This is a massive database from the Allen County Indiana Public Library. The search feature will bring up SUBJECT INDEX that lead you to Periodicals from Genealogy Societies! You want to search for a topic, which can be the name of a state, town, surname. It will bring up the NAME OF THE ARTICLE, the DATE PUBLISHED, and THE PUBLISHER which could be a Genealogy or Historical Society. Searching through these MAY ALSO LEAD YOU TO THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF GENEALOGY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED.
Excerpt: PERSI is the premier subject index for genealogy and local history periodicals, and is produced by the staff of The Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. This valuable resource provides more than 3.2 million citations to readily-available periodical sources.After finding what interests you, you can order a copy of the publication. YOU CANNOT READ THE PUBLICATION FOR FREE HERE but YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND IT ELSWHERE DIGITALIZED NOW THAT YOU HAVE THE TITLE. That said, the fee for them to copy it and send it to you is reasonable. It's $7.50 for them to locate up to six articles and copy fees are per page and paid later.
Let's try it. Click on United States. Then select Florida. Then Bay County.
Listed are publications by Bay County Genealogical Society, Florida Historical Quarterly, Pensacola Historical Society, Museum of Southern Jewish Experience, Florida State Genealogical Society, West Florida Genealogical Society, Tallahassee Genealogical Society, and some others.
Let's try it. Click on United States. Then select Florida. Then Bay County.
Listed are publications by Bay County Genealogical Society, Florida Historical Quarterly, Pensacola Historical Society, Museum of Southern Jewish Experience, Florida State Genealogical Society, West Florida Genealogical Society, Tallahassee Genealogical Society, and some others.
More on this library's offerings in the next post.
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