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| '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Contact">"Contact A Librarian" in ''Newberry Library'' at http://www.newberry.org/contact-librarian(7 August 2013).</ref> [mailto:genealogy@newberry.org reference@newberry.org.] <br>
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| :60 West Waltron Street<br>
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| :Chicago, Illinois 60610<br><br>
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| '''Telephone:'''<ref name="RefServ">"Reference Services" in ''Newberry Library'' at http://www.newberry.org/collections/Reference.html (28 October 2010).</ref> (312) 255-3512<br>
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| '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Hours">"Hours" in ''Newberry Library'' at http://www.newberry.org/general/hours.html (28 October 2010).</ref> Tuesday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.<br>
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| :*[http://www.newberry.org/general/hours.html Holiday Closings click here]<br>
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| '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref>"Directions to the Newberry Library" in ''Newberry Library'' at http://www.newberry.org/general/directions.html (29 October 2010).</ref><br>
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| *For neighborhood map, [http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/textpage-attachments/neighborhoodmap.pdf click here].
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| *For bus, subway, and car parking directions, [http://www.newberry.org/general/directions.html click here].
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| '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
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| *Newberry [http://www.newberry.org/ home page]''<br>''
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| *Newberry [https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/nby/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First online catalog] <br>
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| *Newberry [http://www.newberry.org/genealogy-and-local-history genealogy page] <br>
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| *[http://www.chicagoancestors.org ChicagoAncestors.org]
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| *[http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/ Atlas of Historical County Boundaries]
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| '''Orientation and tours:'''
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| The Genealogy and Local History staff introduces novices to the basics of research at an informal [http://www.newberry.org/programs-genealogists orientation] the first Saturday of every month. After the session, you are welcome to begin your research. A reference librarian will be available to provide suggestions and assistance. Reservations not required.<br>
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| === Collection Description ===
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| The Newberry is a private, non-circulating library free and open to the public. It is a research library for humanities and social sciences with 1.5 million books, 5 million manuscript pages, and 500,000 maps. This includes good American Indian, railroad archives, Chicago history, and cartography collections.<ref>Wikipedia Contributors, "Newberry Library" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newberry_Library (accessed 29 October 2010).</ref>
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| One of its strongest collections is genealogy with 17,000 published '''genealogies''' of New England and colonial America, and British gentry and nobility. The library collects church, town, county, and state '''histories''', from all parts of America, Canada, and the British Isles, including comprehensive New England town histories.
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| The Newberry has Ancestry and HeritageQuest subscriptions for '''census''' indexes, all federal census microfilms 1790-1850, and Midwest states to 1880; book indexes through 1850 and most of 1860. The collection also includes 1855 and 1865 Illinois '''state censuses''', and scattered other states and Canadian provinces.
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| Holdings also include birth, marriage, death, probate, deeds, court, tax, and cemetery '''abstracts and indexes''' from the Mississippi Valley to the eastern seaboard, Canada, and British Isles. American Civil War '''military''' unit histories, rosters and pension lists of colonial wars through the Civil War, and scattered records from later wars are also available.
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| '''Database subscriptions''' include Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest On-line, American Ancestors, and Fold3.com. They also have a significant American, Canadian, and British genealogical '''periodicals''' collection, and the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]] for family history researchers.<ref>"Overview of Newberry Library's Genealogy Collections" in ''Newberry Library'' at http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/overview.html (29 October 2010).</ref><br>
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| The Newberry is also a Family History Library Affiliate. Registered readers can use FamilySearch’s online ordering system to borrow microfilm and microfiche from the Family History Library and work with it at the Newberry. <br>
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| === Tips ===
| | '''E-Mail & Telephone:''' [https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/ask_a_librarian/index.php Contact Us]. <br> |
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| A reader's card is needed for research. To obtain a reader's card you must:
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| :*Have a research interest supported by the Newberry’s collections, | | :255 North Main<br>Logan, Utah 84321 <br> |
| :*Be at least age 16,
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| :*Show a valid photo I.D.,
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| :*Show proof of your current address.<ref>"Who is eligible to do research at the Newberry Library? FAQ" in ''Newberry Library'' at http://www.newberry.org/collections/FAQs.html#Eligible (29 October 2010).</ref>
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| [http://www.newberry.org/genealogy-collection-guides-and-research-tools Click here] for 78 online Newberry Library genealogical collection guides and research tools about: | | :Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. |
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| | :Closed Sunday<br> |
| | :For the '''''holiday schedule''''', [https://cms9.revize.com/revize/loganutlibrary/about_us/information/location_and_hours.php Click here] |
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| :*Ethnic guides (14)
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| | 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. |
| :*Military guides (6)
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| :*Geographic guides (31)
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| | 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. |
| :*Researching Chicago (10)
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| :*Uniquely Newberry (7)
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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>
| | *[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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| *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic, and Canadians.
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| *[[National Archives Great Lakes Region (Chicago)]] federal censuses 1790–1930; military service and pension indexes, passenger lists, naturalizations, Ancestry.com, HeritageQuest, Footnote.
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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.
| | 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. |
| *[[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, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources
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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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| *[[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.
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| *[[Mid-Continent Public Library Midwest Genealogy Center]], Independence, MO, national censuses/ indexes, 80,000 family and 100,000 local histories, 565,000 microfilms, 7,000 maps, newspapers.
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| *[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, tax abstracts, or microfilm of originals for some states, online databases.
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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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| '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
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| *Cook County Clerk [http://www.cookcountygenealogy.com/ births, marriages, and deaths online]
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| *[http://www.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/ Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court] probates, civil, criminal records.
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| *[http://www.ilnd.uscourts.gov/home/ClerksOffice.aspx U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois] trial transcripts and court records.
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| *[http://www.co.cook.il.us/portal/server.pt/community/recorder_of_deeds___registrar_of_titles/279 Cook County Recorder of Deeds] and Registrar of Titles
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| *[http://www.chipublib.org/ Chicago Public Library] reference books, how-to-guides, histories, biographies.
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| *[http://www.chicagohs.org/research/resources/family Chicago History Museum] directories, address conversion, newspapers, biography.
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| *[http://www.spertus.edu/asher_cja/index.php Asher Library], Spertus Institute for Jewish Studies 500,000 books, films, music, and artifacts.
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| *[http://www.pgsa.org/aboutPGSA.php Polish Genealogical Society of America], 60,000 books on Polish history, art, culture, reference.
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| *[http://library.uic.edu/ University of Illinois at Chicago], biography, periodicals, newspapers, oral history, ethnic studies.
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| *[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/services.html Illinois State Archives], Springfield, getting started, local, state, and federal government records.
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| *[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/iradhome.html Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD)], 7 repositories, births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations. land, probate, schools, courts, professional licenses and registrations.
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| *[http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/home.html Illinois State Library], Springfield, family histories, periodicals, county histories and records.
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| *[http://www.illinoishistory.gov/lib/ishlgen.htm Illinois State Historical Library (ISHL)], Springfield, (A. Lincoln Library) genealogies, county histories, atlases, plats, census indexes, cemetery inscriptions, BMD and naturalization indexes, databases.
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