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The [[New York Public Library]] has collected many published sources, such as local histories, city directories, maps, newspapers, and genealogies. | The [[New York Public Library]] has collected many published sources, such as local histories, city directories, maps, newspapers, and genealogies. | ||
<h3> Newberry Library </h3> | |||
<p>60 West Walton Street <br>Chicago, IL 60610-3394<br>(312) 943-9090<br>(312) 255-3513  fax<br><br>The <a href="http://www.newberry.org/">Newberry Library</a> was established in 1887 with a bequest from the estate of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Loomis_Newberry">Walter Loomis Newberry</a>.  A privately endowed independent research library, their collections are free and open to the public.  The library's <a href="http://www.newberry.org/genealogy/guides.html">Genealogy Collection</a> includes more than 17,000 published family histories, and an extensive collection of local histories, military records, published indexes and abstracts, manuscripts and published sources. | |||
60 West Walton Street <br>Chicago, IL 60610-3394<br>(312) 943-9090<br>(312) 255-3513& | </p> | ||
===Other major United States libraries with genealogical collections=== | ===Other major United States libraries with genealogical collections=== | ||