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Major online databases at the ACPL include: Ancestry.com{{·}} African American Heritage{{·}} Footnote.com{{·}} HeritageQuestOnline.com{{·}} Historical Detroit Free Press{{·}} NewEnglandAncestors.org{{·}} Origins Network-British, Irish, and Scots{{·}} Paper of Record-Historical Newspapers{{·}} and WorldVitalRecords.com.<ref name="ACPLGC" /> | Major online databases at the ACPL include: Ancestry.com{{·}} African American Heritage{{·}} Footnote.com{{·}} HeritageQuestOnline.com{{·}} Historical Detroit Free Press{{·}} NewEnglandAncestors.org{{·}} Origins Network-British, Irish, and Scots{{·}} Paper of Record-Historical Newspapers{{·}} and WorldVitalRecords.com.<ref name="ACPLGC" /> | ||
ACPL has over 50,000 family histories, all federal, and many state and territorial censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, nearly 200,000 local histories, the Boston Transcript, colonial newspapers of VA, MD, and PA, native American, African American, Canadian, British, and German collections.<ref name="ACPLGC" /> For more details see [http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] and the [http://webcat.acpl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/fwfMIpEDQw/MAIN/820466/60/1180/X ACPL catalog]. | ACPL has over 50,000 family histories, all federal, and many state and territorial censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, nearly 200,000 local histories, the Boston Transcript, colonial newspapers of VA, MD, and PA, native American, African American, Canadian, British, and German collections.<ref name="ACPLGC" /> For more details see [http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] and the [http://webcat.acpl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/fwfMIpEDQw/MAIN/820466/60/1180/X ACPL catalog]. | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
*Prepare for a genealogical trip to the ACPL by using the online [http://webcat.acpl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/fwfMIpEDQw/MAIN/820466/60/1180/X ACPL catalog] ahead of time. | *Prepare for a genealogical trip to the ACPL by using the online [http://webcat.acpl.lib.in.us/uhtbin/cgisirsi/fwfMIpEDQw/MAIN/820466/60/1180/X ACPL catalog] ahead of time. | ||
*Also consult the [http://www.genealogycenter.info/search_microtext.php microtext catalog] before you go. The Genealogy Center has an extensive microfilm and microfiche collection, much of which is not included in the main ACPL catalog. | *Also consult the [http://www.genealogycenter.info/search_microtext.php microtext catalog] before you go. The Genealogy Center has an extensive microfilm and microfiche collection, much of which is not included in the main ACPL catalog. | ||
*It also helps to prepare by using the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]] at [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi HeritageQuestOnline] available at many U.S. public libraries. | *It also helps to prepare by using the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]] at [http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqoweb/library/do/persi HeritageQuestOnline] available at many U.S. public libraries. | ||
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