New England GENEALOGY Collections Outside of New England

Here is a list of outstanding New England genealogy "collections" - *not* in New England. These "collections" were mentioned in postings on genealogy mail lists (NORTHEAST-ROOTS-L, ESSEX-ROOTS-L, GenConnecticut-L, and CT-WINDHAMCO), CompuServe (CSI) North American Genealogy Forum (NAROOTS), and personal experience. These "collections" have the basic New England reference sources, back issues of The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (NEHGR) and/or other genealogy journals, DAR and Mayflower material, published vital records, assorted town/county histories and/or family genealogies. Many have complete runs of the census for the entire US, city directories, and other valuable microfilmed materials.

This list may be helpful to new as well as experienced researchers in finding major New England genealogy collections outside of the New England area. Many "newbies" feel if they don't live in New England near such resource centers as the NEHGS library, town clerk offices, New England state libraries and archives, etc... that New England genealogy research is nearly impossible. Most *do* know about the LDS Family History Centers (FHC)

	Family History Information/What Is a Family History Center?
	Family History Information/Where Is the Nearest Family History Center?

and their fabulous Family History Library in Salt Lake City

	Family History Library and Centers
	Family History Library Catalog

as well as the great New England Historic and Genealogical Society's Library in Boston, MA.

http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org/

The Library:

	http://www.newenglandancestors.org/libraries/main/
	http://library.nehgs.org/

which are indispensable. However, many New England "rooters" may not be aware of other major collections outside New England that might be closer to their homes. The research collections are usually located at the main branch for the library system named. I have tried to include websites. Do note, I'm *not* personally familiar with 90% of the facilities.

Many thanks to all the contributors!

**** Please, additions and/or corrections are *welcomed/wanted* ! *****

The above is not E-mail hyperlink - just a graphic.

United States:

Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress
http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html

NSDAR Library -
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
http://www.dar.org

NARA - National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html

	Genealogical Research at the National Archives http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/index.html
	NARA Branches (Regional Records Services Facilities) are individually listed below under their respective state/city: AK, CA, CO, GA, IL, MO, NY, PA, TX, WA

AK:

NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Anchorage)
http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/anchorage/index.html

AL:

	Harwell Goodwin Davis Library, Samford Univ.: Birmingham http://davisweb.samford.edu/
	Mobile Public Library http://www2.acan.net/~mplhp/

AZ:

Mesa Family History Center
Large collection of New England resources on permanent loan/on hand
http://www.mesarfhc.org/

CA:

	Southern CA Gen. Soc. French Canadian Interest Group: Burbank, CA <French Can., Arcadian and many New Eng. Catholic Church records> http://www.fchsc.org/
	Carlsbad Public Library: Carlsbad, CA http://www.ci.carlsbad.ca.us/cserv/library.html
	Sons of the American Revolution Library 600 S. Central, Glendale 91204 818-240-1775 http://www.militarymuseum.org/SRLibrary.html
	Huntington Beach Central Library http://www.hbpl.org/
	NARA's Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel) http://www.archives.gov/pacific/laguna/index.html
	Los Angeles Family History Center 10741 Santa Monica Blvd., West Los Angeles 90025 Census films for all years, many films containing original New England documents from various counties and states on permanent loan/on hand. http://www.larfhc.org/
	Los Angeles Public Library http://www.lapl.org/

	NARA's Pacific Region (San Francisco): San Bruno http://www.archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco/index.html
	California Genealogical Society: San Francisco http://www.calgensoc.com/

California State Library at Sutro: San Francisco
http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/

CO:

	Denver Public Library http://denverlibrary.org/
	NARA's Rocky Mountain Region (Denver) http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/index.html

FL:

	Orlando Public Library http://www.ocls.lib.fl.us/ Orange County
	Bay County Public Library : Panama City http://www.nwrls.lib.fl.us/
	Indian River County Main Library: Vero Beach http://www.irclibrary.org/ History and Genealogy Department http://www.rootsweb.com/~flindian/ircl/ Online library catalog: http://catalog.irclibrary.org/polaris/
	Palm Beach County Genealogy Society http://www.pbcgs.org/ http://www.pbcgensoc.org/resources.html

GA:

	Atlanta-Fulton Public Library http://www.af.public.lib.ga.us/
	NARA's Southeast Region (Atlanta): East Point http://www.archives.gov/southeast/index.html

IL:

	NARA's Great Lakes Region (Chicago) http://www.archives.gov/great-lakes/contact/directions-il.html
	Newberry Library: Chicago http://www.newberry.org/

IN:

Allen County Public Library: Ft. Wayne

	http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/
	http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html

KS:

	Burlington Historical Society
	Hutchinson Public Library (the Kansas Room) http://hutchpl.org/
	Kansas State Library: Topeka http://www.kslib.info/

KY:

	National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution: Louisville Historical and Genealogical Research Library http://www.sar.org/library/library.html
	Filson Club Library - Historical Society: Louisville http://www.filsonclub.org/

MA:

	NARA's Northeast Region (Boston) http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/index.html
	NARA's Northeast Region (Pittsfield) (Microfilm Research Room only, no original records) http://www.archives.gov/northeast/pittsfield/index.html

MD:

	NARA Affiliated Archives at William W. Jeffries Memorial Archives in the Nimitz Library, US Naval Acadamy, Annapolis http://www.archives.gov/locations/affiliated-archives.html#us-naval-academy Records of the US Naval Academy
	NARA at College Park http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/college-park/index.html

MI:

Detroit Public Library

	http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/
	http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/Special_Collections/special_collections.htm

State of Michigan Library - Lansing

	The Library of Michigan http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17445_19270---,00.html
	Genealogy Research http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635---,00.html
	Abrams Foundation Historical Collection http://www.michigan.gov/hal/0,1607,7-160-17449_18635_18644-114149--,00.html http://www.michigan.gov/documents/hal/lm_gene_overview_handout_214467_7.pdf

MN:

Minnesota Historical Society's collection: St. Paul
http://www.mnhs.org/collections/

MO:

	Mid-Continent Public Library: Independence http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us
	NARA's Central Plains Region (Kansas City) http://www.archives.gov/central-plains/kansas-city/index.html
	Kansas City Public Library http://www.kcpl.lib.mo.us/
	Saint Louis Public Library http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/
	NARA's Military Personel Records (St. Louis) http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/ http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/public/archival-programs.html

MS:

The University of Mississippi Library: University
http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/general_library/
http://umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/

NM:

	Albuquerque Public Library http://www.cabq.gov/library/
	NARA Affiliated Archives at New Mexico State Records Center and Archives (Santa Fe) http://www.archives.gov/locations/affiliated-archives.html#santa-fe

NY:

Brooklyn Historical Society: Brooklyn
http://www.brooklynhistory.org/

NARA's Northeast Region (New York City)
http://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/index.html

New York Public Library (esp. the Local History Room): New York City

	http://www.nypl.org/
	http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/lhg/genea.html

Onondaga County Public Library: Syracuse
http://www.onlib.org/

NARA Affiliated Archives at
US Military Academy Archives in the US Military Academy Library, West Point
http://www.archives.gov/locations/affiliated-archives.html#us-military-academy
Records of the United States Military Academy

OH:

	Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/
	The Western Reserve Historical Society: Cleveland http://www.wrhs.org
	Ohio Historical Society: Columbus http://www.ohiohistory.org/textonly/index.html
	State Library of Ohio http://winslo.state.oh.us/

OK:

	Oklahoma Genealogical Society: Oklahoma City http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/
	Oklahoma Historical Society http://www.okhistory.org/ Also a NARA Affiliated Archives Part of Records of the Five Civilized Tribes and of other Indian tribes in Oklahoma in Record Group 75, Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs) http://www.archives.gov/locations/affiliated-archives.html#oklahoma

OR:

Oregon State Library: Salem
http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/
Online catalog
http://catalog.willamette.edu/screens/opacmenu_s2.html

PA:

NARA Affiliated Archives
Pennsylvania State Archives, Bureau of Archives & History, Harrisburg
http://www.archives.gov/locations/affiliated-archives.html#pennsylvania-state-archives
Collection description:
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=512&mode=2&objID=1426

NARA's Mid Atlantic Region (Center City Philadelphia)
http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/public/index.html

NARA's Mid Atlantic Region (North East Philadelphia)
Services to Federal Agencies: Federal Records Center
http://www.archives.gov/midatlantic/agencies/index.html

Free Library of Philadelphia
http://www.library.phila.gov/

Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
http://www.hsp.org/

Carnegie Library (with Pitt's collection, next door): Pittsburgh

	http://www.clpgh.org/clp/
	http://www.carnegielibrary.org/research/genealogy/

TN:

Chattanooga-Hamilton Bicentennial Library: Chattanooga
www.lib.chattanooga.gov/index.html

Memphis Public Library

	http://www.memphislibrary.lib.tn.us/
	Online catalog http://eps.memphislibrary.org/rooms/portal/page/Sirsi_HOME

TX:

	Texas State Library: Austin http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/
	Dallas Public Library http://www.lib.ci.dallas.tx.us/home.htm
	Clayton Library: Houston http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/
	Fort Worth Public Library http://www.fortworthgov.org/library/
	NARA's Southwest Region (Fort Worth) http://www.archives.gov/southwest/index.html

VA:

	National Genealogical Society (NGS): Arlington http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/
	The Library of Virginia: Richmond http://www.lva.lib.va.us/

WA:

NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle)
http://www.archives.gov/pacific-alaska/seattle/

Seattle Public Library

	http://www.spl.org/
	http://www.spl.org/humanities/genealogy/genealogy.html

Fiske Genealogical Library: Seattle
1644 - 43rd Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98112-3222
(206) 328-2716
http://www.fiskelibrary.org/

Seattle Genealogical Society

	Mailing address: P.O. Box 15329 Seattle, Washington 98115-0329 (206)-522-8658
	Library and office: 6200 Sand Point Way N.E. #101* Seattle, Washington 98115
	http://www.rootsweb.com/~waseags/

University of Washington graduate library: Seattle
http://www.lib.washington.edu/

WI:

State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library Division: Madison
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/

WY:

NARA Affiliated Archives at
Yellowstone National Park Archives
http://www.archives.gov/locations/affiliated-archives.html#yellowstone

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Canada

BC:

University of British Columbia: Vancouver
http//www.library.ubc.ca/

ONT:

Canadian Society of Mayflower Descendants: Toronto

	Home Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~canms/canada.html
	Library Catalogue http://www.rootsweb.com/~canms/library.html

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Library Search Engines

Major university research libraries often have good collections, too. Almost all major public and university libraries now have their catalogs on-line - available over the web. Here are some online library search engines:

	Lib-Library WWW Servers http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/Libweb/
	LibrarySpot Libraries Online http://www.libraryspot.com/librariesonline.htm
	List of Public Libraries with Internet Services http://www.halcyon.com/treasure/virtual/library.html
	Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites...: Libraries, Archives & Museums http://www.CyndisList.com/lib-gen.htm
	Yahoo Reference: Libraries http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/

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