The staff of the History & Genealogy Department can do limited genealogical research for persons making inquiries. We need the full names of the persons you are researching, the county or counties and states where they lived, and the approximate time periods that they lived there. If you just want us to check specific items like city directories or the census, tell us in your request. We will search our collection and make copies of any materials that answer your questions. Our research charge is 25 cents per copy made from microfilm and 15 cents per copy made from paper originals. A postage and handling fee of $1.00 per inquiry per Library department is charged (non-U.S. requests are billed actual postage costs). Answering genealogy questions often requires the use of materials in the History & Genealogy and Microfilm Departments. Do not send payment with your order: we prefer to bill you because we cannot make refunds or keep accounts for our customers. Questions will be answered in the order in which they are received.

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS:

St. Louis Public Library
History & Genealogy Department
1301 Olive Street
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-539-0385 or 314-539-0386
Fax: 314-241-4305
E-Mail: webref@slpl.lib.mo.us

The St. Louis Public Library’s website with our online catalog, events calendar, special indexes for St. Louis historical and biographical materials, and an index of selected St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper obituaries, death notices, and burial permits, are located at: www.slpl.lib.mo.us

Phone: (314) 539-0385
Fax: (314) 241-4305
Email: webref@slpl.lib.mo.us