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{'' '''List''' (link to a Wiki article for) '''at least one or more other repositories''' that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.''} | {'' '''List''' (link to a Wiki article for) '''at least one or more other repositories''' that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.''} | ||
If you cannot visit or find a record at the | If you cannot visit or find a record at the Allen County Public Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following. | ||
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | ||
*ACPL [http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/locations/index.html branches] of the Main Library <br> | *ACPL [http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/locations/index.html branches] of the Main Library <br> | ||
*<br> | *NARA (midwest)<br> | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*<br> | *FHL, large United States, Canada, and European genealogical and local history collections<br> | ||
*<br> | *Newberry, large midwestern and national genealogical collections<br> | ||
*St. Louis - Mid Continent | |||
*LC | |||
*NYC PL | |||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*<br> | *Indiana State Libr<br> | ||
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=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 28 April 2010
Allen County Public Library (ACPL)Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] ask@acpl.info Website: http://www.acpl.lib.in.us Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] 260-421-1200 Hours:
Directions and public parking map:[1] Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]The Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Collection is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States[2] with more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microform.[3] Users in Fort Wayne also have access, for a small fee, to over 2 million additional microfilms from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. ACPL is the creator of the Periodical Source Index (PERSI) based on their premier collection of French-Canadian and English-language genealogical and local history periodicals (5,100 current subscriptions). Major online databases at ACPL include: Ancestry.com · African American Heritage · Footnote.com · HeritageQuestOnline.com · Historical Detroit Free Press · NewEnglandAncestors.org · Origins Network-British, Irish, and Scots · Paper of Record-Historical Newspapers · WorldVitalRecords.com. ACPL has over 50,000 family histories, all federal, and many state and territorial censuses, city directories, passenger lists, military records, nearly 200,000 local histories, the Boston Transcript, colonial newspapers of VA, MD, and PA, native American, African American, Canadian, British, and German collections. For more details see Genealogy Center and the ACPL catalog. Tips[edit | edit source]{Optional} Guides[edit | edit source]{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. } Substitute Repositories[edit | edit source]{ List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.} If you cannot visit or find a record at the Allen County Public Library, a similar record may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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