Dayton Metro Library: Difference between revisions

'''E-mail:'''<ref name="ER">[http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/research/reference?view=form Welcome to our electronic reference service] in ''Dayton Metro Library'' (accessed 4 March 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/research/reference?view=form E-mail reference question form] <br>  

'''Telephone:'''<ref name="ER" /> &nbsp;937-463-BOOK<br>  

'''Hours:'''<ref name="ER" /> <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;M, T, Th: 9:30 am - 8:30 pm<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;W, F: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sat: 9:30 am - 6:00 pm<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sun: 1 - 5 pm<br>  

*'''Map:''' &nbsp;[https://www.google.com/maps/place/215+E+3rd+St,+Dayton,+OH+45402/@39.761511,-84.1968813,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8840815644ca6583:0x54c5ee06543d65fd Google map: Dayton Metro Library].

**'''''from the north on I-75:&nbsp;''''' Merge onto I-75 S toward Dayton. ake the Webster St/Keowee St/OH-4 N exit, EXIT 54B, toward Springfield, 0.4 mi. Keep right to take the Webster St/Keowee St N ramp toward Fifth Third Field, 0.3 mi. Merge onto Deeds Park Dr, 0.01 mi. Take the 1st right onto Webster St, 0.6 mi. Turn right onto E 3rd St, 0.3 mi. The Dayton Metro Library at 215 E 3RD ST is on the right.  

**'''''from the east on US-35:&nbsp;''''' Merge onto US-35 W toward Dayton. Take the Jefferson St exit toward OH-48/Main St, 0.5 mi. Keep right to take the Jefferson St ramp toward Fifth Third Field, 0.06 mi. Merge onto S Jefferson St, 0.05 mi. Turn slight right onto S Patterson Blvd, 0.4 mi. Turn left onto E 3rd St, 0.03 mi. The Dayton Metro Library at 215 E 3RD ST is on the right.  

**'''''from the south on I-75:&nbsp;''''' Merge onto I-75 N toward Dayton. Take the Third St E exit, EXIT 53A, toward Downtown/Sinclair Col, 0.3 mi. Merge onto W 3rd St, 0.8 mi. The Dayton Metro Library at 215 E 3RD ST is on the right.  

**'''''from the west on US-35:&nbsp;''''' Turn onto US-35 E toward Dayton. Continue straight on when it becomes 3rd St. The Dayton Metro Library is four blocks past the Dayton City Hall - the Library is on the left at 215 E 3RD ST.

The ''Dayton Room&nbsp;'' has one of Ohio's best genealogical collections including books, periodicals, indexes, genealogies, and biographies.<ref name="DB89" />  

*[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, Illinois, a large repository with genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, and the British Isles.<ref>[http://www.newberry.org/genealogy-and-local-history Genealogy and Local History] in ''The Newberry'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref>  

*[[Ohio History Connection]], Columbus, serves as the state archives. Excellent manuscript collection for government, land, and military records. Also has biographies, genealogies, and vital records.<ref name="DB89">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 89. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> <ref name="Network">[http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/state-archives/lgrp-home/lgrp-network-centers Ohio Network of American History Research Centers] in ''Ohio History Connection'' (accessed 28 February 2014).</ref>  

*[[Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County]], a top genealogy and local history collection of early Ohio sources. This includes the ''[http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/main/inlandrivers.html Inland Rivers Library]&nbsp;'' of the Ohio River and its tributaries (riverboat traffic between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Louisville, Kentucky) in Special Collections.<ref name="DB89" />