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 === Allen County Public Library  ===
-'''[[Allen County Public Library]]'''<br>Genealogy Department<br>900 Webster Street<br>Fort Wayne, IN 46802<br>Telephone: 219-421-1225<br>Internet: [http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/ www.acpl.lib.in.us]
+'''[[Allen County Public Library]]'''<br>Genealogy Center<br>900 Webster Street<br>Fort Wayne, IN 46802<br>Telephone: 219-421-1225<br>Internet: [http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/ www.acpl.lib.in.us]
-Although it is part of a public library, the [http://www.genealogycenter.info/index.php Genealogy Center], with its Reynolds Historical Genealogy Collection, has an outstanding collection of Midwestern and national sources. This is one of the best genealogical collections in the United States, including the largest genealogical periodical collection. These are described in:
+The [http://www.genealogycenter.info/index.php Genealogy Center]houses the second largest genealogy research collection in the United States, and the largest in a public library. It is primarily a North American collection, with some complementary resources for the British Isles and other European countries.
 Cavanaugh, Karen B. ''A Genealogist’s Guide to the Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Public Library''. Owensboro, Kentucky: McDowell Pub., 1980. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=129067&disp=A+genealogist%27s+guide+to+the+Ft%2E+Way%20%20&columns=*,0,0 977.274/F1 A3c])
 === Loss of Records through Disasters  ===