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red arrow  Frequently Asked Questions
red arrow  Genealogical Presentations
red arrow  Hours & Location
red arrow  National Genealogical Society Book Loan Collection
  green bullet Interlibrary Loan Procedures for NGS Book Loan Collection
  green bullet St. Louis County Library Partners with the National Genealogical Society
  green bullet Slide Show - NGS Book Loan Collection comes to St. Louis (45 slides)  
red arrow  Ordering LDS Microfilm from the Family History Library
red arrow  Research Guidelines & Procedures
red arrow Security Procedures
  green bullet Location of Lockers
     

General Pages

red arrow  Links to other Genealogical Web Sites
red arrow  Major Additions
 

Guides & Finding Aids

red arrow Burial Certificates: Using St. Louis City [Mo.] Burial Certificates Microfilm at St. Louis County Library [Films cover years of 1882-1908.]
  green bullet Introduction
  green bullet Missing Months
  green bullet Film Guide by Year: 1882-1889 | 1890-1893 | 1894-18961897-18991900-19021903-1904 | 1905-1908
  green bullet Film Guide by Roll Order:  1-27  |  28-47  |  48-64  |  65-81  |   82-99  |  100-110  |  111-122 
  green bullet Mo. State Archives Film Numbers
red arrow  CD-ROMs: By Title; By Number
red arrow  Cemeteries: SC Holdings in Microfilm, Microfiche, and CD-ROM Format 
  green bullet "List of Colored Persons" in Wesleyan Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1847–1868 694k PDF New
This copyrighted material is made available through the courtesy of 
Gloria Dettleff, compiler.
red arrow  Census      
  green bullet Census Verification Project for St. Louis, Mo., City & County1880 Results1900 Results1910 Results1910 Review of Findings1920 Results
  green bullet Individuals in Institutions in the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Schedules from the 1880 Federal Census for St. Louis, Missouri New
  green bullet Questions Asked on the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Schedules from the 1880 Federal Census New
  green bullet 1930 Census
   

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Film Numbers for 1930 St. Louis Census EDs
        St. Louis County 95-1 thru 95-144
        St. Louis City 96-1 thru 96-99
        St. Louis City 96-100 thru 96-199
        St. Louis City 96-200 thru 96-299
        St. Louis City 96-300 thru 96-399
        St. Louis City 96-400 thru 96-499
        St. Louis City 96-500 thru 96-585
red arrow Church Resources
  green bullet Articles about Churches and Synagogues in the St. Louis Star-Times newspaper  174k PDF  \
  green bullet Catholic Research in the St. Louis, Missouri Area
    - Area Included in the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis (maps)
        Franklin Co. Lincoln Co.Jefferson Co.Perry Co.St. Charles Co.St. Francois Co., Ste. Genevieve Co.Warren Co.Washington Co.
    - Catholic Parish Jubilee Histories: By Name of Parish; By Location
    - Catholic Priests in St. Louis County, 1841–1869:  A–HI–RS–Z
    - Catholic Priests of St. Louis, Missouri as Listed in the City Directories of 1870-1900
        By Name of Priest: A-BC-DE-GH-IJ-LM-OP-ST-Z
By Name of Parish: Alexian Bros. Hosp - Holy TrinityImmaculate Conception - Our Lady of Perpetual HelpSacred Heart - St. AlphonsusSt. Ann - St. BonifaceSt. Bridget - St. Francis XavierSt. Henry - St. KevinSt. Lawrence O'Toole - St. MichaelSt. Nicholas - Visitation
    - Guide to St. Louis Catholic Archdiocesan Parish Records
        Printable Order Form
    - Index to History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis 
        Surnames: A–AzBa–BeckerleBeckman–BillyBina–BooneBopp–BromschwigBrown–ByrneCa–CzDa–DevoyDeys–DooleyDoran–DwyerEa–ExFa–FeltmannFendler–FlynnFobisch–FuszGa–GettingerGibault–GravierGreegan–Guyol,  Ha–HartenbachHarter–HenryHenschen–HoeschenHoff–HuberHuck–HypesI–JKa–KemphKendrick–KnittingKnobbe–KorteKosek–KwiatkowsLa–LeoniLerch–LyonsM–McFaddenMcGinley–MerzMetcalf–MollenbrockMollerns–MyersNa–NuOa–Ox Pa–PikonsPinet–QuillmanRa–RigerRing–RydzySa–SchaumSchean–SchlittSchloemer–SchneidersSchnell–SchuermannSchuette–SeislSelhoefer–SontagSoreth–StockingStoebel–SzamosulskiT–UVa–VoWa–WegmanWehenger–WibbenWich–WinkelerWinkelman–WynneX–Y–Z
  green bullet Histories of Religious Congregations in St. Louis  Updated
  green bullet Evangelical & United Church of Christ Resources
    - Guide to Evangelical & United Church of Christ Records:
        Introduction
        List of Special Collections Evangelical & United Church of Christ Microfilms by Church Name
        List of Special Collections Evangelical & United Church of Christ Microfilms by Church Location
        St. Louis Evangelical Pastors: A–G, H–Q, R–Z
  green bullet Lutheran Resources
    - Guide to Lutheran Church Records:
        Introduction
        Bibliography
        List of Special Collections Lutheran Microfilms by Church Name
        List of Special Collections Lutheran Microfilms by Church Location
    - Index of Immanuel Lutheran Church Records (St. Louis, Mo.)
        Baptisms (1848-1869):
No Last Name – Be
Bi – BuC – DE – FGHa – HenHer – JKa – KreKri – LoLü – MuN – PQ – RSa – SchrSchu – StoStr – VW – Z
        Baptisms (1870-1863):
No Last Name – Bl
Bo – CrD – FGa – HasHau – HuI – KlKn – KuLMN – QRSa – SchrSchu – SuT – VW – Z 
       

Marriages (1848-1920):
A – Bar
,   Bau – BerBes – Borc,  Borg – Bud,  Bue – Da,  De – Du,   Eb – Fin,  Fir – GehGei – Gri Gro – HanHar – Hen,  Hep – Hom,  Hop –  JuKa –  KjKl – Ko,  Kr – Land,  Lang – Loh,  Lom – Meh,  Mei – Mi,  Mil – Nied,  Nieh – Pay,  Pe – RadRah – Roe,  Rog – Sa,  Scha – Schl,  Schm – Schr,  Schu – ShSi – SteinSteitz – Te,  Th – VelVen – Wec,  Wee – WigWil – Wo,  Wu – Z

    - Index of St. Paul's Lutheran Church Records (Des Peres, St. Louis Co., Mo.) 
        Baptisms (1849-1909)
A – BopBor – DE – GHa – Hoe Hof – KnKo – LiLo – MenMer – MoMu – RasRau – RuST – WilWin – Z 
        Deaths (1851-1891) 
A – GH – LM – RaRe – Z
    - Lutheran Churches in the City of St. Louis on Microfilm at St. Louis County Library (map)
red arrow City & County Directories
red arrow Descriptive Pamphlets - DPs:  (published by National Archives) 
    M87   M334   M589   M816   M817   M848   M929   M1407   M1483   M1658   M1762   M1801   M1817  M1818   M1819   M1820   M1821   M1822    M1875   M1894   M1898   M1900   M1901   M1902   M1905   M1906   M1907   M1908   M1911    M1914   M2062  M2094
red arrow Dewey Decimal Numbers 
  green bullet - by State:  
Ala
AlaskaAriz.Ark.Calif.Colo.Conn.Del.Fla.Ga.HawaiiId.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.OhioOkla.Ore.Pa.R.I.S.C.S.D.Tenn.Tex.UtahVt.Va.Wash.W.Va.Wis.Wyo.  
  green bullet Frequently Used Dewey Decimal Numbers
red arrow Digitized Examples of Documents From Microfilm Sets
  green bullet Immigration - Sample Images
   

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Registers of Vessels Arriving at the Port of New York from Foreign Ports 1789 – 1919

  green bullet Marriage - Sample Images
   

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Marriage Records of the Office of the Commissioner, Washington Headquarters of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands 1861-1869 - M1875 
     Example #1 - Louisiana Freedman Marriage Record
     Example #2 - Mississippi Freedman Marriage Record
     Example #3 - Tennessee Freedman Marriage Record
  green bullet Military - Sample Images
   

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Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca 1879 - ca. 1903 : Example #1, Example #2, Example #3
    - Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863–1865  –  M1894
   

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Missouri Confederate Pension & Home Applications
        Application for Admission to the Confederate Home of Missouri
        Confederate Pension Application from the State of Missouri
        Document From A Confederate Pension Application from the State of Missouri
    - Organization Index to pension files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 (Missouri): 
    Pension Application Card - Example #1Pension Application Card - Example #2
    - Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 – M233 (Regular Army) (SC has 1855-1914)
    Example from 1855 enlistment page: Left hand pageRight hand page
    - War of 1812 - Missouri Soldiers
    - World War I Army Discharge - Missouri
    - World War I Draft Registration Cards for Missouri
    - World War I Navy Discharge - Missouri
    - World War I National Guard 
  green bullet Naturalization Declarations of Intention - Sample Images
   

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Prior to 27 Sept 1906 - U.S. District Court - Michael Quinn 
   

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Prior to 27 Sept 1906 - U.S. Circuit Court - Timothy Mahoney  
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Robert Leckey Craig
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Toni Demonte
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Birtoluzsi Domenico
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Herman Robert Rudolf Lange
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Jacob Pagarelsky
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Harry Steinberg's Proof of Declaration of Intention (front of document)  
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Harry Steinberg's Proof of Declaration of Intention (back of document)  
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Harry Steinberg's Stub from Citizenship Certificate  
   

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27 Sept 1906 and Later - Stanislaus Wolenski (Declaration of Intention Requesting Information for Declarant's Wife)
  green bullet Southern Claims Commission - Images
   

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Geographical List of Southern Claims Commission Claimants
red arrow  Ethnic Resources
  green bullet African American
   

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Julius K. Hunter & Friends African American Research Collection 
        About the Logo 
        Reference Tools for African American Research
          Glossary of Terms for Records of the Field Offices of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands
Guide to U.S. Colored Troops Regimental Designations
Index to Civil War Slave Compensation Claims

Index to Missouri U.S. Colored Troops, 1863-1865
        Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865 (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1894)
          Descriptive Pamphlet for M1894
Online index 
Roll list with fram
e numbers
Sample document

Slide Show
(50 slides)
        Digging for Roots
    
Order Form
        Charter Donors
        Guide to U.S. Colored Troops Regimental Designations
        Honey Island
        Index to Civil War Slave Compensation Claims
        Initial Book Holdings
        Julius K. Hunter
        "List of Colored Persons" in Wesleyan Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, 1847–1868  694k PDF New  (This copyrighted mat is made available through the courtesy of the compiler, Gloria Dettleff.)
        Microform & Electronic Holdings
  green bullet British Research Sources for Great Britain with an Emphasis on England 
  green bullet French-Canadian – Selected French Canadian Research Material
  green bullet French North American French North American Research Sources
  green bullet German
    - Index to Emigrant Volumes by Dr. Heinz Marxkors
    - Selected German Research Sources
  green bullet Irish Selected Irish Research Sources
  green bullet Jewish Resources
    - Jewish Genealogical Resources
    - St. Louis City, County, & Jewish Microfilm, Microfiche & CDs in Special Collections
    - Yizkor Book Collection: A-CD-JK-LM-RS-Z & Related Books  
  green bullet Italian
    - Fratellanza Society – Diamond Jubilee Anniversary History of the Fratellanza Society (1941) – St. Louis, Mo. (Italian fraternal and benevolent society)
      Surnames: A–BadBaf–BelBen–BogBoi–ByCa–CappCapr–Cat, Cav – CohCoi – Cun,  Cur – DesDev – FiFo – GavGaz – Gio, Gir – J,  K – MalMan – Mat,  Maz – Mo,  Mu – Pa,  Pe –  PirPis – RalRam – RoRu – SeSh – ThTi – VivVo – Z
  green bullet Polish – Selected Polish Research Sources 
red arrow  Frequently Used Dewey Decimal Numbers
red arrow  Historical Newspapers at St. Louis County Library
  green bullet Tier 4 – Drawer and cabinet locations for newspaper & periodical microfilms.
red arrow  Indexes
  green bullet Carondelet News: (City of St. Louis and St. Louis Co., Mo.)  
  green bullet Civil War Slave Compensation Claims
  green bullet Deaths in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Newspaper
  green bullet Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers  for the United States Colored Troops for the State of Missouri, 1863-1865  
  green bullet Diamond Jubilee Anniversary History of the Fratellanza Society (1941) – St. Louis, Mo. (Italian fraternal and benevolent society)
  green bullet Emigrant Volumes by Dr. Heinz Marxkors
  green bullet Fifty Years on the Mississippi 405k PDF (lists many Riverboat Captains)  
    - Surnames: A–BadBaf–BelBen–BogBoi–ByCa–CappCapr–Cat, Cav – CohCoi – Cun,  Cur – DesDev – FiFo – GavGaz – Gio, Gir – J,  K – MalMan – Mat,  Maz – Mo,  Mu – Pa,  Pe –  PirPis – RalRam – RoRu – SeSh – ThTi – VivVo – Z
  green bullet Histories of Religious Congregations in St. Louis  Updated
  green bullet History of the Archdiocese of Saint Louis
    - Surnames: A–AzBa–BeckerleBeckman–BillyBina–BooneBopp–BromschwigBrown–ByrneCa–CzDa–DevoyDeys–DooleyDoran–DwyerEa–ExFa–FeltmannFendler–FlynnFobisch–FuszGa–GettingerGibault–GravierGreegan–Guyol,  Ha–HartenbachHarter–HenryHenschen–HoeschenHoff–HuberHuck–HypesI–JKa–KemphKendrick–KnittingKnobbe–KorteKosek–KwiatkowsLa–LeoniLerch–LyonsM–McFaddenMcGinley–MerzMetcalf–MollenbrockMollerns–MyersNa–NuOa–Ox,  Pa–PikonsPinet–QuillmanRa–RigerRing–RydzySa–SchaumSchean–SchlittSchloemer–SchneidersSchnell–SchuermannSchuette–SeislSelhoefer–SontagSoreth–StockingStoebel–SzamosulskiT–UVa–VoWa–WegmanWehenger–WibbenWich–WinkelerWinkelman–WynneX–Y–Z
  green bullet Immanuel Lutheran Church Records (St. Louis, Mo.)
  green bullet Individuals in Institutions in the Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Schedules from the 1880 Federal Census for St. Louis, Missouri New
  green bullet Missouri U.S. Colored Troops, 1863-1865
  green bullet Naturalization Index for St. Louis, Mo. (Federal Courts)   66,000+ Names 
  green bullet Le Patriote Newspaper 235k PDF, 1878, 1884, and 1886-1887 Index to St. Louis News Columns
(French language newspaper published in St. Louis, Mo.)
  green bullet La Revue de l’Ouest 284k PDF (The Review of the West) Index to St. Louis News Columns
  green bullet St. Louis County Court Records Volume 1, 1824–1835 (in progress) 495k PDF New
  green bullet St. Louis County Watchman-Advocate Newspaper Index (St. Louis County, Mo.)
  green bullet St. Louis Enlistees Extracted from Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914 (Regular Army)  1855  288k PDF
    - 1855: A-CD-HaHe-McMe-ShSi-Z
  green bullet St. Louis Vital Records Index
    - Register of Births, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1895: A – J 306k PDF,  K – Z 350k PDF
    - Stillbirths, St. Louis County, Missouri 1883-1908  244K PDF
  green bullet St. Paul's Lutheran Church Records (Des Peres, St. Louis Co., Mo.) 
    - Baptisms (1849-1909) 
A – BopBor – DE – GHa – Hoe Hof – KnKo – LiLo – MenMer – MoMu – RasRau – RuST – WilWin – Z
    - Deaths (1851-1891) 
A – GH – LM – RaRe – Z
  green bullet Southwest Saint Louis 344k PDF
  green bullet Westliche Post Obituary Index (St. Louis, Mo., German-language newspaper)
red arrow Newspapers
  green bullet Carondelet News (City of St. Louis and St. Louis Co., Mo.)  
  green bullet Deaths in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Newspaper
  green bullet Lists of articles in the St. Louis Star-Times Churches and synagogues Local history
    - Churches and synagogues
    - Local history
  green bullet Le Patriote: 235k PDF, (French language newspaper published in St. Louis, Mo.)
  green bullet La Revue de l’Ouest 284k PDF (The Review of the West) Index to St. Louis News Columns 
  green bullet St. Louis County Watchman-Advocate Newspaper Index (St. Louis County, Mo.)
  green bullet Westliche Post Obituary Index (St. Louis, Mo., German-language newspaper, St. Louis, Mo.)
red arrow Major Additions
red arrow  Major Microfilm/Microfiche Holdings
red arrow  Microfilm Cabinets' & Film Shelves - Contents
red arrow Organization Index to Pension Files of Veterans Who Served Between 1861 and 1900 (descriptive list for Missouri listings): AbbreviationsRolls 258-271Rolls 272-275Rolls 276-291   
red arrow  St. Louis Resources in Special Collections 
  green bullet St. Louis City & County Split of 1876 and How it Affects Research in St. Louis 
red arrow  Slide Shows
  green bullet The story of Microfilm Publication M1894, Descriptive Recruitment Lists of Volunteers for the U.S. Colored Troops from the State of Missouri 1863-1865 - 50 slides
  green bullet NGS Book Loan Collection comes to St. Louis - 45 slides
red arrow  Southern Claims Commission
  green bullet Researching Southern Claims Commission Records
  green bullet Step-by-step Search for a Southern Claims Commission Claim: ApprovedBarredDisallowed
  green bullet Geographical List of Southern Claims Commission Claimants
  green bullet Descriptive Pamphlets for Southern Claims Commission Microfilm Sets
    - M87 Records of the Commissioners of Claims (Southern Claims Commission) 1871-1880
    - M2062 Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880: Alabama
    - M1658 Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims 1871-1880: Georgia
    - M2094, Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871–1880: Virginia
      M1762, Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871–1880: West Virginia
    - M1407 Barred and Disallowed Case Files of the Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880
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Using Records of the U.S. House of Representatives: Southern Claims Commission, 1871-1880 (P2257)

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Using U.S. Court of Claims Docket Cards for Congressional Case Files, ca. 1884-1943 (M2007)

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Questions Asked

    - Questions for Claimants and Witnesses – Initial Version, 1871
    - Questions for Claimants and Witnesses – Amended Version, 1872
    - Questions for Claimants and Witnesses – Final Version, 1874
red arrow  Suggested Reading Lists 
  green bullet African American,   British,  French-Canadian French North AmericanGermanIrishJewishPolishSt. Louis  
red arrow  Table of Contents – Periodicals (Selected Listings) 
  green bullet Ozarks Mountaineer 
  green bullet St. Louisan
red arrow  World War I Draft Registration
  green bullet About the Draft
    - Searching World War I Draft Registration Cards - Quick Tips
    - "Background Information"
        About this MaterialRegistration BasicsDraft BoardsExemptions & DeferralsBirth InfoSpelling Problems;   Registration LocationsPhysical DescriptionsAlphabetical Filing on MicrofilmsImportant World War I Draft Registration DatesCountry BoundariesBibliographical ReferencesAbout the Author
    - Questions asked on the three different registration cards & card images
        10 Questions card: Front, Back; 12 questions card: Front, Back; 20 questions card: Front, Back
    - Suggested Reading
  green bullet Determining Draft Boards
    - Louisiana
        New Orleans WW I Draft Board Office Locations (Map – 180 Kb.)
        Bottom 1/2 of New Orleans 1918 map showing WWI Draft Board Office Locations (120 Kb.)
        Choosing WWI  New Orleans Draft Board(s) to Search
    - Missouri
        Missouri Microfilm Numbers
        St. Louis, Missouri
          St. Louis City & County Draft Board Addresses
          Determining Which St. Louis Draft Board to Check (recommended for first-time users)
          St. Louis County Draft Boards
          St. Louis City Street Guide to Draft Boards
   Named Streets: A–B
C–DE–FG–IJ–LM–NO–QR–ST–VW–Z
   Numbered Streets 
        Kansas City, Missouri
          Kansas City, Missouri Draft Board Addresses
          Kansas City, Missouri Draft Board Boundaries: (Maps) – Kansas City, Mo. Map #1; Kansas City, Mo. Map #2
            Draft Board #1 (37 Kb);  Draft Board #2 (24 Kb);  Draft Board #3 (46 Kb);  Draft Board #4 (136  Kb);  Draft Board #5 (38 Kb);  Draft Board #6 (21 Kb);  Draft Board #7 (44 Kb);  Draft Board #8 (27 Kb);  Draft Board #9 (35 Kb);  Draft Board #10 (33 Kb);  Draft Board #11 (40 Kb);  Draft Board #12 (49 Kb);  Draft Board #13 (113 Kb); Draft Board #14 (45 Kb); Draft Board #15 (31 Kb);  Draft Board #16 (71 Kb)

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