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==== Records Collection ==== | ==== Records Collection ==== | ||
• The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; 3,400 electronic databases.<ref>"About the Family History Library" in FamilySearch.org at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> • The Ancestral File database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. • The International Genealogical Index database contains approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals. An addendum to the International Genealogical Index contains an additional 125 million names. These names have been patron submitted or extracted from thousands of original birth, christening and marriage records. • The Pedigree Resource File database contains over 80 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • In 2003, the collection increased monthly by an average of 4,100 rolls of film, 700 books, and 16 electronic resources. • A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930. • Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions. | • The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records; 742,000 microfiche; 310,000 books, serials, and other formats; 4,500 periodicals; 3,400 electronic databases.<ref>"About the Family History Library" in FamilySearch.org at http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/FHL/frameset_library.asp (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> • The Ancestral File database contains more than 36 million names that are linked into families. • The International Genealogical Index database contains approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals. An addendum to the International Genealogical Index contains an additional 125 million names. These names have been patron submitted or extracted from thousands of original birth, christening and marriage records. • The Pedigree Resource File database contains over 80 million names that are linked into families. • Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. • In 2003, the collection increased monthly by an average of 4,100 rolls of film, 700 books, and 16 electronic resources. • A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930. • Approximately 200 cameras are currently microfilming records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions. | ||
==== Patron Resources ==== | ==== Patron Resources ==== | ||
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'''''Repositories with very large genealogical collections'''''<br> | '''''Repositories with very large genealogical collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[ | *[[Library of Congress|Library of Congress]] - largest library in the world including "one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications,"<ref>"Local History and Genealogy Reading Room" in Library of Congress [Internet site] at http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> in the [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room].<br> | ||
*[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/ National Archives and Records Administration] (NARA) - preserves and documents United States federal government and historical records,<ref>"National Archives and Records Administration" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> including American Indian papers, federal censuses, U.S. passenger arrival lists, passport applications, federal land, military and war records, and some naturalizations.<br> | *[http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/ National Archives and Records Administration] (NARA) - preserves and documents United States federal government and historical records,<ref>"National Archives and Records Administration" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Archives_and_Records_Administration (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref> including American Indian papers, federal censuses, U.S. passenger arrival lists, passport applications, federal land, military and war records, and some naturalizations.<br> | ||
*[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library] - home of the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]], more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, and German collections.<ref>"Genealogy Center" in Allen County Public Library [Internet site] at http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | *[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html Allen County Public Library] - home of the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|Periodical Source Index (PERSI)]], more than 350,000 printed books and 513,000 items of microfilm/fiche including family histories, censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, local histories, American Indians, African Americans, Canadian, British, and German collections.<ref>"Genealogy Center" in Allen County Public Library [Internet site] at http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html (accessed 18 October 2008).</ref><br> | ||
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