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{{TOC left}}{{Adoption KYGenWeb}}These repositories house sources, lists, and indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Kentucky.  
 
These repositories house sources, lists, and indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Kentucky.  


=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Kentucky  ===
=== Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Kentucky  ===


[[National Archives at Atlanta]]{{·}} Department for Libraries and Archives{{·}} Filson Historical Society Library{{·}} Kentucky Genealogical Society Library{{·}} [[Kentucky Historical Society|Kentucky Historical Society Library]]{{·}} Daviess County Public Library{{·}} Eastern Kentucky University Library{{·}} Kenton County Public Library{{·}} Lexington Public Library{{·}} Murray State University{{·}} University of Kentucky{{·}} Western Kentucky University Library{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Bristol Public Library]]{{·}} [[Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library]]{{·}} [[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]{{·}} [[University of Chicago Library]]{{·}} [[Virginia Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Wisconsin Historical Society]]
[[National Archives at Atlanta]]{{·}} [[Department for Libraries and Archives]]{{·}} [[Filson Historical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Kentucky Genealogical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Kentucky Historical Society|Kentucky Historical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Daviess County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Eastern Kentucky University Library]]{{·}} [[Kenton County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Lexington Public Library]]{{·}} [[Murray State University]]{{·}} [[University of Kentucky]]{{·}} [[Western Kentucky University Library]]{{·}} [[Allen County Public Library]]{{·}} [[Bristol Public Library]]{{·}} [[Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library]]{{·}} [[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]{{·}} [[University of Chicago Library]]{{·}} [[Virginia Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Wisconsin Historical Society]]


=== Online Records of Kentucky  ===
=== Online Records of Kentucky  ===


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*[http://kdl.kyvl.org/?f%5Bformat%5D%5B%5D=archival+material Kentucky Digital Library]—daybooks, journals, letters, and manuscripts.
*[http://kdl.kyvl.org/?f%5Bformat%5D%5B%5D=archival+material Kentucky Digital Library]—daybooks, journals, letters, and manuscripts.[[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|thumb|right|280px|National Archivess at Atlanta (in Morrow)]]<br>


=== National Repositories  ===
=== National Repositories  ===
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==== National Archives at Atlanta  ====
==== National Archives at Atlanta  ====


'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road[[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|right|280px|NARA Atlanta.jpg]]<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta] <br><br>
'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta]  
 
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:Records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in '''Kentucky''', Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Constitutional rights, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.<ref name="DB127">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 127-28. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>
:National Archives at Atlanta has records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in '''Kentucky''', Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.<ref name="DB127">William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 127-28. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br>


=== Statewide Repositories  ===
=== Statewide Repositories  ===
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==== Department for Libraries and Archives  ====
==== Department for Libraries and Archives  ====


Department for Libraries and Archives<br>Public Records Division<br>300 Coffee Tree Road (P.O. Box 537)<br>Frankfort, KY 40601-0537<br>Toll Free Phone: 800-928-7000<br>Telephone: 502-564-8300<br>Fax: 502-564-5773<br>E-mail: [mailto:kdla.archives@ky.gov kdla.archives@ky.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ Kentuchy Department for Libraries and Archives] <br><br>
Department for Libraries and Archives<br>Public Records Division<br>300 Coffee Tree Road (P.O. Box 537)<br>Frankfort, KY 40601-0537<br>Toll Free Phone: 800-928-7000<br>Telephone: 502-564-8300<br>Fax: 502-564-5773<br>E-mail: [mailto:kdla.archives@ky.gov kdla.archives@ky.gov]<br>Website: [http://www.kdla.ky.gov/ Kentuchy Department for Libraries and Archives] <br>
 
:The Department for Libraries and Archives is the central repository for original city-, county-, and state-level records.<ref name="DB49">Dollarhide and Bremer, 49.</ref> It has two facilities of particular interest to genealogists.<br>
:The Department for Libraries and Archives is the central repository for original city-, county-, and state-level records.<ref name="DB49">Dollarhide and Bremer, 49.</ref> It has two facilities of particular interest to genealogists.<br>
:*The state '''library''' has printed materials. <br>
:*The state '''library''' has printed materials. <br>
:*The state '''archives''' maintains original Kentucky government records and other historical documents. Many of these repositories’ records are being microfilmed, and copies are being sent to the Family History Library.<br>
:*The state '''archives''' maintains original Kentucky government records and other historical documents. Many of these repositories’ records are being microfilmed, and copies are being sent to the Family History Library.<br>
:The Department of Libraries and Archives responds to genealogical requests but prefers that requests be sent on a form available on its Internet site or through the mail.<br><br>  
:The Department of Libraries and Archives responds to genealogical requests but prefers that requests be sent on a form available on its website or through the mail.<br><br>  


==== Filson Historical Society Library  ====
==== Filson Historical Society Library  ====


'''Filson Historical Society Library'''<br>1310 S. Third Street<br>Louisville, KY 40208<br>Telephone: 502-635-5083<br>E-mail: [mailto:research@filsonhistorical.org research@filsonhistorical.org]<br>Internet: [http://filsonhistorical.org/ The Filson Historical Society]<br>  
'''Filson Historical Society Library'''<br>1310 S. Third Street<br>Louisville, KY 40208<br>Telephone: 502-635-5083<br>E-mail: [mailto:research@filsonhistorical.org research@filsonhistorical.org]<br>Website: [http://filsonhistorical.org/ The Filson Historical Society]<br>  


:Formerly known as the '''Filson Club''', they have a good collection of early Kentucky history and genealogy manuscripts. Their specialty is migration, especially via Ohio River traffic and steamboats.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>
:Formerly known as the '''Filson Club''', they have a good collection of early Kentucky history and genealogy manuscripts. Their specialty is migration, especially via Ohio River traffic and steamboats.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>


==== Kentucky Genealogical Society Library  ====
==== Kentucky Genealogical Society Library  ====
'''[http://www.kygs.org/ Kentucky Genealogical Society Library]'''<br>P.O. Box 153<br>Frankfort, KY 40602 <br>Telephone: 502-875-4452<br>Internet: [http://www.kygs.org/ http://www.kygs.org/]  
'''[http://www.kygs.org/ Kentucky Genealogical Society Library]'''<br>P.O. Box 153<br>Frankfort, KY 40602 <br>Telephone: 502-875-4452<br>Website: [http://www.kygs.org/ http://www.kygs.org/]  


:KGS has a great collection of statewide records, guides, censuses, cemeteries, biographies, family folders and indexes.<ref name="DB49" /> The Kentucky Genealogical Society promotes research of Kentucky families. They also publish items of genealogical interest, including the quarterly periodical ''Bluegrass Roots''.<br><br>
:KGS has a great collection of statewide records, guides, censuses, cemeteries, biographies, family folders and indexes.<ref name="DB49" /> The Kentucky Genealogical Society promotes research of Kentucky families. They also publish items of genealogical interest, including the quarterly periodical ''Bluegrass Roots''.<br><br>
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==== Kentucky Historical Society  ====
==== Kentucky Historical Society  ====


[[Kentucky Historical Society#Special_Collections_Reading_Room.232|Martin F. Schmidt Research Library]]<br>Kentucky Historical Society<br>100 West Broadway<br>Frankfort, Kentucky<br>502-564-1792, ext. 4460<br>Internet:&nbsp;[http://history.ky.gov http://history.ky.gov]  
[[Kentucky Historical Society#Special_Collections_Reading_Room.232|Martin F. Schmidt Research Library]]<br>Kentucky Historical Society<br>100 West Broadway<br>Frankfort, Kentucky<br>502-564-1792, ext. 4460<br>Website:&nbsp;[http://history.ky.gov http://history.ky.gov]  


:They have more family folders than any other library in Kentucky, as well as all known printed genealogies and histories for Kentucky. They have the state's best genealogical collection including newspapers, maps, and city directories.<ref name="DB49" />
:They have more family folders than any other library in Kentucky, as well as all known printed genealogies and histories for Kentucky. They have the state's best genealogical collection including newspapers, maps, and city directories.<ref name="DB49" />
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==== Daviess County Public Library ====
==== Daviess County Public Library ====
'''Daviess County Public Library'''<br>2020 Frederica Street<br> Owensboro, KY 42301<br>Telephone: 270-684-0211<br>Internet: [http://www.dcplibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy]  
'''Daviess County Public Library'''<br>2020 Frederica Street<br> Owensboro, KY 42301<br>Telephone: 270-684-0211<br>Website: [http://www.dcplibrary.org/genealogy Genealogy]  


:They have one of the best genealogy collections in Kentucky.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>
:They have one of the best genealogy collections in Kentucky.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>
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==== Eastern Kentucky University Library  ====
==== Eastern Kentucky University Library  ====


[http://www.library.eku.edu/ Eastern Kentucky University Library]<br>Crabbe Library<br>Special Collections and Archives<br>521 Lancaster Ave.<br>Richmond, KY 40475<br>Telephone: 1-859-622-1790<br>Fax: 1-859-622-1174<br>TTY: 1-859-622-6594<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives.library@eku.edu?subject=From University Archives Website archives.library@eku.edu]<br>Internet:&nbsp;[http://www.library.eku.edu/ http://www.library.eku.edu/]  
[http://www.library.eku.edu/ Eastern Kentucky University Library]<br>Crabbe Library<br>Special Collections and Archives<br>521 Lancaster Ave.<br>Richmond, KY 40475<br>Telephone: 1-859-622-1790<br>Fax: 1-859-622-1174<br>TTY: 1-859-622-6594<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives.library@eku.edu?subject=From University Archives Website archives.library@eku.edu]<br>Website:&nbsp;[http://www.library.eku.edu/ http://www.library.eku.edu/]  


:This university library has many records about Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, with an emphasis on Kentucky records.<br><br>
:This university library has many records about Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, with an emphasis on Kentucky records.<br><br>
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==== Kenton County Public Library  ====
==== Kenton County Public Library  ====


[http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us Kenton County Public Library]<br>502 Scott Blvd<br>Covington, KY 41011<br>Telephone: 859-962-4070<br>Internet: [http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us]  
[http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us Kenton County Public Library]<br>502 Scott Blvd<br>Covington, KY 41011<br>Telephone: 859-962-4070<br>Website: [http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us]  


:The Kenton County Public Library has extensive statewide, local, and family history materials and in-depth collections for northern Kentucky. It has a local newspaper index for the years 1835 to 1931 and 1984 to the present. This includes an obituary index. The catalog of the Kenton library is available on its web site. You can also access the Kenton County Historical Society from the Library’s web site.<br><br>
:The Kenton County Public Library has extensive statewide, local, and family history materials and in-depth collections for northern Kentucky. It has a local newspaper index for the years 1835 to 1931 and 1984 to the present. This includes an obituary index. The catalog of the Kenton library is available on its web site. You can also access the Kenton County Historical Society from the Library’s web site.<br><br>
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==== Lexington Public Library  ====
==== Lexington Public Library  ====


Kentucky Room<br>[http://www.lexpublib.org/ Lexington Public Library]<br>140 East Main Street<br>Lexington, KY 40507<br>Telephone: 859-231-5520 <br>Internet: [http://www.lexpublib.org/ http://www.lexpublib.org/]  
Kentucky Room<br>[http://www.lexpublib.org/ Lexington Public Library]<br>140 East Main Street<br>Lexington, KY 40507<br>Telephone: 859-231-5520 <br>Website: [http://www.lexpublib.org/ http://www.lexpublib.org/]  


:The Kentucky Room of the Lexington Public Library houses many secondary sources on state and local history and genealogy, family histories, census indexes, and some census microfilm. It also has an excellent collection of Lexington newspapers and the Local History Index, an extensive index to newspapers. More detailed information on the collection can be found on the library’s web site.<br><br>
:The Kentucky Room of the Lexington Public Library houses many secondary sources on state and local history and genealogy, family histories, census indexes, and some census microfilm. It also has an excellent collection of Lexington newspapers and the Local History Index, an extensive index to newspapers. More detailed information on the collection can be found on the library’s web site.<br><br>
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==== Murray State University  ====
==== Murray State University  ====


[http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index Forrest C. Pogue Special Collections Library]<br>Murray State University<br>208 Waterfield Library<br>Murray, KY 42071-3307<br>Telephone: 270-809-4295 or 866-774-6612<br>E-mail: [mailto:Specialcollections@murraystate.edu Specialcollections@murraystate.edu][mailto:library.webmaster@murraystate.edu .]<br>Internet: [http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index]  
[http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index Forrest C. Pogue Special Collections Library]<br>Murray State University<br>208 Waterfield Library<br>Murray, KY 42071-3307<br>Telephone: 270-809-4295 or 866-774-6612<br>E-mail: [mailto:Specialcollections@murraystate.edu Specialcollections@murraystate.edu][mailto:library.webmaster@murraystate.edu .]<br>Website: [http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index]  


:The Pogue library has records on all areas of Kentucky, with an emphasis on the western portion of the state.<br><br>
:The Pogue library has records on all areas of Kentucky, with an emphasis on the western portion of the state.<br><br>


==== University of Kentucky  ====
==== University of Kentucky  ====
[http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 Margaret I. King Library]<br>Department of Special Collections and Archives<br>University of Kentucky<br>179 Funkhouser Dr.<br>Lexington, KY 40506-0039<br>Telephone: 859-257-8611 <br>Fax: 859-257-6311<br>Internet: [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13]  
[http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 Margaret I. King Library]<br>Department of Special Collections and Archives<br>University of Kentucky<br>179 Funkhouser Dr.<br>Lexington, KY 40506-0039<br>Telephone: 859-257-8611 <br>Fax: 859-257-6311<br>Website: [http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13 http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13]  


:While the Margaret I. King Library does not specialize in genealogical records, the Department of Special Collections and Archives maintains many items that lend themselves to the study of family and local history. The materials include an Appalachian collection, newspapers, church records; genealogical collections; historical manuscript collections; the Draper manuscripts, described in [[Kentucky History]]; county and local histories; county, state, and federal records; and a biographical file.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>
:While the Margaret I. King Library does not specialize in genealogical records, the Department of Special Collections and Archives maintains many items that lend themselves to the study of family and local history. The materials include an Appalachian collection, newspapers, church records; genealogical collections; historical manuscript collections; the Draper manuscripts, described in [[Kentucky History]]; county and local histories; county, state, and federal records; and a biographical file.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>
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==== Western Kentucky University Library  ====
==== Western Kentucky University Library  ====


[http://www.wku.edu/library/ Western Kentucky University Library]<br>1906 College Heights Blvd., #11067<br>Bowling Green, KY. 42101-1067<br>Phone (270) 745-6125. <br>Fax' (270) 745-6422<br>E-Mail [mailto:library.web@wku.edu library.web@wku.edu]<br>Internet: [http://www.wku.edu/library http://www.wku.edu/library]  
[http://www.wku.edu/library/ Western Kentucky University Library]<br>1906 College Heights Blvd., #11067<br>Bowling Green, KY. 42101-1067<br>Phone (270) 745-6125. <br>Fax' (270) 745-6422<br>E-Mail [mailto:library.web@wku.edu library.web@wku.edu]<br>Website: [http://www.wku.edu/library http://www.wku.edu/library]  


:The Kentucky Library has significant genealogical records, church histories, oral histories, and biographical files relating to south central Kentucky, early settlers, and Shakers.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>
:The Kentucky Library has significant genealogical records, church histories, oral histories, and biographical files relating to south central Kentucky, early settlers, and Shakers.<ref name="DB49" /><br><br>
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==== Allen County Public Library ====
==== Allen County Public Library ====
'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|right|165px|Allen County Public Library.jpg]] <br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Internet: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br><br>  
'''[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]]'''[[Image:Allen County Public Library.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Allen Co Public Library IN]] <br> 900 Library Plaza <br> Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 <br> Telephone: 260-421-1225 <br> E-mail: [mailto:genealogy@acpl.info genealogy@acpl.info]<br>Website: [http://www.genealogycenter.org/ Genealogy Center ACPL] <br>  


:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and '''Kentucky''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br>
:This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_County_Public_Library Allen County Public Library] in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.<ref name="ACPLGC">[http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/ Genealogy Center] in ''Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 28 April 2010).</ref> It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and '''Kentucky''' collection.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/docs/default-source/resources/aboutusbrochure.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Genealogy Center Collections] in ''Genealogy Center'' (accessed 27 February 2015).</ref> <br><br>
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==== Bristol Public Libary  ====
==== Bristol Public Libary  ====


'''[[Bristol Public Library]]''' <br>701 Goode Street <br>Bristol, Virginia 24201-4199 <br>Telephone: 540-645-8780 <br>Fax: 276-669-5593 <br>E-mail: [mailto:bplref@yahoo.com bplref@yahoo.com]<br>Internet: http://www.bristol-library.org/ <br>  
'''[[Bristol Public Library]]''' <br>701 Goode Street <br>Bristol, Virginia 24201-4199 <br>Telephone: 540-645-8780 <br>Fax: 276-669-5593 <br>E-mail: [mailto:bplref@yahoo.com bplref@yahoo.com]<br>Website: [http://www.bristol-library.org/ Bristol Public Library]<br>  


:They have a relatively small family folder collection. Nevertheless, it is an important resource for settlers coming from '''''Pennsylvania, Maryland''''', and northern '''''Virginia''''' &nbsp;along the [[Great Valley Road]] into '''''Tennessee, Kentucky''''', and '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref><br><br>
:They have a relatively small family folder collection. Nevertheless, it is an important resource for settlers coming from '''''Pennsylvania, Maryland''''', and northern '''''Virginia''''' &nbsp;along the [[Great Valley Road]] into '''''Tennessee, Kentucky''''', and '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref><br><br>


==== Mary Ball Washington Museum {{amp}} Library  ====
==== Mary Ball Washington Museum {{amp}} Library  ====
[[Image:Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library.jpg|right|280px|Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library.jpg]]'''[[Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library]]'''<br> 8346 Mary Ball Road<br> Lancaster, Virginia 22503<br> Telehone: 804-462-7280<br> Fax: 804-462-6107<br> E-mail: [mailto:nfo@mbwm.org nfo@mbwm.org]<br>Internet: http://www.mbwm.org/genealogy.asp<br><br>  
[[Image:Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Mary B Washington Museum in Lancaster VA]]'''[[Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library]]'''<br> 8346 Mary Ball Road<br> Lancaster, Virginia 22503<br> Telehone: 804-462-7280<br> Fax: 804-462-6107<br> E-mail: [mailto:nfo@mbwm.org nfo@mbwm.org]<br>Website: [http://www.mbwm.org/genealogy.asp Mary Ball Washington Museum Genealogy]<br>


:A small library with a good name index to nearly every history book published in '''''Virginia&nbsp;''''' or '''''Kentucky''''', including court records from 1651, indexes and abstracts, Virginia vital records, census records, county histories, biographies, church and cemetery records, family histories, newspapers, obituaries, vertical files, militia records, and fraternal organizations.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://www.mbwm.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy and History Library] in ''Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>
:A small library with a good name index to nearly every history book published in '''''Virginia&nbsp;''''' or '''''Kentucky''''', including court records from 1651, indexes and abstracts, Virginia vital records, census records, county histories, biographies, church and cemetery records, family histories, newspapers, obituaries, vertical files, militia records, and fraternal organizations.<ref name="DB113" /> <ref>[http://www.mbwm.org/genealogy.asp Genealogy and History Library] in ''Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>
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==== Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown ====
==== Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown ====


'''[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]''' <br>224 Church Street<br>Santa Cruz, California 95060 <br>Telephone: 831-427-7707 ext.&nbsp;5794<br>E-mail: [http://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/askscpl/ E-mail reference service] form<br>Internet: http://www.santacruzpl.org/branches/14/<br>  
'''[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]]''' <br>224 Church Street<br>Santa Cruz, California 95060 <br>Telephone: 831-427-7707 ext.&nbsp;5794<br>E-mail: [http://www.santacruzpl.org/contact/askscpl/ E-mail reference service] form<br>Website: [http://www.santacruzpl.org/branches/14/ Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]<br>  


:Holds the Genealogial Society of Santa Cruz County's library, including the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]]&nbsp;'' but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of '''''Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia&nbsp;''''' families.<ref name="DB113">Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.</ref> <ref>[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ The Tina Brayton Collection] in ''Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref><br><br>
:Holds the Genealogial Society of Santa Cruz County's library, including the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]]&nbsp;'' but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of '''''Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia&nbsp;''''' families.<ref name="DB113">Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.</ref> <ref>[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ The Tina Brayton Collection] in ''Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref><br><br>


==== University of Chicago Library  ====
==== University of Chicago Library  ====
[[Image:Regenstein Library entrance2.jpg|right|280px|Regenstein Library entrance2.jpg]]'''[[University of Chicago Library]]'''<br>Durrett Collection<br>Regenstein Library<br>University of Chicago<br>1100 East 57th Street<br>Chicago Illinois 60637<br>Telephone: 773-702-4685<br>Fax:&nbsp;773-702-6623 <br>E-mail: [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/ask/RBICask.html Ask a Librarian] form.<br>Internet: [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/index.html University of Chicago Library]<br><br>  
[[Image:Regenstein Library entrance2.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Univercity of Chicago Regenstein Library]]'''[[University of Chicago Library]]'''<br>Durrett Collection<br>Regenstein Library<br>University of Chicago<br>1100 East 57th Street<br>Chicago Illinois 60637<br>Telephone: 773-702-4685<br>Fax:&nbsp;773-702-6623 <br>E-mail: [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/ask/RBICask.html Ask a Librarian] form.<br>Website: [http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/index.html University of Chicago Library]<br>  


:The '''Durrett Collection&nbsp;''' consists of historical '''Kentucky''' and Ohio River Valley manuscripts. The size and content of this collection is comparable to the '''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]]'''. It includes the earliest people in the Ohio Valley.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer,  39 and 49.</ref><br><br>
:The '''Durrett Collection&nbsp;''' consists of historical '''Kentucky''' and Ohio River Valley manuscripts. The size and content of this collection is comparable to the '''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]]'''. It includes the earliest people in the Ohio Valley.<ref name="DB39">Dollarhide and Bremer,  39 and 49.</ref><br><br>


==== Virginia Historical Society  ====
==== Virginia Historical Society  ====
[[Image:Virginia Historical Society.jpg|right|280px|Virginia Historical Society.jpg]]'''[[Virginia Historical Society]]'''<br>428 North Blvd<br> Richmond, VA 23221-0311<br>Telephone: 804-358-4901<br>E-mail: [http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/ask-curator-or-librarian/ask-librarian-about Ask a Librarian]] form<br>Internet: [http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/looking-people Looking for People] <br><br>  
[[Image:Virginia Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Virginia Historical Society in Richmond]]'''[[Virginia Historical Society]]'''<br>428 North Blvd<br> Richmond, VA 23221-0311<br>Telephone: 804-358-4901<br>E-mail: [http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/ask-curator-or-librarian/ask-librarian-about Ask a Librarian]] form<br>Website: [http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/looking-people Looking for People] <br>


:County records such as marriages, county court records, wills, censuses, land, militia lists, bounty lands, passenger lists, tax lists, poll lists, genealogies, newspapers, family Bibles, and African American genealogy. They have a card index to 10 million documents of the Old Dominion, that is '''''Virginia, West Virginia''''', and '''''Kentucky'''''. <ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</ref> <ref>[http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/looking-people Looking for People] in ''Virginia Historical Society'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>
:County records such as marriages, county court records, wills, censuses, land, militia lists, bounty lands, passenger lists, tax lists, poll lists, genealogies, newspapers, family Bibles, and African American genealogy. They have a card index to 10 million documents of the Old Dominion, that is '''''Virginia, West Virginia''''', and '''''Kentucky'''''. <ref name="DB97">Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.</ref> <ref>[http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/how-we-can-help-your-research/looking-people Looking for People] in ''Virginia Historical Society'' (accessed 7 January 2014).</ref><br><br>


==== Wisconsin Historical Society  ====
==== Wisconsin Historical Society  ====
[[Image:Wisconsin Historical Society.jpg|right|280px|Wisconsin Historical Society.jpg]]'''[[Wisconsin Historical Society]]'''<br>[[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Manuscript Collection]]<br>816 State Street<br>Madison, WI 53706<br>E-mail: [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:1220 Ask a librarian] form <br>Internet: [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ Wisconsin Historical Society]<br><br>  
[[Image:Wisconsin Historical Society.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison]]'''[[Wisconsin Historical Society]]'''<br>[[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Manuscript Collection]]<br>816 State Street<br>Madison, WI 53706<br>E-mail: [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:1220 Ask a librarian] form <br>Website: [http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/ Wisconsin Historical Society]<br>


:The '''[[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Collection]]''', consists of 491 volumes of manuscripts, papers, and books collected by '''''Lyman Copeland Draper&nbsp;''''' about the history of the trans-Allegheny West in the United States, a region including the western areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, all the Ohio River Valley, and part of the upper Mississippi Valley from the 1740s to 1830. This includes New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, '''Kentucky''', Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin.<br><br>
:The '''[[Draper Manuscript Collection|Draper Collection]]''', consists of 491 volumes of manuscripts, papers, and books collected by '''''Lyman Copeland Draper&nbsp;''''' about the history of the trans-Allegheny West in the United States, a region including the western areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, all the Ohio River Valley, and part of the upper Mississippi Valley from the 1740s to 1830. This includes New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, '''Kentucky''', Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin.<br><br>


=== Guide ===
=== Guidebook ===


*Ellen Garrison, ''Archives in Appalachia: A Directory''. (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). {{WorldCat|12712710}}; {{FHL|497048|item|disp=FHL book 975 A3a}}. The record covers the states of Georgia, '''Kentucky''', North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection. There are two indexes: Record type, and Subject, with reference numbers corresponding to the repository. Also included is a list, under “Coming Attractions,” of agencies that do not currently collect manuscript materials but plan to do so in the future. <br><br>
*Ellen Garrison, ''Archives in Appalachia: A Directory''. (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). {{WorldCat|12712710}}; {{FHL|497048|item|disp=FHL book 975 A3a}}. The record covers the states of Georgia, '''Kentucky''', North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection. There are two indexes: Record type, and Subject, with reference numbers corresponding to the repository. Also included is a list, under “Coming Attractions,” of agencies that do not currently collect manuscript materials but plan to do so in the future. <br><br>

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Template:Adoption KYGenWebThese repositories house sources, lists, and indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Kentucky.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Kentucky[edit | edit source]

National Archives at Atlanta · Department for Libraries and Archives · Filson Historical Society Library · Kentucky Genealogical Society Library · Kentucky Historical Society Library · Daviess County Public Library · Eastern Kentucky University Library · Kenton County Public Library · Lexington Public Library · Murray State University · University of Kentucky · Western Kentucky University Library · Allen County Public Library · Bristol Public Library · Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library · Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown · University of Chicago Library · Virginia Historical Society · Wisconsin Historical Society

Online Records of Kentucky[edit | edit source]

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Links to online databases and indexes that may include vital records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, maps, military records, naturalizations, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records.

National Repositories[edit | edit source]

National Archives at Atlanta[edit | edit source]

National Archives at Atlanta
5780 Jonesboro Road
Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA
Phone: 770-968-2100
Fax: 770-968-2547
E-mail: atlanta.archives@nara.gov
Website: National Archives at Atlanta

National Archives at Atlanta has records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in Kentucky, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.[1]

Statewide Repositories[edit | edit source]

Department for Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]

Department for Libraries and Archives
Public Records Division
300 Coffee Tree Road (P.O. Box 537)
Frankfort, KY 40601-0537
Toll Free Phone: 800-928-7000
Telephone: 502-564-8300
Fax: 502-564-5773
E-mail: kdla.archives@ky.gov
Website: Kentuchy Department for Libraries and Archives

The Department for Libraries and Archives is the central repository for original city-, county-, and state-level records.[2] It has two facilities of particular interest to genealogists.
  • The state library has printed materials.
  • The state archives maintains original Kentucky government records and other historical documents. Many of these repositories’ records are being microfilmed, and copies are being sent to the Family History Library.
The Department of Libraries and Archives responds to genealogical requests but prefers that requests be sent on a form available on its website or through the mail.

Filson Historical Society Library[edit | edit source]

Filson Historical Society Library
1310 S. Third Street
Louisville, KY 40208
Telephone: 502-635-5083
E-mail: research@filsonhistorical.org
Website: The Filson Historical Society

Formerly known as the Filson Club, they have a good collection of early Kentucky history and genealogy manuscripts. Their specialty is migration, especially via Ohio River traffic and steamboats.[2]

Kentucky Genealogical Society Library[edit | edit source]

Kentucky Genealogical Society Library
P.O. Box 153
Frankfort, KY 40602
Telephone: 502-875-4452
Website: http://www.kygs.org/

KGS has a great collection of statewide records, guides, censuses, cemeteries, biographies, family folders and indexes.[2] The Kentucky Genealogical Society promotes research of Kentucky families. They also publish items of genealogical interest, including the quarterly periodical Bluegrass Roots.

Kentucky Historical Society[edit | edit source]

Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
Kentucky Historical Society
100 West Broadway
Frankfort, Kentucky
502-564-1792, ext. 4460
Website: http://history.ky.gov

They have more family folders than any other library in Kentucky, as well as all known printed genealogies and histories for Kentucky. They have the state's best genealogical collection including newspapers, maps, and city directories.[2]
Located on the second floor of the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History. The library is a FamilySearch Affiliate, and as such, library patrons may order microforms from the vast collection held by the Salt Lake City-based Family History Library for temporary use at the Kentucky Historical Society. The library is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
The card catalog for the Martin F. Schmidt library is available on-line, as is the Society's digital collections database, which includes images of manuscripts, maps, photographs and finding aids for the collections at Kentucky Historical Society. The Society also hosts an on-line database of cemetery records that contains over 150,000 names transcribed by volunteers from gravestones across Kentucky.

Regional Repositories[edit | edit source]

Daviess County Public Library[edit | edit source]

Daviess County Public Library
2020 Frederica Street
Owensboro, KY 42301
Telephone: 270-684-0211
Website: Genealogy

They have one of the best genealogy collections in Kentucky.[2]

Eastern Kentucky University Library[edit | edit source]

Eastern Kentucky University Library
Crabbe Library
Special Collections and Archives
521 Lancaster Ave.
Richmond, KY 40475
Telephone: 1-859-622-1790
Fax: 1-859-622-1174
TTY: 1-859-622-6594
E-mail: University Archives Website archives.library@eku.edu
Website: http://www.library.eku.edu/

This university library has many records about Kentucky, Virginia, and North Carolina, with an emphasis on Kentucky records.

Kenton County Public Library[edit | edit source]

Kenton County Public Library
502 Scott Blvd
Covington, KY 41011
Telephone: 859-962-4070
Website: http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us

The Kenton County Public Library has extensive statewide, local, and family history materials and in-depth collections for northern Kentucky. It has a local newspaper index for the years 1835 to 1931 and 1984 to the present. This includes an obituary index. The catalog of the Kenton library is available on its web site. You can also access the Kenton County Historical Society from the Library’s web site.

Lexington Public Library[edit | edit source]

Kentucky Room
Lexington Public Library
140 East Main Street
Lexington, KY 40507
Telephone: 859-231-5520
Website: http://www.lexpublib.org/

The Kentucky Room of the Lexington Public Library houses many secondary sources on state and local history and genealogy, family histories, census indexes, and some census microfilm. It also has an excellent collection of Lexington newspapers and the Local History Index, an extensive index to newspapers. More detailed information on the collection can be found on the library’s web site.

Murray State University[edit | edit source]

Forrest C. Pogue Special Collections Library
Murray State University
208 Waterfield Library
Murray, KY 42071-3307
Telephone: 270-809-4295 or 866-774-6612
E-mail: Specialcollections@murraystate.edu.
Website: http://libguides.murraystate.edu/special_collections_index

The Pogue library has records on all areas of Kentucky, with an emphasis on the western portion of the state.

University of Kentucky[edit | edit source]

Margaret I. King Library
Department of Special Collections and Archives
University of Kentucky
179 Funkhouser Dr.
Lexington, KY 40506-0039
Telephone: 859-257-8611
Fax: 859-257-6311
Website: http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/lib.php?lib_id=13

While the Margaret I. King Library does not specialize in genealogical records, the Department of Special Collections and Archives maintains many items that lend themselves to the study of family and local history. The materials include an Appalachian collection, newspapers, church records; genealogical collections; historical manuscript collections; the Draper manuscripts, described in Kentucky History; county and local histories; county, state, and federal records; and a biographical file.[2]

Western Kentucky University Library[edit | edit source]

Western Kentucky University Library
1906 College Heights Blvd., #11067
Bowling Green, KY. 42101-1067
Phone (270) 745-6125.
Fax' (270) 745-6422
E-Mail library.web@wku.edu
Website: http://www.wku.edu/library

The Kentucky Library has significant genealogical records, church histories, oral histories, and biographical files relating to south central Kentucky, early settlers, and Shakers.[2]

Other Repositories Outside Kentucky[edit | edit source]

Allen County Public Library[edit | edit source]

Allen County Public Library

Allen Co Public Library IN


900 Library Plaza
Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Telephone: 260-421-1225
E-mail: genealogy@acpl.info
Website: Genealogy Center ACPL

This is the second-largest genealogy collection in the United States[3] and the largest genealogy collection in a public library. Its holdings include more than 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 items on microfilm and microfiche.[4] It has a premier genealogical periodical collection, local histories, genealogies, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic sources, and Canadians. They have a great eastern seaboard and Kentucky collection.[5]

Bristol Public Libary[edit | edit source]

Bristol Public Library
701 Goode Street
Bristol, Virginia 24201-4199
Telephone: 540-645-8780
Fax: 276-669-5593
E-mail: bplref@yahoo.com
Website: Bristol Public Library

They have a relatively small family folder collection. Nevertheless, it is an important resource for settlers coming from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and northern Virginia  along the Great Valley Road into Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina.[6]

Mary Ball Washington Museum & Library[edit | edit source]

Mary B Washington Museum in Lancaster VA

Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library
8346 Mary Ball Road
Lancaster, Virginia 22503
Telehone: 804-462-7280
Fax: 804-462-6107
E-mail: nfo@mbwm.org
Website: Mary Ball Washington Museum Genealogy

A small library with a good name index to nearly every history book published in Virginia  or Kentucky, including court records from 1651, indexes and abstracts, Virginia vital records, census records, county histories, biographies, church and cemetery records, family histories, newspapers, obituaries, vertical files, militia records, and fraternal organizations.[7] [8]

Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown[edit | edit source]

Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown
224 Church Street
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Telephone: 831-427-7707 ext. 5794
E-mail: E-mail reference service form
Website: Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown

Holds the Genealogial Society of Santa Cruz County's library, including the Tina Brayton Collection which is equivalent to the Draper Manuscript Collection  but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia  families.[7] [9]

University of Chicago Library[edit | edit source]

Univercity of Chicago Regenstein Library

University of Chicago Library
Durrett Collection
Regenstein Library
University of Chicago
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago Illinois 60637
Telephone: 773-702-4685
Fax: 773-702-6623
E-mail: Ask a Librarian form.
Website: University of Chicago Library

The Durrett Collection  consists of historical Kentucky and Ohio River Valley manuscripts. The size and content of this collection is comparable to the Draper Manuscript Collection. It includes the earliest people in the Ohio Valley.[10]

Virginia Historical Society[edit | edit source]

Virginia Historical Society in Richmond

Virginia Historical Society
428 North Blvd
Richmond, VA 23221-0311
Telephone: 804-358-4901
E-mail: Ask a Librarian] form
Website: Looking for People

County records such as marriages, county court records, wills, censuses, land, militia lists, bounty lands, passenger lists, tax lists, poll lists, genealogies, newspapers, family Bibles, and African American genealogy. They have a card index to 10 million documents of the Old Dominion, that is Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky. [11] [12]

Wisconsin Historical Society[edit | edit source]

Wisconsin Historical Society in Madison

Wisconsin Historical Society
Draper Manuscript Collection
816 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
E-mail: Ask a librarian form
Website: Wisconsin Historical Society

The Draper Collection, consists of 491 volumes of manuscripts, papers, and books collected by Lyman Copeland Draper  about the history of the trans-Allegheny West in the United States, a region including the western areas of the Carolinas and Virginia, all the Ohio River Valley, and part of the upper Mississippi Valley from the 1740s to 1830. This includes New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Guidebook[edit | edit source]

  • Ellen Garrison, Archives in Appalachia: A Directory. (Boone, North Carolina: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1985). WorldCat 12712710; FHL book 975 A3a. The record covers the states of Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The record is arranged alphabetically by state, then by the name of the repository. Each entry lists the archive, its address, phone number, inclusive dates of the collection, the records of the collection, what subjects are covered by the collection, and the size of the collection. There are two indexes: Record type, and Subject, with reference numbers corresponding to the repository. Also included is a list, under “Coming Attractions,” of agencies that do not currently collect manuscript materials but plan to do so in the future.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 127-28. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Book 973 J54d.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Dollarhide and Bremer, 49.
  3. ↑ Allen County Public Library in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia (accessed 28 April 2010).
  4. ↑ Genealogy Center in Allen County Public Library (accessed 28 April 2010).
  5. ↑ Genealogy Center Collections in Genealogy Center (accessed 27 February 2015).
  6. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.
  8. ↑ Genealogy and History Library in Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library (accessed 7 January 2014).
  9. ↑ The Tina Brayton Collection in Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (accessed 3 January 2014).
  10. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 39 and 49.
  11. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 97.
  12. ↑ Looking for People in Virginia Historical Society (accessed 7 January 2014).
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