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    • SJPL Sprouts: Growing Lifelong Readers
    • Storytime to Go!
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      • By Grade
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        • Fantasy
        • Great Books for Boys
        • Great Books for Girls
        • Historical Fiction
        • Mysteries
        • Scary Stories
        • Science Fiction
        • Sports
        • Survival
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      • The Caldecott Medal
      • Mark Twain Award
      • Missouri Building Block
      • Missouri Show-Me Readers Award
      • The Newbery Medal
      • Coretta Scott King Award
      • Orbis Pictus Award
    • Clubs
      • Yellow/Red Dot Club
      • Lego Club
      • Mark Twain Readers Club
  • Teens
    • Teens – Home
    • For teens this month at your library
    • Teen Book Recomendations
    • Missouri Truman and Gateway Awards
    • Helpful Resources
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    • Genealogy/Local History
      • Genealogy/Local History – Home
      • 1860 Buchanan Co. Slave Schedule Database
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      • St. Joseph Death Record Database 1891-1902
      • Cemetery Map
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Databases – Genealogy & Local History

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AncestryLibrary

(Please visit your preferred library branch to access AncestryLibrary)

Fold3 Military Records

HeritageQuest

Newspapers.com (Missouri Newspapers 1808-1994)

Sanborn Maps

 

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Downtown Library
927 Felix Street
St. Joseph, MO 64501
Circulation: (816) 232-7729
Reference: (816) 232-8151
Text: (816) 249-1377
Children's: (816) 232-3812
Administration: (816) 232-4038
Open Today: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tomorrow: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Monday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
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East Hills Library
502 N. Woodbine Road
St. Joseph, MO 64506
Circulation: (816) 236-2136
Children's: (816) 236-1424
Outreach & Library-by-Mail: (816) 236-2107
Open Today: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tomorrow: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Monday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Carnegie Library
316 Massachusetts Street
St. Joseph, MO 64504
(816) 238-0526
Open Today: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Monday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday: 11:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday: Closed - Closed
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Washington Park Library
1821 N. Third Street
St. Joseph, MO 64505
(816) 232-2052
Open Today: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tomorrow: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Washington Park Library Hours
Monday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday: 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday: Closed - Closed
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