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[[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|280px|VT Historical Soc Leahy Library in Barre VT]]Vermont History Center<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, Vermont 05641-4209<br>Telephone: 802-479-8509<br>Fax: 802-479-8510<br>Email: [mailto:vhs-library@state.vt.us vhs-library@state.vt.us]<br>Website: [http://vermonthistory.org/research/leahy-library Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library] | [[Image:Vermont Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|280px|VT Historical Soc Leahy Library in Barre VT]]Vermont History Center<br>60 Washington Street<br>Barre, Vermont 05641-4209<br>Telephone: 802-479-8509<br>Fax: 802-479-8510<br>Email: [mailto:vhs-library@state.vt.us vhs-library@state.vt.us]<br>Website: [http://vermonthistory.org/research/leahy-library Vermont Historical Society Leahy Library] | ||
:Their collection includes a comprehensive name index of '''Massachusetts''' people, strong collection of family and town histories of New England, vital records, cemetery transcripts, genealogical periodicals, manuscripts, maps, and photos.<ref name="DB59" /><ref>[http://vermonthistory.org/research/genealogy/genealogy-research-at-the-vhs Genealogy Research at the Vermont Historical Society] in ''Vermont Historical Society'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | :Their collection includes a comprehensive name index of '''Massachusetts''' people, strong collection of family and town histories of New England, vital records, cemetery transcripts, genealogical periodicals, manuscripts, maps, and photos.<ref name="DB59" /><ref>[http://vermonthistory.org/research/genealogy/genealogy-research-at-the-vhs Genealogy Research at the Vermont Historical Society] in ''Vermont Historical Society'' (accessed 14 November 2013).</ref><br><br> | ||
=== [[Western Reserve Historical Society]] === | |||
[[Image:Connecticut Western Reserve in northeast Ohio.png|thumb|right|280px|Western Reserve Hist Soc in Cleveland OH]]10825 East Boulevard <br>Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1788 <br>Telephone: 216-721-5722 x1509 <br>Fax: 216-721-0645 <br>E-mail: [mailto:reference@wrhs.org reference@wrhs.org] <br>Website: [http://www.wrhs.org/research/library/genealogy/ Family History and Genealogical Research] | |||
:The Western Reserve was a large part of Ohio at first intended for settlement by '''Connecticut''' Revolutionary War refugees. The '''Research Library''' at the '''''Western Reserve Historical Society''''' ''History Center '' is the premier repository for Cleveland, Ohio and the ''Connecticut Western Reserve '' history material. This important collection includes original land records, as well as many genealogies, biographies, histories, and Bibles from Pennsylvania, New York, and '''New England'''.<ref name="DB89">Dollarhide and Bremer, 89.</ref> Includes over 20 million manuscripts for genealogical research and northeast Ohio history. They have the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of Shaker materials. Other important collections include the American Civil War, and the automotive industry.<ref>[http://www.wrhs.org/research/library/significant-collections/ Significant Collections] in ''Western Reserve Historical Society'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> | |||
:*Kermit J. Pike, ''A Guide to the Manuscripts and Archives of the Western Reserve Historical Society'' (Cleveland, Ohio: Western Reserve Historical Society, 1972). {{WorldCat|483574}}; {{FHL|94342|item|disp=FHL Book 977.1 A3p}}.<br> | |||
:*Western Reserve Historical Society. History Library. ''Card Catalog to the Manuscripts Collection in the Library of the Western Reserve Historical Society'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974). {{WorldCat|865891564}}; {{FHL|210248|item|disp=FHL Films 934566-69; 934617-18}}.<br><br> | |||
== Family History Centers == | == Family History Centers == | ||