Libraries

    SHHHHHHH! Don't talk to loud while you browse these links, the librarian might come and kick you out! These links are to some of the biggest and best of library collections. For those libraries that are not on line, you often can arrange for a loans. Contact your local library to see if the information you are interested in is avalible for inter library loan. There may be a processing fee for some loaned material and many times the material needs to be viewed at the library and may not be checked out.
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    link button   Alexandria Library
    Collections include: compilations of birth, death and marriage records; church and cemetery information; microfilm copies of the Alexandria Gazette, the local newspaper; and biographical information about prominent local people and families. If you are a patron of the library, you can access HeritageQuest from home at this site using your library card.
    link button   Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters [BSCP]
    Index to the holdings of the Chicago Historical Society and the Newberry Library, 1925-1969.
    link button   Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
    The Center for American History has five divisions, located in four different regions of Texas and each serving a unique purpose.
    link button   DAR [Daughters of the American Revolution] Library
    Collections include genealogy records, biographies, histories, manuscripts, and periodicals. Onsite databases include HeritageQuest and Ancestry.com. You may also search the online catalog of the library's holdings.
    link button   Ladson Genealogical Library - Vidalia, Georgia
    The Ladson Genealogical Library collection includes resources covering state and county histories, marriage and death records, census and church records, confederate rosters, biographies, family histories, and materials on heraldry.
    link button   Library of Congress, The
    'The largest Library in the world'.
    link button   New York City ~ New York Public Libary [NYPL]
    Homepage of The New York Public Library, whose collections rank with those of the British Library, the Library of Congress, and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, maintains research collections amid a network of community libraries. The scope of the research materials range from global to local, while being singularly attuned to New York City.
    link button   New York State Library ~ Online Resources
    Historical documents that are available online from the New York State Library.
    link button   New York State ~ Rensselaer County ~ Troy Public Library
    Online form for requesting information about Troy Public Library's collections or policies, or to request research assistance with a genealogy or local history question.
    link button   Newberry Library, The
    The Newberry Library, located in Chicago, houses a non-circulating collection that includes: settlement of the Americas; local family histories and genealogy; history of the Midwest [e.g., the Chicago Renaissance]; the history of United States railroads; and Native American history.
    link button   Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
    The Schomberg division of the New York Public Library [NYPL], located in Harlem, New York, provides access to books, serials and microforms containing information by and about people of African descent throughout the world
    link button   UNESCO Archives Portal
    The UNESCO Archives Portal gives access to websites of archival institutions around the world. It is also a gateway to resources related to records and archives management and to international co-operation in this area.
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