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The Digital Archives contain hundreds of digitized records including Missouri yearbooks, St. Louis newspapers, St. Louis City and County directories, burial certificates, maps and atlases. There are a number of features within the digital archives that make it easy to discover specific items or to simply browse. We have a vast physical collection and work will continue to digitize materials and grow the Digital Archives.

We are home to almost 20,000 family history books! Our recent acquisitions include the following surnames: Abercrombie, Achenbach, Acheson, Allison, Ames, Applegate, Baskerville, Braford, Cochran, Dameron, Dewees, Dimock, Donaphin, Eckhardt, Esquer, Irvine, Kressin, Lato, Linossier, Mack, Marfell, Monagan, Root, Scalise, Steagall, Treptow, Werstler. Many family history books circulate and can be checked out or transferred through interlibrary loan.