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'''Genealogical Materials'''[[File:BrownUniversity-JohnDRockefellerJrLibrary.jpg|right|450px]]


=== Contact Information  ===
Virtually a second state archives with a huge book collection, manuscripts regarding New England settlers, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB99">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 99. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>


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=== Contact Information ===
 
:000 Santa's Workshop Lane<br>
:North Pole, AK 99999-9999 <br><br>
 
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'''Email:'''<br>
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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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{{Block indent|10 Prospect Street/Box A}}
{{Block indent|Providence, RI 02912<br>}}


'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<br>
{{Block indent|401-863-2165 }}


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Latest revision as of 06:33, 19 August 2025

Brown University Rockefeller Library
Genealogical Materials
BrownUniversity-JohnDRockefellerJrLibrary.jpg

Virtually a second state archives with a huge book collection, manuscripts regarding New England settlers, biographies, and genealogies.[1]


Contact Information[edit | edit source]

Email:

Address:

10 Prospect Street/Box A
Providence, RI 02912

Telephone:

401-863-2165

Hours and holidays:

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Internet sites and databases:

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 99. WorldCat 39493985; FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.