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| '''E-mail:'''<ref name="S1">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Willard+Library,+7+W+Van+Buren+St,+Battle+Creek,+MI+49017/@42.320984,-85.180693,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8817f18fc237a209:0x26d774d86ee6fc19</ref> infodesk@willardlibrary.org <br> | | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="S1">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Willard+Library,+7+W+Van+Buren+St,+Battle+Creek,+MI+49017/@42.320984,-85.180693,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8817f18fc237a209:0x26d774d86ee6fc19</ref> infodesk@willardlibrary.org <br> |
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| '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''</ref> See Willard Library on [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Willard+Library,+7+W+Van+Buren+St,+Battle+Creek,+MI+49017/@42.320984,-85.180693,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8817f18fc237a209:0x26d774d86ee6fc19 Google Maps].<br> | | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' See Willard Library on [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Willard+Library,+7+W+Van+Buren+St,+Battle+Creek,+MI+49017/@42.320984,-85.180693,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8817f18fc237a209:0x26d774d86ee6fc19 Google Maps].<br> |
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| *Willard Library [https://wlrd.ent.sirsi.net/ online catalog]. | | *Willard Library [https://wlrd.ent.sirsi.net/ online catalog]. |
| *Willard Library [http://willardlibrary.org/index.php/localhistory local history page].<br> | | *Willard Library [http://willardlibrary.org/index.php/localhistory local history page].<br> |
| *[https://archives.willardlibrary.org/newspapers/chronicling_bc.php Chronicling Battle Creek] Search Battle Creek's historic newspapers. Must have a Willard Library card to access from home the historic newspapers 1846-1923. Full access given at Willard Library or the Helen Warner Branch.<br><br> | | *[https://archives.willardlibrary.org/newspapers/chronicling_bc.php Chronicling Battle Creek] Search Battle Creek's historic newspapers. Must have a Willard Library card to access from home the historic newspapers 1846-1923. Full access given at Willard Library or the Helen Warner Branch. |
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| {'' '''List''' (link to a Wiki article for) '''at least one or more other repositories''' that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.''}
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| *[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers|Closest Family History Center]] has [[Family History Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and offers research guidance.<ref>[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 29 February 2016).</ref>
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