Bangor Public Library: Difference between revisions

Genealogy including genealogy databases (Ancestry and HeritageQuest), Bangor genealogy, genealogy links (cemetery links, SSDI, special collections, genealogy requests.
Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections list of local history sources in the room.
URSUS Libraries Catalog online.
Search by keyword, title, journal title, author, subject, or number. Also available in WorldCat.
Databases contains full text journal, newspaper, encyclopedia articles, and other resources.
Bangor Community: Digital Commons is the place to share with the community and the world everything from historic theater programs, meeting minutes, old scrapbooks and yearbooks to current online journals, local government studies, newsletters and more....

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Genealogical and historical references for Bangor, the Penobscot Valley, the state of Maine, and the entire region of New England. They have censuses, Maine Register town histories, the Bangor Daily News Index, county histories, family records and research, genealogy handbooks, Bangor city directories, military histories, passenger lists, and scanned photos.^[1] They also provide free access to Ancestry Library and HeritageQuest Online. </ref>

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Guides[edit | edit source]

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Alternate 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 source at the Bangor Public Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}

such as: NARA I
NARA II
National Archives at _____
State Archives
State Library

Similar Collections

National Personnel Records Center
LC
FHL

Neighboring Collections

County Vital Records Office
City Vital Records Office
County Archives
County Orphan's Court
County Probate Court
County Recorder
County Coroner
U.S. District Court
County and local historical societies
County and local genealogical societies
Public Libraries
Museums and heritage societies
Bangor Maine Family History Center has premium online services for free and has volunteers to help with research problems.^[2]
Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
State Vital Records Office
State Historical Society
State Genealogical Society
University Libraries
Church archives
Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]

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Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections in Bangor Public Library (accessed 6 April 2016)..
↑ Introduction to FamilySearch Centers in Family History Research Wiki (accessed 6 April 2016).

[LH-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Local History, the Bangor Room, and Special Collections in Bangor Public Library (accessed 6 April 2016)..

[2] Introduction to FamilySearch Centers in Family History Research Wiki (accessed 6 April 2016).

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 *Public Libraries
 *Museums and heritage societies
-*[[Bangor Maine Family History Center]] has [[Family History Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and has volunteers to help with research problems.<ref>[[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 6 April 2016).</ref>
+*[[Bangor Maine Family History Center]] has [[FamilySearch Center Portal|premium online services]] for free and has volunteers to help with research problems.<ref>[[Introduction to FamilySearch Centers]] in ''Family History Research Wiki'' (accessed 6 April 2016).</ref>
 *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 *State Vital Records Office