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The Questing Heirs Genealogy Society oversees the genealogy collection at the Long Beach Public Library. They have a small but nice collection of books and many military registers. There are long runs of these: | The Questing Heirs Genealogy Society oversees the genealogy collection at the Long Beach Public Library. They have a small but nice collection of books and many military registers. There are long runs of these: | ||
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*Official Army Registers | *Official Army Registers | ||
They have California, rancho and Mexican era history, computer indexes to statewide records, Great Registers, military records, miners, and early settlers, Long Beach obituary searches, ''Long Beach History Index'', Long Beach newspapers, African Americans, American Indians, and published genealogies.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 19 and 21. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{ | They have California, rancho and Mexican era history, computer indexes to statewide records, Great Registers, military records, miners, and early settlers, Long Beach obituary searches, ''Long Beach History Index'', Long Beach newspapers, African Americans, American Indians, and published genealogies.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 19 and 21. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
They have items specific to California research including these: | They have items specific to California research including these: | ||
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This library also has several newspapers in its collection: The Long Beach Press Telegram, The Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times. They also have Long Beach city directories and old high school yearbooks. There is a history of Long Beach special collection.<br> <ref>[http://sccapg.blogspot.com/2012/09/research-location-long-beach-public.html Research Location - Long Beach Public Library] in ''Association of Professional Genealogists'' (blog) (accessed 11 May 2014).</ref> <ref>[http://www.lbpl.org/info/obituary_requests.asp Obituary Requests] in ''Long Beach Public Library Website'' (accessed 11 May 2014).</ref><br> | This library also has several newspapers in its collection: The Long Beach Press Telegram, The Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times. They also have Long Beach city directories and old high school yearbooks. There is a history of Long Beach special collection.<br> <ref>[http://sccapg.blogspot.com/2012/09/research-location-long-beach-public.html Research Location - Long Beach Public Library] in ''Association of Professional Genealogists'' (blog) (accessed 11 May 2014).</ref> <ref>[http://www.lbpl.org/info/obituary_requests.asp Obituary Requests] in ''Long Beach Public Library Website'' (accessed 11 May 2014).</ref><br> | ||
'''Long Beach Public Library''' <br>101 Pacific Ave.<br>Long Beach CA 90822<br>Telephone: 562-570-7500<br>Fax: 562-570-7408<br> | '''Long Beach Public Library''' <br>101 Pacific Ave.<br>Long Beach CA 90822<br>Telephone: 562-570-7500<br>Fax: 562-570-7408<br>Email: [mailto:LBPL_comments@lbpl.org LBPL_comments@lbpl.org]<br>Internet: [http://www.lbpl.org/default.asp Long Beach Public Library] | ||
=== References === | === References === | ||
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