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Those who cannot visit the Genealogy Center in person may need copies from specific sources held by the Center, broader research done in the collection, or copies of articles found by searching the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). The Genealogy Center has a Research Center arm that provides these [https://acpl.lib.in.us/explore-genealogy/our-services services]; long-distance patrons may use [https://www.genealogycenter.info/persi/ PERSI Search] and [https://acpl.lib.in.us/explore-genealogy/our-services forms] on the Center's website to request copies or research. | Those who cannot visit the Genealogy Center in person may need copies from specific sources held by the Center, broader research done in the collection, or copies of articles found by searching the Periodical Source Index (PERSI). The Genealogy Center has a Research Center arm that provides these [https://acpl.lib.in.us/explore-genealogy/our-services services]; long-distance patrons may use [https://www.genealogycenter.info/persi/ PERSI Search] and [https://acpl.lib.in.us/explore-genealogy/our-services forms] on the Center's website to request copies or research. | ||
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What is now known as the Genealogy Center opened as the Indiana History and Genealogy Room of the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County on 3 January 1961. However the collection's history predates that time. As early as 1903, the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmpwcd/ Mary Penrose Wayne chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)] sought shelf space in the library for the society's lineage books and other historical works. During the Great Depression, library administrators roamed used bookstores throughout the Midwest, bringing back to the library many books and periodicals of a local history nature that with the DAR books, became the core of the genealogy collection when it was formed in 1961. | What is now known as the Genealogy Center opened as the Indiana History and Genealogy Room of the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County on 3 January 1961. However the collection's history predates that time. As early as 1903, the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inmpwcd/ Mary Penrose Wayne chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)] sought shelf space in the library for the society's lineage books and other historical works. During the Great Depression, library administrators roamed used bookstores throughout the Midwest, bringing back to the library many books and periodicals of a local history nature that with the DAR books, became the core of the genealogy collection when it was formed in 1961. | ||
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