Dear Sharon, When I was in St. Louis two years ago, I went to both. I used the county library for the Catholic church records (which I was primarily interested in), the draft registration for WWI and city directories. I went to the public library on Olive street for the newspapers. At that time I wasn't aware of all the "stuff" that was available at the public library. The problem with the public library was parking. There was only two hour on street parking whereas the county library had parking. From using the internet, I have found the public library staff to be most helpful. No experience with the county library. The public library was not busy when I was there nor was the county particularly busy but I was told that the county library could get very busy and you would be limited using the microfilm readers at that time. If I remember correctly, all the microfilm readers were also photocopiers at the county library. Also, the county library was near a large supermarket which had a section where you could get food-sandwiches, hot food, drinks and you could either eat it there or take it with you. http://www.slcl.lib.mo.us/slcl/sc/index.html http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/libsrc/geneinfo.htm http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/library.htm Email them about using digital cameras. At the county library, you have to put most of your stuff in a locker. You are limited in what you can bring into the genealogy room. I think there is something on their website which tells you what you can bring in. Georgia On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:20:38 EDT SReif1956@aol.com writes: > Here's a question for all who live in the St. Louis area right now. > > If I were to go to St. Louis to search for information in the old > city > directories, would I be happier at the city library in St. Louis or > the county > library in Frontenac? I want to be able to look at city birth, > death and > marriage/divorce index.records also. > > I will have limited time, so I just wanted to know where my time > would best > be spent. > > Also, when searching through the directories and indices, is it > possible to > make copies of the records (Xerox) or do they allow digital cameras > in the > research areas? > > Would appreciate a reply from those who have been down the path I am > taking. > > Thanks, Sharon > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > A complete Genealogy just can't be...there's always more. > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!