Allen County Public Library — A Genealogical Treasure
Across the country there are a number of famous genealogical libraries. Each year, thousands of genealogists will visit these libraries to spend a day a few precious conduct research. Library visits are so popular genealogical societies and organizations often combine a conference like the educational event with visits to genealogical libraries in a single, fully planned, one-week trip. 27th edition this year in Salt Lake Christmas Tour is a perfect example.
But what about the local library? Some of them have significant resources for the genealogist?
Public libraries do not always have the funding, or of local interest, to create and provide such resources. There is one, however, distinguished among his peers, the Allen County Public Library in Indiana. The Allen County Public Library System has created the Genealogy Centre in Fort Wayne. Many experienced researchers know the library as the creator of the index PERiodical Source, aka Persi.
Among its many resources, the Genealogy Centre is home to the largest collection in the world English-language genealogy and local history periodicals. The library holds more than 6,200 current subscriptions and over 10,000 titles. Just the newspaper collection alone is impressive. These periodicals are available to any visitor of the library or through PERSI, accessible at HeritageQuestOnline.com (a paid service).
Periodicals aren’t the only resource the library offers. The library contains tens of thousands of family histories, family bible records, African American records, millions of vital records and documents on microfilm and microfiche. For a brief outline of all the library offers, read their brochure (pdf file).
The library also offers access to many fee-bases Internet databases. These service include:
Ancestry.com AmericanAncestors.org HeritageQuestOnline.com Paper of Record: Historical Newspaper (paperofrecords.Canadian County Public Records - Bookshelf
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