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
What's Here
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.