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=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | ||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<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. | ||
* | *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians. | ||
*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] is part of the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources | |||
*[[New England Historic Genealogical Society]], Boston, national in scope. Over 100 million name database, of vital records, genealogies, journals, over 200,000 books, 100,000 microfilms, and over 20 million manuscripts with emphasis on New England and New York since the 1600s. | |||
*[[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. | |||
*[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, MO, national censuses/indexes, 80,000 family histories, 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, and newspapers. | |||
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons. | |||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
Revision as of 08:33, 29 October 2010
File:File:Newberry Library.jpg Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] genealogy@newberry.org. Address:[1]
Telephone:[2] (312) 255-3512 Hours and holidays:[3] Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Directions, maps, and public transportation:[4] {Optional} Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]{Please briefly describe the strengths and weaknesses of each collection for genealogists (about two or three sentences for smaller collections).[5] For example, explain the collection size, who (which ethnic, political, or religious groups) are covered, dates covered, jurisdictions covered, record types available, significant indexes, and any noteworthy record loss or gaps.[6]} Tips[edit | edit source]{Optional} Guides[edit | edit source]{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at the Newberry Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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