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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
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| The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the largest subject index to genealogy and local history periodical articles in the world.<ref name="ACPL">"Ask a Genealogy Librarian" Service, Historical Genealogy Department, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 2010.</ref> Created by the staff of the [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]] Foundation and the ACPL’s [[Allen County Public Library|Genealogy Center]], PERSI is widely recognized as a vital tool for genealogical researchers. PERSI indexes articles in 11,000 periodical titles (including 3,000 defunct titles) published by thousands of local, state, national and international societies and organizations, arranging 2.7 million entries by surname or location and 22 basic subject headings. An important tool for genealogists looking for new avenues of investigation, PERSI’s usefulness is not limited to family history researchers. Local historians and academics, archaeologists and demographers, as well as students from elementary to graduate school and beyond, will all find PERSI an important asset in their research. | | The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the largest subject index to genealogy and local history periodical articles in the world, created by the staff of the [[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]] Foundation and the ACPL’s [[Allen County Public Library|Genealogy Center]]. PERSI indexes articles in periodical titles (including 3,000 defunct titles) published by thousands of local, state, national and international societies and organizations, arranging 2.7 million entries by surname or location and 22 basic subject headings. An important tool for genealogists looking for new avenues of investigation, PERSI’s usefulness is not limited to family history researchers. |
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| The PERSI project began in 1986 with efforts directed at indexing both “current” issues, to be published in annual volumes, and “retrospective” issues, to be published in a 16 volume set covering 1847-1985. The [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/691230 Family History Library] made the 16 volume set available on microfiche, but the print volumes provided the principal access for researchers until Ancestry began to briefly issue CDs containing the entire retro set, all annual volumes, plus additional pre-1986 material. | | The PERSI project began in 1986 with efforts directed at indexing both “current” issues, to be published in annual volumes, and “retrospective” issues, to be published in a 16 volume set covering 1847-1985. |
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| Previously, PERSI was made available as an online database at [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com]. However, it is no longer available at that site. For years, PERSI was available online at Heritage Quest Online, although, recently it was taken down.
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| Findmypast has now entered into a partnership with the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center to improve PERSI, by linking thousands of individual genealogical periodicals and resources to the index and allowing the original content to be accessed and connected digitally for the first time in the history of PERSI.
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| '''PERSI is searchable at [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/periodical-source-index Findmypast.com].''' The index list of results is free to the public. To see any online images to the periodicals, you must have a subscription or need to purchase pay-per-view credits.
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| Under the auspices of the ACPL Foundation, the project currently employs a staff of eight, including a full-time supervisor and assistant supervisor, as well as part-time encoders (indexers), editors, and request fulfillment personnel.
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| ==Contents== | | ==Contents== |