, Fort
Wayne, Ind. (www.acpl.lib.in.us/):
The largest genealogical library outside Utah.
Birmingham Public Library,
Birmingham, Ala. (www.bham.lib.al.us/):
Genealogy and local history collections are strongest for Alabama.
Brigham Young University, Provo,
Utah (www.lib.byu.edu/menu.html):
Extensive collection of printed resources, 650,000 rolls of microfilm and 2
million microfiches.
California State Library-Sutro,
San Francisco (www.library.ca.gov/):
One of the largest genealogical collections west of Salt Lake City.
Dallas Public Library (dallaslibrary.org):
The library's genealogy collection consists of 78,000 books, 40,000 rolls of
microfilm and 74,700 microfiches.
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR),
Washington, DC (dar.library.net): The DAR
Library holds more than 150,000 books.
Denver Public Library (www.denver.lib.co.us/):
The library's Genealogy Collection consists of about 60,000 volumes and 75,000
microforms.
Detroit Public Library (www.detroit.lib.mi.us/):
The library's Burton Historical Collection contains genealogical materials
covering the entire US.
Family History Library, Salt Lake
City (www.familysearch.org): The
largest genealogical library in the world.
Houston Public Library—Clayton Library (www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/):
Many family histories and county histories, as well as city directories and US
federal census records.
Library of Congress, Washington,
DC (http://lcweb.loc.gov/catalog/):
More than 40,000 genealogies and 100,000 local histories.
Los Angeles Public Library (catalog.lapl.org/):
The Library's History and Genealogy Department has more than 40,000 volumes,
including more than 10,000 genealogies.
Mid-Continent Public Library,
Independence, Mo. (opac.mcpl.lib.mo.us/):
The library's collection of 40,000 titles encompasses genealogies, local and
state histories and indexes and abstracts of county records.
National Genealogical Society,
Arlington, Va. (www.ngsgenealogy.org):
The library's 30,000 family history and local history books are complemented
by a large manuscript collection, members' ancestral charts, Bible records and
family history files.
National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC)
(lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/):
This catalog lists nearly 500,000 manuscripts held in research libraries,
museums, state archives and historical societies located throughout North
America.
New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston (www.NewEnglandAncestors.org):
Extensive resources for New England genealogy and beyond.
New York Public Library (catnyp.nypl.org/):
One of the largest genealogical collections in the country.
Newberry Library, Chicago (www.newberry.org:
An impressive collection of more than 17,000 genealogies.
Seattle Public Library (www.spl.lib.wa.us/):
The library's Genealogy Collection contains more than 23,000 books, as well as
periodicals, pamphlets and microfilm.
State Historical Society of Wisconsin (www.shsw.wisc.edu/library/):
The newspaper collection is the second-largest in the US, dating from the 17th
century to the present.
Western Reserve Historical Society,
Cleveland (www.wrhs.org/searchme.htm):
The library focuses on source materials for states east of the Mississippi
River, but also has major sources for other states.
