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[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|left|150px|Allen County P L]][[Allen County Public Library]]<br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, IN 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Website: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br><br> | [[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|left|150px|Allen County P L]][[Allen County Public Library]]<br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, IN 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Website: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br><br> | ||
: | :Allen County Public Library is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great '''Vermont''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br> | ||
==== National Archives at Boston ==== | ==== National Archives at Boston ==== | ||
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==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ==== New England Historic Genealogical Society ==== | ||
[[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:NEHGS Newbury Street.jpg|thumb|215px|<center>NEHGS Newbury Street</center>]][[New England Historic Genealogical Society]]<br>101 Newbury Street<br>Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007<br>Telephone: 617-536-5740; Library 617-226-1231<br>Fax: 617-536-7307<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@nehgs.org info@nehgs.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanancestors.org/index.aspx AmericanAncestors by NEHGS]<br><br> | ||
:Best overall collection for New England (and '''Vermont''') vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br><br> | :Best overall collection for New England (and '''Vermont''') vital records and probates, and excellent collection for Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, and Europe. The manuscript collection for members-only has diaries, letters, account books, business papers, church and town records, sermons, maps, wills, deeds, unpublished town and family genealogies, photos, and papers of the region's best genealogists since 1850.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref><br><br> | ||
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==== Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library ==== | ==== Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|border|thumb| | [[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|border|thumb|280px|<center>Vermont Historical Society</center>]][[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]]<br>Vermont History Center<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, Vermont 05641<br>Telephone: 802-479-8500<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@vermonthistory.org info@vermonthistory.org]<br>Website: [http://vermonthistory.org/visit/leahy-library Vermont History Center]<br><br> | ||
:VHS is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders.<ref name="DB111">Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.</ref><br><br> | :VHS is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders.<ref name="DB111">Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.</ref><br><br> | ||
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==== Bennington Museum Research Library ==== | ==== Bennington Museum Research Library ==== | ||
[[Image:Bennington Museum.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Bennington Museum.jpg|thumb|280px|<center>Bennington Museum</center>]][[Bennington Museum Research Library]]<br>75 Main Street<br>Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885<br>Telephone: 802-447-1571<br>E-mail: [mailto:tresch@benningtonmuseum.org tresch@benningtonmuseum.org]<br>Website: [http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/library.html Bennington Museum Research Library]<br><br> | ||
:Their collection includes early Connecticut, New York, and Vermont records. It is a great place to find records of families that moved up the Connecticut River and then west.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br> | :Their collection includes early Connecticut, New York, and Vermont records. It is a great place to find records of families that moved up the Connecticut River and then west.<ref name="DB25" /><br><br> | ||
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==== Brattleboro Historical Society History Center ==== | ==== Brattleboro Historical Society History Center ==== | ||
[[Image:Municipal Center Brattleboro.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:Municipal Center Brattleboro.jpg|thumb|280px|<center>Brattleboro Municipal Center</center>]]Brattleboro Historical Society History Center<br>History & Research Room<br>230 Main Street, 3rd floor<br>Brattleboro, VT 05301-6392<br>Telephone: 802-258-4957<br>E-mail: [mailto:histsoc@sover.net histsoc@sover.net]<br>Website: [http://brattleborohistoricalsociety.org/ Brattleboro Historical Society]<br><br> | ||
:A good regional library with many genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, maps, indexes, cemeteries, and obituaries.<ref name="DB111" /><br><br> | :A good regional library with many genealogies, family folders, books, periodicals, maps, indexes, cemeteries, and obituaries.<ref name="DB111" /><br><br> | ||
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==== Albany Institute of History and Art ==== | ==== Albany Institute of History and Art ==== | ||
[[Image:Albany Institute of History and Art.png|border|thumb| | [[Image:Albany Institute of History and Art.png|border|thumb|280px|<center>Albany Institute of History and Art</center>]][[Albany Institute of History and Art]]<br>125 Washington Avenue<br>Albany, New York 12210<br>Telephone: 518-463-4478<br>E-mail: [mailto:information@albanyinstitute.org information@albanyinstitute.org]<br> | ||
:This is the best collection of indexes and original records for "old" Albany County, New York, part of which included what is now all of Vermont. During the 1600s many families which started in Connecticut later migrated into '''Vermont''' and upstate New York.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><br> | :This is the best collection of indexes and original records for "old" Albany County, New York, part of which included what is now all of Vermont. During the 1600s many families which started in Connecticut later migrated into '''Vermont''' and upstate New York.<ref name="DB25">Dollarhide and Bremer, 25.</ref><br><br> | ||
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==== American Antiquarian Society ==== | ==== American Antiquarian Society ==== | ||
[[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|thumb| | [[Image:WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety 2.jpg|thumb|280px|<center>WorcesterMA AntiquarianSociety</center>]][[American Antiquarian Society]]<br>185 Salisbury Street<br>Worcester, Massachusetts 01609-1634<br>Telephone: 508-755-5221<br>Fax: 508-753-3311<br>E-mail: [mailto:Library@americanantiquarian.org Library@americanantiquarian.org]<br>Website: [http://www.americanantiquarian.org/ American Antiquarian Society]<br><br> | ||
:They have many '''Vermont''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. The AAS is best known for their U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, and manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref><br><br> | :They have many '''Vermont''' vital records, newspapers, and town histories. The AAS is best known for their U.S. newspaper collection of over 18,000 bound volumes 1704-1820, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, and manuscripts.<ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref><br><br> | ||