va.	Wash.	W.Va.	Wis.	Wyo.

Burial Certificates for the City of St. Louis [Mo.]
Cemeteries - SC Holdings in Microfilm, Microfiche, and CD-ROM Format
- "List of Colored Persons" in Wesleyan Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1847–1868 694k PDF
  This copyrighted material is made available through the courtesy of Gloria Dettleff, compiler.
Census
- Film Information - St. Louis City and County
- 1930 Census

Film Numbers for 1930 Federal Census Enumeration Districts - St. Louis County and St. Louis City, Missouri

Soundex Converter from RootsWeb

Church Resources
- Articles about Churches and Synagogues in the St. Louis Star-Times newspaper 174k PDF
- Catholic
  - Area Included in the Archdiocese of St. Louis [Missouri] (includes map)
  - Area Included in the Belleville Diocese [Illinois] (includes map) and finding aid for the Belleville Diocese Parish films
  - Catholic Parish Jubilee Histories:
    - Lists by Name of Parish and by Parish Location
  - Catholic Priests in St. Louis County, 1841–1869
  - Catholic Priests of St. Louis, Missouri as Listed in the City Directories of 1870-1900
  - Guide to St. Louis Catholic Archdiocesan Parish Records
  - Index to History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis
  - Records of the Diocese of Louisiana and the Floridas (Web site from the Notre Dame archives includes background information, a name list, and searchable calendar for this film set.)
- Evangelical & United Church of Christ
  - Guide to Evangelical and United Church of Christ Records
    - Introduction
    - Lists by Church Name and by Church Location
    - St. Louis Evangelical Pastors: A–G, H–Q, R–Z
- Histories of Religious Congregations in St. Louis
- Lutheran

City/County Directory Holdings

Digitized Examples of Documents From Microfilm Sets

Ethnic

African American Resources

Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection
African American Research Materials – Microform, CD-ROM and Electronic Databases
Civil War Slave Compensation Claims Index (18th Reg., USCT)
Customized Reference Tools for African American Research
Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865 (M1894) - Index and more ...
Guide to U.S. Colored Troops Regimental Designations
"List of Colored Persons" in Wesleyan Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1847–1868 694k PDF (This copyrighted mat is made available through the courtesy of the compiler, Gloria Dettleff.)

British
- Research Sources for Great Britain with an Emphasis on England
French-Canadian
- Selected French-Canadian Research Materials
French North American
- French North American Research Sources
German
- Index to Emigrant Volumes by Dr. Heinz Marxkors
- Selected German Research Sources
Italian
- Index to the Diamond Jubilee Anniversary History of the Fratellanza Society in St. Louis, Mo. (1941) – (Italian fraternal and benevolent society)
Irish
- Selected Irish Research Sources
Jewish Genealogical Resources
- Jewish Genealogical Resources
- St. Louis City, County, & Jewish Microfilm, Microfiche & CDs in Special Collections
- Yizkor Book Collection
Polish
- Selected Polish Research Sources

Electronic Reference Center
- Lists of CD-ROMs by Title and CD#

Frequently Used Dewey Decimal Numbers

Historical Newspapers at St. Louis County Library

Tier 4 – Drawer and cabinet locations for newspaper & periodical microfilms.

Indexes
- Carondelet News (City of St. Louis and St. Louis Co., Mo.)
- Civil War Slave Compensation Claims (18th Reg., U.S. Colored Troops)
- Births
  - Register of Births, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1895
  - Stillbirths, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1908 244k PDF
- Deaths in the Daily Missouri Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri: 1860, 255K PDF
  Note: The Missouri Democrat was published as the St. Louis Globe-Democrat after 1872.
- Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865 (M1894) - Index and more ...
- Emigrant Volumes by Dr. Heinz Marxkors Index
- Fifty Years on the Mississippi 405k PDF (lists many Riverboat Captains)
- Fratellanza Society – Index to the Diamond Jubilee Anniversary History of the Fratellanza Society in St. Louis, Mo. (1941) – (Italian fraternal and benevolent society)
- Histories of Religious Congregations in St. Louis
- History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis
- Immanuel Lutheran Church Records (St. Louis, Mo.)
- Le Patriote: Newspaper 235k PDF (French language newspaper published in St. Louis) Index to St. Louis News Columns: 1878, 1884, and 1886-1887
- La Revue de l’Ouest 284k PDF (The Review of the West) Index to St. Louis News Columns
- Naturalization Index St. Louis, Mo. (Federal Courts) 66,000+ Names
- Southwest Saint Louis: Its Mercantile Interests and Prominent Citizens 184k PDF
- St. Louis County Watchman-Advocate Newspaper (St. Louis Co., Mo.) in progress
- St. Louis Enlistees Extracted from Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 (Regular Army) - 1855 288k PDF
- St. Pauls Lutheran Church Records (Des Peres, St. Louis Co., Mo.)
- Westliche Post Obituary Index (St. Louis, Mo., German-language newspaper)

Major Additions

Major Microfilm/Microfiche Holdings

Microfilm & Microfiche in Special Collections - Cabinet & Shelf Locations

National Archives' Descriptive Pamphlets

Newspapers
- Historical Newspapers at St. Louis County Library
  - Tier 4 – Drawer and cabinet locations for newspaper & periodical microfilms.
- Lists of articles in the St. Louis Star-Times
  - Churches and synagogues
  - Local history

Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900

St. Louis Resources in Special Collections

St. Louis City & County Split of 1876 and How it Affects Research in St. Louis

Southern Claims Commission