Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

If you’ve been following the Library for a while, you know we preserve and digitize materials that come to us in all kinds of physical formats. That includes video tapes! Here’s a look inside the Video Preservation Lab at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center. pic.twitter.com/lY1rroBWjF

— Library of Congress (@librarycongress) September 21, 2023

September 21, 2023 same video post by The Library of Congress on Facebook:

1. Allen County Public Library Website
2. Allen County Public Library Community Album digital images.
3. Library transforms photos into history about the Community Album at the Allen County Public Libraryby Frank Gray published February 4, 2016 in The Journal Gazette newspaper now on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.
4. Archive.orghas a collection of over 60 volumes of pamphlets and stories on local people and places published by the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County. Titles like Finding list of the Public Library ... 1897 .. by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1897 ; Bulletin by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County, 1915; This is your library by Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County; Grimshaw, Ivan Gerould; Faust, Mary Craig, 1956;
5. Allen County Public Library wiki at FamilySearch.org.
6. Allen County Public Library at the Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopediaarticle
7. Allen County’s Amazing Library from Fort Wayne Monthly “Along the Heritage Trail with Tom Castaldi” – March 2011, No. 76. re-published November 24, 2015 on History Center Notes & Queries blog.
8. Allen County Public Library Film local sports videos at the Internet Archiveon Zollner Pistons
9. Genealogy Center web site
10. Allen County Resources at The Genealogy Center
11. ebooks 30,000 titles on Allen County, Indiana at the Internet Archive
12. Friends of Allen County The Friends of the Allen County Public Library, a non-profit, membership organization, has a common concern for the library's expansion and participation in community life. Since 1981, the Friends of the Allen County Public Library has made significant contributions to the steady growth of the library and its services to the community. Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ACPLFriends/
13. Over 90,000 eBooks digitized from the The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Libraryby the The Genealogy Center
14. Instagram Account: www.instagram.com/genealogycenter
15. Carnegie Libraries, Indiana received more Carnegie grants than any other state from Indiana at 200: Carnegie libraries distinguish Indiana's intellectual landscape by Andrea Neal published March 1, 2016 in The Herald-Tribune.

16. January 15, 2016 post by the Indiana Bicentennial Commission on Facebook:

    Did you know that 113 years ago today the first Carnegie Library in Indiana opened in Goshen, Indiana? Over the next 20 years, the state would lead the nation with a total of 164 Carnegie libraries in 155 communities. You can learn more about the history of the Carnegie libraries in Indiana by reading: Indiana’s Carnegie Libraries Yaël Ksander August 13, 2007 via WFIU Public Radio

17. Family Bibles list - More Free Family Bibles published May 9, 2017 on The Genealogy Center blog.
18. Finding historical sports items at ACPL can be fun adventure by Blake Sebring published December 26, 2017 in The News-Sentinel newspaper.
19. The Genealogy Center Our Blog, WordPress blog, Genealogy Gems list by year then month back to issue No. 1, March 31, 2004 with subscription form, and Genealogy Gems Mailling List monthly index from current issue back to issue 18A September 17, 2005 by the Friends of Allen County.
20. Genealogical reference materials available in the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County by Wilkens, Cleo Goff; Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County Publication date 1959
21. History Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 on The Genealogy Center blog
22. Harold Henderson Midwestern Microhistory: A Genealogy Blog Finding Ancestors in Fort Wayne: The Genealogist's Unofficial One-Stop Guide to the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
23. Indiana State Library has millions of records in their 18 Indexes - see their List of Indexes.
24. Genealogy Librarian finds distant relatives of Vietnam veteran honored by community December 29, 2015 Facebook post.
25. Librarian able to find family of WWII flier January 3, 2016 Facebook post.
26. Microtext Catalog at The Genealogy Center
27. Online databases at The Genealogy Center
28. Think of Us Before You Move.... blog posted by The Genealogy Center May 28, 2015

29. January 23, 2024 post by the Library of Virginia on Facebook:

    "What does that say?" Each year on #NationalHandwritingDay we like to share our recorded workshop on Reading Old Handwriting. Originally created for participants of our Making History transcription events (www.virginiamemory.com/makinghistory/events), this video is very helpful for anyone trying to decipher historic handwritten documents to find an ancestor or research a topic. Reading Old Handwriting

    #archives #handwriting #research #genealogy #VirginiaHistory

    Reading Old Handwriting January 14, 2021 on YouTube

Archive.org

1. Beyond books : Allen County's public library history, 1895-1995 - Slater-Putt, Dawne, Includes bibliographical references and index
2. Finding list of the Public Library ... 1897 .. (Volume yr.1897) - Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County published a book of all the titles in the library in 1897

   Back to top