-------- Original Message -------- Subject: FW: [GEN-EVENTS-L] Allen County Public Library - OPEN!!! Resent-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 18:27:00 -0600 Resent-From: CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 17:27:09 -0700 From: "Pamela Dallas" <pbdallas@earthlink.net> To: CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS-L@rootsweb.com Susan Kaufman sent the following announcement: Subject: Allen County Public Library - OPEN!!! THE GENEALOGY DEPARTMENT IN FORT WAYNE REALLY IS OPEN! In case you haven't heard, or in case you think that most of our materials are not going to available until much later - We're Open! And we invite you to visit us! The Allen County Public Library Genealogy Department is open with all of our book and microtext materials available for researchers. Not only are all our materials available, our books are now on browsing shelves. Our transition facility at 20 East Berry Street has been rated "TOPS" by the researchers who have been here. The end of the summer is near. The pool will be closing, the kids will be going back to school, and you'll have more time on your hands. A perfect opportunity to visit Fort Wayne, Indiana and research in this large and growing collection. SOME RUMORS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD: I HEARD THE LIBRARY WAS CLOSED The entire Main Library including the Historical Genealogy Department is open! Every department moved to our interim location at 200 E. Berry St. while the old library is being expanded and renovated. We will be at this location for approximately 3 years. I HEARD THE GENEALOGY COLLECTION IS NOT AVAILABLE The entire genealogy collection, materials from across the United States, Canada, Great Britain and other locales, is available and ready for your perusal. In fact, one of the most exciting things is that the collection is now a browsing collection. This means you can walk the stacks and stacks of genealogical research materials, finding things you never thought you would find. The entire genealogy collection is available. There is NOTHING stored away -everything is accessible. All our research materials can by used here at our location. All our books, microfilm and periodicals are available. SPECIAL RESOURCES / SPEICAL EVENTS In addition to our deep collection, patrons can also order microfilm from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City for a small fee for use here in our library. If you live within a day's drive of Fort Wayne, this is a great benefit to you. Not only can you order microfilm resources from Salt Lake City, when combined with the collection here in Fort Wayne, the research opportunities are outstanding. October is Family History Month. This year, we would enjoy having you come to Fort Wayne to do research and join in the special events offered by the Genealogy Department. These events include lectures on specific research resources, information about the ACPL genealogy collection, and special topics, presented by the staff of the Historical Genealogy Department. OUR WEBSITE Visit our website www.acpl.lib.in.us to search our library catalog to discover what we have in store for your specific research needs. At our home page, click on library catalog, enter your search term (surname + the word family, geographic location, author, title, or keyword), and find the treasures that await you here in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Scroll down to the bottom of the home page, click on "Genealogy Gateway" to get an overview of the material housed in this world-renowned collection. We'd enjoy having you visit us! Questions? Please call us! We'd be happy to tell you about our collection. 260-421-1225 ==== CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS Mailing List ==== How to unsubscribe. Send a message to CA-SACRAMENTO-EVENTS-L-request@rootsweb.com that contains (in the body of the message) the command unsubscribe and no additional text. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237