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-''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York Archives and Libraries]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[New England Historic Genealogical Society|New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'' <br>
+''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[New York Archives and Libraries]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]][[New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society|New England Historic Genealogical Society]]'' <br>
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 === Contact Information  ===
 '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Hours">"Library Hours and Fees" in ''AmericanAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/visit-the-library/ (accessed 29 August 2010).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org] <br>
 '''Address:'''<ref name="Visit">"Visit NEHGS" in ''AmericanAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/visit/ (accessed 28 August 2010).</ref>
 :101 Newbury Street<br>
 :Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007 <br><br>
 '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Library">"Library" in ''AmericanAncestors.org'' at http://www.americanancestors.org/NEHGS-experts-library/ (accessed 28 August 2010).</ref> &nbsp;617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>'''Fax:''' &nbsp;617-536-7307<br>
 '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hours" />
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 :Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
 :Wednesday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
 :Closed Sunday and Monday <br>
 ::For the '''''holiday schedule''''', [http://www.americanancestors.org/visit-the-library/ click here].<br><br>
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 :For public parking, [http://www.americanancestors.org/parking/ click here]. <br><br>
 '''Key Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
 *[http://www.americanancestors.org/ NewEnglandAncestors.org] About NEHGS, visiting, manuscripts, virtual tour and exhibits, library catalog, collection guides, hire the experts, forums, publications, programs and events, and databases including the Great Migration Study Project, ''The NEHG Register'', and town records.
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 === Guides  ===
-*[http://www.newenglandancestors.org/pdfs/LibraryGuide8-2006.pdf Library Users Guide] floor maps, services, policies, obtaining copies, catalog use and symbols.
+*[http://www.americanancestors.org/uploadedFiles/American_Ancestors/Content/Marketing/PDF_Archive/LibraryGuide8-2006.pdf Library Users Guide] floor maps, services, policies, obtaining copies, catalog use and symbols.
 *[http://www.newenglandancestors.org/pdfs/NEHGSResourcesSyllabus.pdf NEHGS Research Library Resources] moderately detailed floor-by-floor collection description.
 *"New England Historic Genealogical Society," ''Ancestry Magazine'' 20 no. 5 on the Internet at http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library/article.aspx?article=6815 (accessed 30 August 2010).
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 If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.
 '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
 *[[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]] (that is Waltham), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passengers arrival indexes, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, workshops.
 *[http://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/public/genealogy.html National Archives Northeast (New York City)], census, naturalization, passenger arrivals, Canadian border crossings, customs, draft, military service, military pension and bounty land, Chinese Exclusion Act cases, Freedmen's Bureau, Indians, and vital records. '''''Closing soon.<br>'''''
 *[http://www.cslib.org/handg.htm Connecticut State Library], Hartford,&nbsp;has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, Hale Collection newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates,&nbsp;vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions.<br>
 *[http://www.maine.gov/sos/arc/ Maine State Archives], Augusta,&nbsp;has vital records, land, office records, military, judicial, legislative records, and a list of professional genealogists.<br>
 *[http://www.sos.nh.gov/archives/genealogy.html New Hampshire State Archives], Concord,&nbsp;has records of probate, land, petitions, state papers, military, census, name changes, photos, naturalizations, voters, warnings out, town records and inventories, prisoners, marriage intentions, paupers, maps, and court records.<br>
 *[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City,&nbsp;has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.<br>
 *[http://www.rihs.org/ Rhode Island Historical Society], Providence,&nbsp;includes local, military, economic, social, church,&nbsp;political histories, newspapers, genealogy, women’s history, and business records.<br>
 *[http://vermonthistory.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=55 Vermont Historical Society Library], Barre, houses town histories, an index to&nbsp;vital records to 1870, cemeteries, letters, diaries, ledgers, early maps, photographs, and&nbsp;printed genealogies.<br>
 '''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
 *[[New York Public Library]] Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records.<br>
 *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, features a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, and Canadians.<br>
 *[[Family History Library]], Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records.<br>
 '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
 *[http://www.bpl.org/general/index.htm Boston Public Library], has government docs, newspapers, biographies, obituaries, Ancestry.
 *[http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/ Boston Athenaeum], a member library with newspapers, maps, photos, Civil War letters, diaries.
 *[http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/suffsupcrimmain.html Suffolk County Courthouse], maintains criminal and probation records.<br>
 *[http://www.probatecourtiannella.com/ Suffolk Probate and Family Court], wills, guardianship, divorce, adoptions, name changes.
 *[http://www.suffolkdeeds.com/ Suffolk County Registry of Deeds], preserves land records.
 *[http://www.bostonhistory.org/?s=info Bostonian Society], does historical records research, and structures preservation.<br>
 *[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=afagencylanding&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Research+%26+Technology&L2=Oversight+Agencies&L3=The+State+Library+of+Massachusetts&sid=Eoaf Massachusetts State Library] holds government documents, town, county and state histories.<br>
 *[http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcgen/genidx.htm Massachusetts Archives], vital records, passenger lists, census, military, Maine, Plymouth Colony, court, natuaralizations, divorces, probate, name changes, and state institutions.<br>
 *[http://www.masshist.org/ Massachusetts Historical Society], has personal papers of families who lived in Massachusetts.<br>
 *[http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=4&L0=Home&L1=Consumer&L2=Basic+Needs&L3=Vital+Records&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_vital_records_c_genealogical&csid=Eeohhs2 Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics], keeps births, marriages, and deaths.<br>
 *[http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/listings_alpha.html Harvard University Libraries], history, Afro-American studies, and women's history libraries.<br>
 *[http://www.congregationallibrary.org/ Congregational Library], church and mission records, histories, sermons, 25,000 obituaries.
 *[http://www.pittsfieldlibrary.org/index.html Berkshire Athenaeum] Cooke Collection church and cemetery records, newspaper notices, ministers' records, BMDs from New England and New York, genealogy databases.
 *[http://www.massog.org/index.html Massachusetts Society of Genealogists], Ashland, is an educational organization.<br>
 *[http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society], Worcester, collects history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, newspapers, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts.
 *[http://www.pem.org/library/ Peabody Essex Museum Library], Salem, collects published MA vital records to 1850, city directories, Essex County probate records 1638-1914, court records, and ship logbooks.
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