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Excelsior Springs |
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| Mid-Continent Public Library | 1460 Kearney Rd. Excelsior Springs, MO 64024 |
Phone 816-630-6721 Mon - Thur 9-9, Fri 9-6, Sat 9-5 Librarian: Kirsten Grubbs |
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Family History Center Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
1/2 Mile S of "10" Hwy on Rt " Excelsior Springs, MO |
Phone: (816) 637-8383 Hours: |
FamilySearch |
Lawson |
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| T.D. and Helen Risley Williamson Memorial Library | located inside the Lawson High School building | Library hours (open to the public): Monday 8:15 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Tuesday 8:15 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday 8:15 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Thursday 8:15 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday 8:15 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
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| Ray County Public Library |
219 S. College Richmond, MO 64085 |
(816)470-3291
Open: Monday through Friday 8:30-5 pm; Saturday 9-12 |
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| Genealogy Library | 901 W. Royle
Richmond, MO 64085 (inside Ray County Museum) |
816-776-2305
Open: Wed - Sat; 10 am to 5 pm |
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| Other Libraries (not in Ray County but good sources!) | Directory of Genealogy Libraries in the United States | ||
| Missouri State Archives Library | Office of the Secretary of State, Missouri
State Capitol, Room 208 and State Information Center, 600 W. Main |
Phone 573-751-4936 contact the reference staff at archref@sos.mo.gov |
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| Mid-Continent Public Library Genealogy and Local History | 317 W. 24 Highway Independence, MO 64050 |
Phone 816-252-7228 Mon - Thur 9-9, Fri 9-6, Sat 9-5 Librarian: Janice Schultz |
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| The Geneology Branch's 12,000 square foot annex is east of the North Independence Public Library Building. Mid-Continent's genealogy collection includes 60,000 books, 46,000 rolls of microfilm and 100,000 microfiche. The collection features the entire U.S. population census schedules for 1790 to 1930 for all states as well as family histories and county source records | |||
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Family History Center |
705 Walnut St.
Independence, MO |
Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday to Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday Phone 816-461-0245 |
FamilySearch |
| The center offers a computerized family search program, including a library catalog with access to the church's Salt Lake City records, an international genealogy index of more than 250 million names, an ancestral file, a Social Security index and Scottish church records. The center also contains county and states records, family histories, and other records. | |||
| Merril J. Mattes Research Library at the National Frontier Trails Center | 318 W. Pacific Ave.
Independence, MO |
Open by appointment during regular hours at the Trails Center | . |
| The library is dedicated to the history of the westward expansion along the Santa Fe, California and Oregon trails. It contains many rare books about the three westward trails, numerous maps, original diaries, and access to an emigrant database. | |||
| Kansas City Public Library
Special Collections |
311 E. 12th Street Kansas City, MO 64106-2454 816-701-3505 |
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| Local, Historical, & Genealogical Collections. The Special Collections Department, located on the 3rd floor of the Main Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, collects, preserves, and provides access to numerous types of resources pertaining to the history of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, Genealogy, the Civil War, and Western Americana. | |||
| Missouri Education and Research Libraries Information Network |
University of Missouri Campuses and Saint Louis University [Includes holdings of the State Historical Society and University Archives] |
. | Merlin Library Catalog |
| Family History Library | 35 North West Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-3400 |
phone (801)-240-2331 fax: (801)240-5551 |
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| Allen County Public Library, Indiana |
900 Webster Street Fort Wayne, IN 46801 |
Allen County Public Library Phone: (219) 421-1200 Fax: (219) 422-9688 |
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| Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) |
1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Room 609 Washington, D.C. 20506 |
Phone: (202) 606-8539 | |
Ray County Home Page | MoGenWeb | USGenWeb | WorldGenWeb | E-Mail County Coordinator
To add additional information relating to Ray County, Missouri Genealogy, E-Mail the county coordinator.