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| Books in Open Stacks | Soundex Census Index | US Federal Census Holdings | Family Histories | Microfiches | Microfilms | Online Catalog | Periodicals | Books | Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete | 1790-1930: complete | ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | 49.813 | 291,259 | 26,000 volumes | 2% | 201,398 | 100% of books and periodicals, 0% of microforms | 104,266 |
| 26,800 | BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY | Partial (primarily Southern states) | 1790-1840: complete, 1850-1910: primarily Southern states, 1920-1930: partial | 79.420 | 11,500 | 95% | 2,121 | 72,300 volumes | 100% coverage |
| 69,500 | 1880-1920: complete | 1790-1920: complete, 1930: partial, plus 1850-1860 slave schedules, 1850-1860 mortality schedules, 1850-1880 and 1890 veterans census | 100% | More than 15,000 | CLAYTON LIBRARY CENTER FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH | 95% of books, about 50% of periodicals, see Web site for microform, periodical, CD-ROM and map holdings | 2,556 titles | 71,520 book and periodical volumes | 31,500 microfiches, 6,500 microcards |
| 95% | 52,000 | Unknown | 80,000 | 1880: complete, 1900-1930: partial | More than 700 titles | 90,000 book and periodical volumes | Online library catalog covers 100% of books, but few other items. | DALLAS PUBLIC LIBRARY(Genealogy Section only; not including Texas/ Dallas History and Archives Division) | 1790-1930: complete |
| Counted with book volumes | Counted with microfilms | 85,000 microfilms, microfiches and microcards | 60,000 | DENVER PUBLIC LIBRARY (Genealogy Collection only; not including Western History Collection) | 98% | 7,500 | All open, except rare and valuable books | 1880, 1900 and 1920: Colorado and New Mexico | 1790-1880: complete, 1900-1920: states west of the Mississippi River, 1930: Colorado and New Mexico |
| 6,000 volumes | 33% | DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY | 50,000 | 65% coverage (only items added to the collection since 1991) | 45,000 | 1790-1930: complete | 1880-1920: Michigan and various other states | 400,000 (includes some that are not strictly genealogical) | 8,000 |
| 1790-1900 and 1920: complete, 1910 and 1930: partial on microfilm, plus online access to the complete census | Unknown | LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY | 70% | 1880, 1900 and 1920: complete, 1910 and 1930: partial | Unknown | 45,000 | More than 10,000 | More than 600 titles | 100% (but not pamphlets and manuscripts) |
| 22,000 | MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY | 100% | Complete | 45,000 | 1790-1930: complete | 1,200 titles | 250,000 | 90% coverage | 60,000, plus 7,000 in the circulating collection |
| Counted with book volumes | Unknown | 1790-1810: complete, 1820-1930: New York and some for Connecticut, New Jersey and Puerto Rico on microfilm, plus online access to the complete census | Unknown | All relevant Soundexes | THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY | 100% coverage of books and 90% coverage of periodicals | 300,000 book and periodical volumes | About 1% | 45,000 |
| 1790-1920: complete, 1930: partial | More than 12,000 | 1,500 titles | 1880-1920: complete, 1930: partial | More than 100,000 | 50,000 | PUBLIC LIBRARY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY | 33% | 100 coverage | 250,000 |
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A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume specializes in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy.
