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| The '''Lincoln Library''' is the public library of Springfield, Illinois.<ref name="Sangamon" /> | | The '''Lincoln Library''' is the public library of Springfield, Illinois.<ref name="Sangamon" /> |
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| They have indexed obituaries from the ''Illinois State Journal'' from 1861 to now. All Springfield city directories are here 1855-present. The '''Sangamon Valley Collection''' has resources (photos, directories, yearbooks, histories, maps) for studying Sangamon and nearby counties.<ref>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 41. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | | They have indexed obituaries from the ''Illinois State Journal'' from 1861 to now. All Springfield city directories are here 1855-present. The '''Sangamon Valley Collection''' has resources (photos, directories, yearbooks, histories, maps) for studying Sangamon and nearby counties.<ref>William Dollarhide, and Ronald A. Bremer, ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, UT: Heritage Quest, 1988), 41. {{WorldCat|39493985|item|disp=At various repositories (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> |
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| They have an index to their manuscript collection. Microfilms include many area newspapers, Illinois censuses, genealogies, city directories, scrapbooks, genealogical society publications, Illinois [[Sanborn Insurance Maps|Sanborn fire insurance maps]], and organization minutes. Internet resources include the Illinois Newspaper Project, Lithuanians in Springfield, and Oak Ridge Cemetery records, and subscription websites like America's Newspapers, America's Obituaries, Heritage Quest, the State Journal-Register, and Ancestry Library Edition.<ref name="Sangamon" /> | | They have an index to their manuscript collection. Microfilms include many area newspapers, Illinois censuses, genealogies, city directories, scrapbooks, genealogical society publications, Illinois [[Sanborn Insurance Maps|Sanborn fire insurance maps]], and organization minutes. Internet resources include the Illinois Newspaper Project, Lithuanians in Springfield, and Oak Ridge Cemetery records, and subscription websites like America's Newspapers, America's Obituaries, Heritage Quest, the State Journal-Register, and Ancestry Library Edition.<ref name="Sangamon" /> |