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Library websites are great resources for digging up information on your family history. Use these library resources to enhance your investigating. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center This site is far more than just a local library for Fort Wayne, Ind. With a genealogy collection second only to that of...
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Before you trek to a library to find A Commemorative History of Antelope County, Nebraska or Descendants of Floyd Floosickle, 1750-1920, try tapping these online collections of digitized local and family history books—you can search thousands of tomes simultaneously and even save copies to your computer. Be sure to take advantage of the advanced search features noted below, such as wildcards to find spelling variations of names (Rob?son finds Robison and Robeson; Rob*son finds Robison, Robeson, Robinson and Robertson) and exact-phrase searching to find a full name (enclose it in quotation marks). But don’t rely entirely on the search engine; browse the tables of contents and indexes of promising books, too. To locate other online histories, check USGenWeb’s county pages, the Online Books Page and the Internet Archive.
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You’re missing out if you haven’t done genealogy at a good old-fashioned bricks-and-mortar library. Let our planning guide get you going.
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Planning a trip to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City? Follow in the footsteps of a first-time visitor—and learn how to conquer the family tree capital.
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Scouring the Web for pictures from your family's past? Broaden your search beyond faces and you may be surprised at what you'll find.
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To take best advantage of these libraries' wonderful collections, you'll want to visit in person. But if you can't do that, avail yourself of these long- distance alternatives: Interlibrary Loan While many libraries classify their genealogy books as reference materials for on-site use only, you can still get a...
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