About the Genealogy Quick Look

Genealogy Quick Look provides an index to a portion of the resources available through the Midwest Genealogy Center. Search the index using any combination of collection title or all titles, by name, and possible date. If you locate a resource available through Midwest Genealogy Center, you will have an opportunity to request it from us or look at the resource personally.

Also included are inactive pension claims from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board through The National Archives and Records Administration in Atlanta, GA. If you locate a pension claim through our index, you will have the opportunity to request the record through the National Archives. Directions to request copies of claims are given with the index results.

The Midwest Genealogy Center, part of the Mid-Continent Public Library system, is located in Independence, Missouri. MGC staff and volunteers for more than 20 years have created indexes of obituaries, birth records, marriage records, books, and other documents.

Genealogists have consistently recognized Mid-Continent Public Library’s genealogy collection as one of the best in the nation, and you have the opportunity to help ensure the continued success of this genealogy collection. Donations mean future generations will have the same opportunity to research their ancestors as you have today.

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Tips to Help Your Search:

Genealogy Quick Look will look for exact matches for names that you use.
The system will also recommend last names that begin with or contain the last name in your search. A search for Appleb will provide links to searches for Applebee, Applebey, and Appleby, all of which have listings in the system. A search for Meyer will also show all of the last names that end in -meyer.
Some first names are listed only by first initial, so all searches with a first name also search for the first initial of that name. A search for Robert Smith will find results for Robert Smith and R Smith. This does not guarantee that the results are for a Robert Smith and not a Roger Smith.
Some last names are truncated to five characters, and the system will show or provide a link to matches with the first five characters of any last name search.
Obituary listings reference the person searched anywhere in the record. It may not be that person’s obituary.
Searching with a year or year and month without an event type specified will find all records with that date.
Searches for a month and year will also bring up records that only have a year specified. This is no guarantee of a match.