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Get all free genealogy resources for your state, organized and ready to use — The Research Library
The Midwest Genealogy Center (MGC) is often described as a physical genealogy library—but that description undersells its value. MGC also provides significant online resources, digital collections, databases, and research tools that can be used by genealogists anywhere in the country.
While its geographic strength is the Midwest, its collections and databases support research for:
- migration into and out of the Midwest
- Eastern U.S. origins
- westward movement
- ethnic and immigrant communities
For many researchers, MGC functions as a source discovery and orientation hub—helping identify records, publications, and research paths they didn’t know existed.
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