Logan Public Library

United States Utah Archives and LibrariesLogan Public Library

Logan Public Library Contact Information E-Mail & Telephone:  Contact Us. Address: 255 North Main Logan, Utah 84321 Hours and holidays: Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed Sunday For the holiday schedule, click here. Collection Description The Logan Library is home to the Virginia Hanson Special Collections, including genealogical and historical materials related to the Logan, Utah area and wider. It is currently home to over 7,500 print, film, and manuscript items. The librarian, Jason Cornelius has received a BA in Family History and Genealogy from Brigham Young University and an MLS from Emporia State University. In addition, he has over twenty years of experience researching genealogy and local history both for his own family and for patrons of the library. He is anxious to help you with your genealogical or local history questions. Key Internet sites and databases: Online Logan Library Catalog has keyword, title, author, subject, call number, and advanced searches. Logan History Get a glimpse of what local history and genealogy materials the Logan Library has to offer online. Logan History Digital Projects  collection of maps, newspapers, photographs, and other digital resources related to the history of Logan, Utah. Ancestry Library Edition has access over 2 billion names in more than 3,000 databases to help extend your family trees. Access is only available in the library. HeritageQuest Online has over 28,000 genealogy and local history ebooks, U.S. census records, Revolutionary War service records, and more. World Vital Records connects you to over 4.2 billion names from family history records collections worldwide. Tips The collection is available during all general library hours. If you desire or need specialized reference help, please call or email in advance to make sure the librarian will be available to help you.  Guides Library Users Guide floor maps, services, policies, obtaining copies, catalog use and symbols. NEHGS Research Library Resources moderately detailed floor-by-floor collection description. "New England Historic Genealogical Society," Ancestry Magazine 20 no. 5 on the Internet at Ancestry Learning Center (accessed 30 August 2010). African American Genealogical Resources at NEHGS. Gazetteers of the World, Countries, and States at NEHGS. Italian Genealogical Resources at NEHGS. Jewish Genealogical Resources at NEHGS. William Prescott Greenlaw, Greenlaw Index of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, Mass.:G.K. Hall, 1979) (FHL 974 D22g). Genealogies acquired at NEHGS 1900-1940. "An Overview of the NEHGS Manuscript Collection" , an online tutorial at the FamilySearch Learning Center. Alternate Repositories If you cannot visit or find a source at the Logan Public Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, collects newspapers, history, genealogy, Bibles, maps, biography, directories, Native Americans, women, canals, railroads, photos, manuscripts. National Archives Northeast Region (Boston) (that is Waltham), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty land, photos, passengers arrival indexes, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, workshops. National Archives at New York City, census, naturalization, passenger arrivals, Canadian border crossings, customs, draft, military service, military pension and bounty land, Chinese Exclusion Act cases, Freedmen's Bureau, Indians, and vital records. Moving soon. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, has the Barbour Collection, Bibles, census, church, Hale Collection newspaper marriages and deaths, cemeteries, probates, vital records, directories, land, local histories, military, naturalization, passenger arrivals, and e-mail questions. Maine State Archives, Augusta, has vital records, land, office records, military, judicial, legislative records, and a list of professional genealogists. New Hampshire State Archives, Concord, has records of probate, land, petitions, state papers, military, census, name changes, photos, naturalizations, voters, warnings out, town records and inventories, prisoners, marriage intentions, paupers, maps, and court records. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York City, has censuses, city directories, church, cemetery, Bible, land, probates, genealogy, local history, and manuscripts. Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, includes local, military, economic, social, church, political histories, newspapers, genealogy, women’s history, and business records. Vermont Historical Society Library, Barre, houses town histories, an index to vital records to 1870, cemeteries, letters, diaries, ledgers, early maps, photographs, and printed genealogies. Similar Collections New York Public Library Genealogy Division has an outstanding collection of American history at national, state and local levels; international genealogy and heraldry in Roman alphabets; Dorot Jewish collection; photos; New York censuses, directories, and vital records. Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana, features a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, and Canadians. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and Mormon records. Neighboring Collections Boston Public Library, has government docs, newspapers, biographies, obituaries, Ancestry. Boston Athenaeum, a member library with newspapers, maps, photos, Civil War letters, diaries. Suffolk County Courthouse, maintains criminal and probation records. Suffolk Probate and Family Court, wills, guardianship, divorce, adoptions, name changes. Suffolk County Registry of Deeds, preserves land records. Bostonian Society, does historical records research, and structures preservation. Mayflower Society Library, family and local histories, censuses, published town records, CDs. Massachusetts State Library, holds government documents, town, county and state histories. Massachusetts Archives, vital records, passenger lists, census, military, Maine, Plymouth Colony, court, natuaralizations, divorces, probate, name changes, and state institutions. Massachusetts Historical Society, has personal papers of families who lived in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Registry of Vital Records and Statistics, keeps births, marriages, and deaths. Harvard University Libraries, history, Afro-American studies, and women's history libraries. Congregational Library, church and mission records, histories, sermons, 25,000 obituaries. Berkshire Athenaeum, Cooke Collection church and cemetery records, newspaper notices, ministers' records, BMDs from New England and New York, genealogy databases. Massachusetts Society of Genealogists, Ashland, is an educational organization. Peabody Essex Museum Library, Salem, collects published MA vital records to 1850, city directories, Essex County probate records 1638-1914, court records, and ship logbooks. Connecticut Valley Historical Museum, local archives, French Canadian, Irish, African American. Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut, has steamship photos, logbooks, and crew lists. Sources

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