Allen County, Indiana Genealogy

Have you explored our YouTube channel lately? 👀 We have over 300 previously recorded programs available for you to...

Posted by Genealogy Center on Friday, April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024 post by Genealogy Center on Facebook:

Have you explored our YouTube channel lately? We have over 300 previously recorded programs available for you to explore, whether you're just beginning you're genealogical journey or working on breaking through a brick wall.

Check it out here : The Genealogy Center Playlist

 

We have many of their videos scattered among our many pages.

1. The Allen County Public Library has a YouTube video channel.

2. WPTA 21 Country Stories is a collection of videos by Eric Olson their longest-serving reporter who is now retired. A journalist for 40 years, 30 of them working in Fort Wayne. Eric covered local news for many years but for two decades developed the 21Country franchise into a viewer favorite, producing nearly 3000 feature stories on interesting people, places and history that is now being adding to The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indianaonline video collection.
   

   21Country to live on in ACPL archives August 21, 2020 ABC21 WPTA on YouTube
   The Allen County Public Library will be a permanent home for the work of Eric Olson, who retired after a 40-year career in broadcasting.

3. 30 minute video The Fort Report: Allen County Public Library August 3, 2014 by The News-Sentinel on YouTube
   Kevin Leininger sits down with Allen County Public Library Director Jeffery Krull to discuss the libraries' challenges and opportunities, him imminent retirement and other issues. All episodes of The Fort Report air Saturday's at 5:30 p.m. on Comcast Ch. 57, FiOS Ch. 27, and on Sunday's at news-sentinel.com.

4. Rescuing Photos from Dying Digital Platforms: How to Save by Allen County Public Library published on Apr 30, 2019 on YouTube
   Presented by the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. "Rescuing Photos from Dying Digital Platforms: How to Save" With the news that Google+ is shutting down, people are scrambling to make sure they have saved their content. Let's explore how to save digital platform content that you and family members have put online. We will be focusing on Facebook, with additional tips for Twitter, Instagram, and websites. Macs, PCs, IPhone, and Android will be used for this presentation.

5. Access Fort Wayne has an Access Fort Wayne channelon YouTube, 40 Things to Know About Access Fort Wayne Annual report Cable Fund Advisory Board Meeting April 29, 2021, and around 350 items on Access Fort Wayne This collection is an archive of the "Access Fort Wayne" Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AccessFortWayne on the Internet Archive.
6. 15 minute video Dedication of the Discovery Center by the The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indianaon YouTube published March 15, 2016 by AccessFortWayne.
7. Genealogy Center, Allen County Public Library 9 minute video with librarians John and Amy Beatty published August 14, 2007
8. Genealogy Center, Allen County Public Library II 7:30 minute video with librarian John Beatty published August 14, 2007
9. Ancestors Are Interesting 7 minute video of school children published March 13, 2012
10. Internet Archive Midwest Digitization Center 9:30 minute video published January 3, 2016
11. Family History Month at the Genealogy Center one minute video published October 4, 2016
12. The Genealogy Center at the Allen County Public Library 4:30 minute video by Visit Fort Wayne published October 21, 2009 YouTube
13. How to File a FOIA Request with the National Archives US National Archives published March 9, 2017 by the US National Archives
14. Street Scenes--New Haven Public Library Published by Allen County Public Libraryon YouTube November 11, 2016. This clip is from the July 2nd, 1976 taping of New Haven from the Street Scenes Series created by Steven Fortriede. Produced by the Fort Wayne Public Library. Camera and Editing by Steve Fortriede.