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Extreme Cold Warming Centers | Mid-Continent Public Library - Midwest Genealogy Center

3440 S Lee's Summit Rd, Independence, MO 64055

Eligibility

No restrictions.

Required documents

None

Hours

M-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 1pm-8pm

816-252-7228
Voice·

Main Phone

Languages

N/A

Application process

Visit location

Fees

None

Service area

Clay, Jackson and Platte Counties, MO

The facility is the largest public genealogy center in America. Its inventory includes U.S. census records, Civil War histories, immigration and naturalization records, Native American records, biographical archives, manuscripts pertaining to the American slave trade and the antebellum south and a large variety of state records for Missouri and other states, such as tax records, penitentiary records, military service records, genealogical periodicals and 60,000 titles of family genealogies.

Last Assured

02/20/2026

Providing organization

MID CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY

Public library system. The Independence offices are a technical processing facility only and does not provide public library services. For public library services, please visit any branch locations.