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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
''' | '''Email:'''<ref name="GenSec">"Genealogy Section" at Dallas Public Library at http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php (accessed 18 October 2010).</ref> [mailto:genealogy@dallaslibrary.org genealogy@dallaslibrary.org] <br> | ||
[http://dallaslibrary2.org/central/index.php J. Erik Jonsson Central Library] Web Site | [http://dallaslibrary2.org/central/index.php J. Erik Jonsson Central Library] Web Site | ||
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:J. Erik Jonsson Central Library <br>8th floor <br>1515 Young Street <br>Dallas, TX 75201<br><br> | :J. Erik Jonsson Central Library <br>8th floor <br>1515 Young Street <br>Dallas, TX 75201<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="GenSec" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="GenSec" /> 214-670-1433<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref>"Hours" in Genealogy Section at Dallas Public Library at http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php (accessed 18 October 2010).</ref> | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref>"Hours" in Genealogy Section at Dallas Public Library at http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php (accessed 18 October 2010).</ref> | ||
:Monday 10 a.m. - | :Monday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.<br>Tuesday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. <br>Wednesday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. <br>Thursday 10 p.m. - 8 p.m. <br>Friday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. <br>Saturday 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. <br>Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. <br>The library is closed during major holidays.<br><br> | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' <br> | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:''' <br> | ||
*[http://dallaslibrary2.org/directions-central.php Directions] for autos from north, east, south, or west. Pay parking underground is located on the Wood Street side of the library. Wood Street is one-way eastbound. Use the first ramp for | *[http://dallaslibrary2.org/directions-central.php Directions] for autos from north, east, south, or west. Pay parking underground is located on the Wood Street side of the library. Wood Street is one-way eastbound. Use the first ramp for parking. | ||
*Dallas Public Central Library [http://new.mapquest.com/embed?le=t&q=1515+Young+Street%2C+Dallas%2C+TX+%28J.+Erik+Jonsson+Central+Library%29&maptype=map&vs=embed on MapQuest]. | *Dallas Public Central Library [http://new.mapquest.com/embed?le=t&q=1515+Young+Street%2C+Dallas%2C+TX+%28J.+Erik+Jonsson+Central+Library%29&maptype=map&vs=embed on MapQuest]. | ||
*Getting to the Central Library [http://dallaslibrary2.org/directions-publicTransit.php via bus, or via train]. | *Getting to the Central Library [http://dallaslibrary2.org/directions-publicTransit.php via bus, or via train]. | ||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch 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 records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | ||
*[[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. | *[[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 | *[[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 | ||
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*[[Texas Heritage Museum]], Hill College, Hillsboro, outstanding Civil War collection. | *[[Texas Heritage Museum]], Hill College, Hillsboro, outstanding Civil War collection. | ||
*[http://smu.edu/libraries/ Southern Methodist University] history, biography, newspapers, ethnic studies, government papers. | *[http://smu.edu/libraries/ Southern Methodist University] history, biography, newspapers, ethnic studies, government papers. | ||
*[ | *[https://texasbaptists.org/ministries/texas-baptist-historical-collectionhttp://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?pid=1134 Texas Baptist Historical Society] histories of local congregations. | ||
*[http://fortworthtexas.gov/library/ | *[http://fortworthtexas.gov/library/ Fort Worth Public Library] newspapers, obituaries, biographies, histories and genealogies of the Southwest.<ref name="DB107">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 107. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Focus is on Texas, the South, the Midwest, and the original thirteen states. | ||
*Repositories in '''surrounding counties: | *Repositories in '''surrounding counties: ''' [[Collin County, Texas Genealogy|Collin]], [[Denton County, Texas Genealogy|Denton]], [[Ellis County, Texas Genealogy|Ellis]], [[Johnson County, Texas Genealogy|Johnson]], [[Kaufman County, Texas Genealogy|Kaufman]], [[Rockwall County, Texas Genealogy|Rockwall]], and [[Tarrant County, Texas Genealogy|Tarrant]]. | ||
*[[Texas State Library and Archives Commission]], Austin, federal censuses, vital statistics indexes, military indexes, county tax rolls, city directories, newspapers, voter registration, convicts. | *[[Texas State Library and Archives Commission]], Austin, federal censuses, vital statistics indexes, military indexes, county tax rolls, city directories, newspapers, voter registration, convicts. | ||
*[[Briscoe Center for American History]] (Univ. of Texas at Austin) rivals the State Library collection. | *[[Briscoe Center for American History]] (Univ. of Texas at Austin) rivals the State Library collection. | ||
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