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== What is PERSI? == | == What is PERSI? == | ||
The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the largest subject index to genealogical and local history periodical articles in the world. Periodicals include magazines, journals, or newsletters. PERSI includes more than 1.9 million index entries from | The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the largest subject index to genealogical and local history periodical articles in the world. Periodicals include magazines, journals, or newsletters. PERSI includes more than 1.9 million index entries from nearly ten thousand periodicals written in English and French Canadian, since 1800 (covering primarily the United States, Canada, England, and Ireland). This index was created in 1985 by the [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]] in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and continues to be updated today.<br> | ||
PERSI is widely recognized as an essential source for high-quality genealogy research. Periodicals may contain about 20 percent of published genealogical material. Genealogical periodicals often included articles about local cemeteries, census, church, land, naturalizations, and probate records. So, PERSI is most useful as a genealogical subject index for a selected state, province, county, or town. | PERSI is widely recognized as an essential source for high-quality genealogy research. Periodicals may contain about 20 percent of published genealogical material. Genealogical periodicals often included articles about local cemeteries, census, church, land, naturalizations, and probate records. So, PERSI is most useful as a genealogical subject index for a selected state, province, county, or town. | ||
It only indexes family names in article titles, not all the names of people mentioned within the body of an article. It is more useful for researching American and Canadian families prior to the mid-1800s because they are more likely to have descendents who published an article about their ancestors. But PERSI may also help with more recent arrivals as well.<br> | It only indexes family names in article titles, not all the names of people mentioned within the body of an article. It is more useful for researching American and Canadian families prior to the mid-1800s because they are more likely to have descendents who published an article about their ancestors. But PERSI may also help with more recent arrivals as well.<br> | ||
== How to use PERSI == | == How to use PERSI == | ||