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| === Contact Information === | | ===Contact Information=== |
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| '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Milstein">"Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy" in ''New York Public Library'' at http://library.loganutah.org/archives/ (accessed 25 August 2012).</ref> [mailto:jason.cornelius@loganutah.org] <br> | | '''E-Mail & Telephone:''' [https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/ask_a_librarian/index.php Contact Us]. <br> |
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| '''Address:'''<ref name="Milstein" /> | | '''Address:''' |
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| :Logan Library<br>
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| :Virginia Hanson Special Collections<br>
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| :Logan, UT 84321<br><br>
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| '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Milstein" /> (435)716-9143<br> | | '''Hours and holidays:''' |
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| '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Milstein" /> | | :Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. |
| | :Saturday 10 a.m.-2 p.m. |
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| | :For the '''''holiday schedule''''', [https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/about_us/information/location_and_hours.php Click here] |
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| :Monday-Saturday open 10:00 a.m. <br>
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| :Monday-Thursday close 9:00 p.m.<br>
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| :Friday-Saturday close 6:00 p.m.<br><br>
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| :Upcomming closings: [http://www.nypl.org/locations click here].<br><br>
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| '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<br>
| | The Logan Library is home to the Virginia Hanson Special Collections, including genealogical and historical materials related to the Logan, Utah area and wider. It is currently home to over 7,500 print, film, and manuscript items. |
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| :*[http://www.mapquest.com/mq/5-sKYPFWuT New York Public Library location on MapQuest]<br><br>
| | The Logan Library is also an affiliate library with the FamilySearch Library in Salt Lake City. Many digital resources on FamilySearch.org not available at home can be accessed here. |
| :*'''Subway:''' [http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/schemain.htm MTA subway trains]
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| ::*'''''Red 1 2 or 3 ''''' to 42nd Street and Broadway. Walk two blocks east to Fifth Avenue.<br>
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| ::*'''''Blue A or C ''''' to 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue. Walk four blocks east to Fifth Avenue.<br>
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| ::*'''''Orange D B F or V ''''' to 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. Walk one block east to Fifth Avenue.<br>
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| ::*'''''Green 4 5 or 6 ''''' to Grand Central Station. Walk two blocks west to Fifth Avenue.
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| ::*'''''Purple 7 ''''' to Fifth Avenue.<br>
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| :*'''Buses:''' [http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/bus/mhtnsch.htm MTA buses] M1 M2 M3 M4 M6 M7 M42 M104 or Q32 to Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
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| '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
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| *[http://www.nypl.org/ New York Public Library Internet home page].
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| *[http://catalog.nypl.org/search/ New York Public Library catalog online].
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| *[http://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman/milstein-division-us-history-local-history-genealogy NYPL Milstein Division - U.S. History, Local History, and Genealogy].
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| *[http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/62586 NYPL Milstein Division - Conducting Research].
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| *[http://www.nypl.org/locations/tid/36/node/65877 NYPL Milstein Division - FAQ].
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| === Collection Description ===
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| The New York Public Library's collection is one of the largest in the world with over 14 million titles. The '''Irma and Paul Milstein Division of U.S. History, Local History and Genealogy''' has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; the Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records. The Milstein Division acquires materials beyond the local region. The United States town, city, county and state history collection is national in scope. Books requested in the Bill Blass Public Catalog Room are delivered to the Rose Reading Room. The open shelf dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, and indexes alone include 25,000 volumes.<br>
| | *[https://lopl.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/Logan/search/results?qu=&te=ILS Online Logan Library Catalog] has keyword, title, author, subject, call number, and advanced searches. |
| | *[https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/research___learn/local_history.php Logan History] Get a glimpse of what local history and genealogy materials the Logan Library has to offer online. |
| | *[https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/research___learn/digital_projects.php Logan History Digital Projects] collection of maps, newspapers, photographs, and other digital resources related to the history of Logan, Utah. |
| | *[http://www.ancestryheritagequest.com/hqa HeritageQuest Online] has over 28,000 genealogy and local history ebooks, U.S. census records, Revolutionary War service records, and more. |
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| The library has computers with Internet access including the most popular genealogical databases, and free Wi-Fi for personal computers of visitors. The '''Milstein Microfilm Room''' gives access to New York State censuses, New York City directories, and indexes to New York City vital records (births late 19th century-1982; deaths late 19th century-1982; and marriages 1869-1937), coroner's inquisitions 1823-1898, divorce index 1784-1910, 1890 New York City “Police” Census, New York City historical newspapers, NYC land and property records 1654-1857, 18th and 19th century wills for many counties.
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| In addition, the '''Manuscripts and Archives Division''', 3rd floor, has about 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) of archival papers of individuals, families, and organizations mostly from the New York area. The '''Rare Book Division''', 3rd Floor, has 130,000 titles from Europe, England, and the Americas. The '''Art, Prints and Photographs Division''', 3rd floor, has 200,000 prints.
| | The collection is available during all general library hours. |
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| The New York Public Library now houses the '''New York Genealogical and Biographical Society's '''collection. All of their collection has been cataloged and is located in the New York Public Library's [http://www.nypl.org/collections online catalog.]
| | If you desire or need specialized reference help, please call or email in advance to make sure the librarian will be available to help you. |
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| *Access to Special Collections: Rare Books Division, Manuscripts and Archives Division, Arents Collection, Berg Collection, Pforzheimer Collection, Print Collection, Photography Collection, and Spencer Collection requires a library card, photo identification, and an application. You can submit applications in each collection's reading room or via their webpage in some cases.
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| *The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in '''''not''''' at the Main Branch.
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| *Sam P. Williams, ''Guide to the Research Collections of the New York Public Library'' (Chicago: American Library Association, 1975). ({{FHL|203628|item}} Book 974.71 A3w). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1365290 WorldCat entry].
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| *New York Public Library. Local History and Genealogy Division, ''United States Local History Catalog: a Modified Shelf List Arranged Alphabetically by State, and Alphabetically by Locality within Each State'', 18 volumes and four suppelments. (Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall, 1974). ({{FHL|137032|item}} Large Q Book 974.71 A3nd). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1159373 WorldCat entry].
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| === Alternate Repositories ===
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| 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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| '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
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| *[http://www.nypl.org/locations New York Public Library Branches] over 90 in New York City.
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| *[[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.
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| *[[National Archives Northeast Region (New York City)]], censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, New York port and shipping, naturalizations, inventions.
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| *[[National Archives Northeast Region (Boston)]] (that is Waltham), censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passenger indexes, naturalizations, African Americans, Indians.
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| *[[Stadsarchief Amsterdam]] (Amsterdam Municipal Archives) early Dutch notarial records of New York.
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| '''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
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| *[[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.
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| *[[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.
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| *[[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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| *[[Newberry Library]], Chicago, genealogies, local histories, censuses, military, land, indexes, vital records, court, and tax records mostly from the Mississippi Valley, eastern seaboard, Canada, & British Isles.
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| *[[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.
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| *[[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.
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| *[http://www.yadvashem.org/ Yad Vashem], Jerusalem, 85,000 volumes about the Jewish Holocaust, largest yizkor book collection.
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| *[[New York State Library]], Albany, has local histories, genealogies, atlases, church, cemetery (including DAR), city directories, microfilmed newspapers, censuses, passenger lists, and periodicals.
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| *[[New York State Archives]], Albany, has manuscripts, vital record indexes, land grants, maps, military, court, alien depositions, prisoners, Erie Canal passenger lists, wills, estates, and state censuses.
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| *[http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/index.php New York Genealogical and Biographical Society], New York City has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts.
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| *[https://www.nyhistory.org/web/ New York Historical Society] manuscripts, newspapers, periodicals, histories, directories, maps, photos.
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| *[http://www.health.state.ny.us/vital_records/ Vital Records Section of the New York State Dept. of Health], Menands, NY, for '''''outside''''' New York City births and deaths (1881-present), and marriage licenses (1880-present). Also, all divorces since 1963.
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| *[http://www.nyc.gov/html/records/home.html Municipal Archives] has New York City birth, death, and marriage records; the 1890 police census; city directories; voter registrations; almshouse records; and municipal government records.
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| *Courts: city, state, and federal.
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| *[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/ Columbia University Libraries], history, biography, ethnic studies, newspapers, government documents.
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| *[http://www.hollandsociety.com/library.html Holland Society] 7,000 New Netherland family and local history books, Dutch Reformed Church records.
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| *[http://huguenotsocietyofamerica.org/?page=Library Huguenot Historical Society] open by appointment: history, settlement, genealogy, biography, theology.
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| *[http://www.yivoinstitute.org/ YIVO Institute for Jewish Research] East European Jewish immigrant studies, gazetteers, yizkor books (Holocaust town memorial books), biographical directories, Landsmanshaft records.
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| *[http://www.lbi.org/ Leo Baeck Insitiute] preserves family and community histories about Jews in German speaking countries.
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