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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="Lib">[http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/library.html Library] in ''Bennington Museum'' (accessed 19 September 2015).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Lib">[http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/library.html Library] in ''Bennington Museum'' (accessed 19 September 2015).</ref> [mailto:tresch@benningtonmuseum.org tresch@benningtonmuseum.org] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="Lib" /> | '''Address:'''<ref name="Lib" /> | ||
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:Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885<br><br> | :Bennington, Vermont 05201-2885<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Lib" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Lib" /> 802-447-1571<br> | ||
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Lib" /> | '''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Lib" /> Monday through Thursday: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. <br> | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref>[http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/visitors-information.html Visitor's Information] in ''Bennington Museum'' (accessed 19 September 2015).</ref> | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''<ref>[http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/visitors-information.html Visitor's Information] in ''Bennington Museum'' (accessed 19 September 2015).</ref> [http://www.benningtonmuseum.org/visitors-information.html Directions and Map]<br> | ||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
Their collection includes early Connecticut, New York, and Vermont records. It is a great place to find records of families that moved up the Connecticut River and then west.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25, and 111. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{ | Their collection includes early Connecticut, New York, and Vermont records. It is a great place to find records of families that moved up the Connecticut River and then west.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 25, and 111. {{WorldCat|39493985}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, Indiana, premier periodical collection, including New England genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, and passenger lists.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> | |||
*[[National Archives at Boston]] (that is Waltham), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, naturalizations, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings, Chinese immigration, Navy and maritime records.<ref name="DB124">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.</ref><br> | *[[National Archives at Boston]] (that is Waltham), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, naturalizations, passenger arrival records for Boston and New England, and Canadian border crossings, Chinese immigration, Navy and maritime records.<ref name="DB124">Dollarhide and Bremer, 124.</ref><br> | ||
*[[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 since the 1600s.<ref name="Wik">"New England Historic Genealogical Society" in ''Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_Historic_Genealogical_Society (accessed 30 August 2010).</ref> <ref>[http://www.americanancestors.org/education/learning-resources/read/using-the-nehgs-library/ Using the NEHGS Library] in ''American Ancestors" (accessed 21 September 2015).</ref> <ref name="DB55759">Dollarhide and Bremer, 5, 57, and 59.</ref> | |||
*[[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]], Barre, is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders.<ref name="DB111">Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.</ref> | *[[Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library]], Barre, is definitely the best research center for early Vermont residents because of their many manuscripts, family histories, periodicals, maps, and family folders.<ref name="DB111">Dollarhide and Bremer, 111.</ref> | ||
*[[Vermont State Archives]], Montpelier, original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont.<ref name="DB111" /> | *[[Vermont State Archives]], Montpelier, original state, county, and town records at all levels of government from all over Vermont.<ref name="DB111" /> | ||
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*Church archives | *Church archives | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [[Massachusetts]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New York]], and '''''in Canada:''''' [[Quebec]]. | *Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [[Massachusetts]], [[New Hampshire]], [[New York]], and '''''in Canada:''''' [[Quebec]]. | ||
*[[American Antiquarian Society]], Worcester MA, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. <ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref> | *[[American Antiquarian Society]], Worcester MA, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. <ref name="DB59">Dollarhide and Bremer, 59.</ref> | ||
*[[Columbia County Historical Society Library]], Kinderhook NY, a large collection of family folders for early settlers, including many from Vermont and New England. Columbia County is on the Hudson River near the main route from New England into upstate New York.<ref name="DB111" / | *[[Columbia County Historical Society Library]], Kinderhook NY, a large collection of family folders for early settlers, including many from Vermont and New England. Columbia County is on the Hudson River near the main route from New England into upstate New York.<ref name="DB111" /> | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
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 Contact InformationE-mail:[1] tresch@benningtonmuseum.org Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 802-447-1571 Hours and holidays:[1] Monday through Thursday: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Directions, maps, and public transportation:[2] Directions and Map Internet sites and databases:
Collection DescriptionTheir collection includes early Connecticut, New York, and Vermont records. It is a great place to find records of families that moved up the Connecticut River and then west.[3] Tips{Optional} Guides{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Alternate RepositoriesIf you cannot visit or find a source at the Bennington Museum Research Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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