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Finding Dead People Genealogy and Local History Resources for the ILL Practitioner
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Amber Case University of Washington - Seattle Lead Borrowing Technician University of Wisconsin – Madison
School of Library & Information Studies Instructor - Genealogy Library Services
Introductions
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Cherié Finley Weible University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Head of Central Access Services Associate Professor
Introductions
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Finding Dead People Genealogy and Local History Resources for the ILL Practitioner
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Outline
● The rising popularity of genealogy ● Why are genealogy ILL request so difficult? ● Indexes to Print Genealogies ● Online Resources ● Genealogy Repositories ● Difficult Requests (and how we solved them…) ● Top Tips For Filling Your Genealogy Requests ● Q & A
Outline
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Growing Popularity “Genealogy is hot. The same hobby that once was the preferred pastime of shutins, spinsters and confirmed bachelors has become widely popular...There's a broad, mainstream interest in family history” – ABC News
“Visitors to online genealogy sites are mostly white women, 55 and older, who browse the Internet from home...It’s a demographic projected to grow 36 percent by 2020, three times as fast as any other group.” – Bloomberg Businessweek
Rising Popularity
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Genealogy in Popular Media
Popular TV Shows
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Why are genealogy requests so difficult?
Unshelved. December 2, 2002
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Why are genealogy requests difficult? ● Material not widely published or collected
○ May only be held by small historical/genealogical societies
● Non-circulating due to age or rarity ● Difficult citations
○ Obituaries (top tips later!) ○ Newspaper articles ○ Biographical sketches in books
Why so difficult?
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Indexes to Print Genealogies
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MEYERINK, K. L. (1998). Printed sources: a guide to published genealogical records. Salt Lake City, Ancestry.
Print Indexes
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American Genealogical Biographical Index
• Every name index to 800 printed genealogies and other compiled sources housed at the Godfrey Memorial Library
• Over 5.5 million entries • Found in print (200+ volumes)
and electronically on HathiTrust (select volumes), Ancestry Library Edition, and WorldVitalRecords
Print Indexes
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Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library
• Surname index to 3,000 volumes including genealogies, local histories, and periodicals published prior to 1917
• Digital version available on HathiTrust
Print Indexes
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Online Resource Periodical Source Index - PERSI
● Index created by Allen County Public Library of genealogy and local history articles published in U.S. and Canada back to 1800
● 2.3 million records from genealogy and local history periodicals
● Available in Allen County Public Library OR through HeritageQuest.
● Coming Soon? - FindMyPast.com working with ACPL to link index to full text of article. FindMyPast is a subscription site but does have a Pay-Per-View model.
Print Indexes
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Print Indexes
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Print Indexes
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National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) ● Operated by the Library of Congress ● Mission: “catalog describing archival and
manuscript collections held by eligible repositories located throughout the United States and its territories”
● Project began in 1959 ● ‘Over 114,000 collections in nearly 1,800
repositories cataloged over the course of the program.’
Print Indexes
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● Records from 1959-1985 available in print volumes; 1986-present available on OCLC WorldCat
● Index to Personal Names in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984
● Index to Subjects and Corporate Names in the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections, 1959-1984
Print Indexes
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Online Sources
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Online Resource Google Books
● 30+ million volumes ● Full View, Limited Preview, Snippet, No View ● Great for county histories, legal proceedings, state
and federal government publications, and out of copyright periodicals.
● ILLiad Add-On
Online Sources
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Full View
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Snippet View
Romelia
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Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
● Launched in April 2013 ● Mission: “to establish a national network out of the
over forty state/regional digital libraries and myriad large digital libraries in the US...into a single access point for users”
Online Sources
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DPLA Partners
Online Sources
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Family History Books ● 80,000 genealogy and family history publications
Online Sources
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HeritageQuest
Paid Subscription through Proquest 7 million digitized page images from over 28,000
family histories, local histories, and other books University of California – San Diego loaded 22,176
records into OCLC from items found in HeritageQuest. OCLC symbol – HQSTO
Online Sources
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Online Sources
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Chronicling America – Newspaper Directory
● Includes ‘library catalog records created by state institutions during the NEH-sponsored United States Newspaper Program’
● Covers 1690-present ● 140,000 bibliographic title
entries and 900,000 separate library holdings records. Records are updated annually.
Online Sources
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Online Sources
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Chronicling America - Digital Newspapers
Online Sources
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Basic Search
Online Sources
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Advanced Search
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Browse for Titles
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Online Resource Wikipedia: List of Digital Newspaper
Online Sources
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Genealogy Repositories
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● Allen County Public Library ● Mid-Continent Public Library ● National Genealogical Society’s Collection ● Family History Library ● Local collections
○ Use the geographic location of the request to identify local libraries, archives, and genealogical societies
○ Champaign County Historical Archives is housed within the Urbana Free Library
Genealogy Repositories
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● 350,000 printed volumes and 513,000 microfilm/microfiche representing ● 55,000 volumes of compiled genealogies ● 48,000 city directories ● 6,200 current periodical subscriptions
● Services offered include photocopies from sources including periodicals, family histories and direct records sources such as the military pension indexes:
● Does not use OCLC for genealogical requests; the OCLC symbol is for Public Library collection
Genealogy Repositories
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Mid-Continent Public Library ● Midwest Genealogy Center (OCLC: CMI) ● Genealogy from the Heartland collection offers
over 17,000 genealogy and local history books available through ILL to researchers nationwide FREE OF CHARGE
Genealogy Repositories
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NGS Library Collection ● National Genealogical Society Book
Loan Collection (OCLC: ZAE) ● Housed at St. Louis County Library (SLCL) ● More than 20,000 circulating volumes ● All items may be checked out or
borrowed through ILL ● Policy restricts two books loaned at a time
to a patron. ● Will copy up to 30 pages from one item
Genealogy Repositories
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Family History Library ● Does not use traditional ILL; still a valuable resource ● ‘The collection includes over 2.4 million rolls of
microfilmed genealogical records; 727,000 microfiche; 356,000 books, serials, and other formats; over 4,500 periodicals and 3,725 electronic resources.’
● Microfilm loans to Family History Centers around the world for a nominal fee.
● Free document delivery service for individuals
Genealogy Repositories
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Difficult Requests And how we solved them….
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Book Title: History of King County Washington.
Volume 1. Author: Clarence B. Bagley Pub. Date: 1929 Notes: Most interested in information on Robbins
family including a photo of Robbins family homestead that is supposedly featured in this book.
Difficult Request 1
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First Step
● Submitted request to several libraries to try to borrow book
● Unfilled as non-circulating
Difficult Request 1
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Next Step
● Submitted new request for photocopy of index. ● No entries for Robbins
Difficult Request 1
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Additional Formats
● Is it available in other formats? ● Print OCLC record:
Difficult Request 1
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Google Books
Difficult Request 1
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New Photocopy Request
● Submitted a request for title page and pages 288, 709, and 734.
Difficult Request 1
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• Richard Smith • Death date unknown; suspected 1900-1910 Livingston Co., IL • Patron searched source
Find-A-Grave • Located date 17 May 1902 • ILL staff used newspaper Index at ALPL (Springfield, IL) • Located Fairbury Blade
nearest community
Difficult Request 2
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• Obituary for Robinson Smith • Died in California between 1910 and 1920 • Last known residence Tulare County in 1910 • Search engine: Tulare County Obituary Index
• Leads to CA Genweb and Tulare County Obituaary Index
• Date of obit 17 Aug 1910 in Tulare Advance Register • Librarian did additional work to provide cemetery
where he was buried and also provided spouse’s name and death date
Difficult Request 3
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Difficult Request 3
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D • Obituary for Alexander Smith • Died in Springhill Township, Fayette Co.,
Pennsylvania between 1910 and 1920 • Patron asked to narrow down date
• Located possible cemetery listing for December 1910 • WorldCat
• Keyword search Fayette and Pennsylvania and limit to serial • 147 results • Chose Daily News Standard and The Morning Herald both
published in Uniontown, PA; county seat, nearest community
Difficult Request 4
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Top Tips for Filling Your Requests
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● Be sure the date of death is known and correct. ● Check for local obituaries indexes. ● Scan entire newspaper. ● Be creative with names.
● Look for variants of the name. ● Look for married woman under Mrs. [husband’s
name]. ● Check newspapers for both last known
residence and home town. ● Don’t forget to check ethnic or religious
newspapers.
Tips for Obituaries
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● Ask for a loan of the newspaper film if possible; many libraries are not staffed to spend time locating obituaries.
● Although loans usually cost the patron more it allows the chance to find additional information such as: ○ notice of illness before death ○ visits from family before death ○ time to find obituary that can be printed up to a month or
more afterward in a newspaper ○ cards of thanks from family ○ notice of filing of probate or estate
Tips for Obituaries
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Top Tips for Filling Requests ● Choose who you send request to strategically
○ What type of library? ○ How does the material fit into the collection?
● Think outside OCLC. ● Check for alternate format. ● Check for locally created indexes. ● If material is non-circulating
○ Check if photocopy if possibility ○ If too long to copy, ask for copy of index
● If needed, go back to the patron for more information!
Top Tips
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It’s okay to cancel! ● "Interlibrary loan is the process by which a library
requests material from, or supplies material to, another library.” - ALA
● If user is not looking for a specific source, evaluate if you have the staffing, time, and other resources to do beyond this. It is OKAY to cancel!
● Create a cancellation email template that helps point these patrons to reference librarians and/or other local genealogical research help.
One More Tip
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Board of Certification of Genealogists - http://www.bcgcertification.org/
National Institute on Genealogical Research http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~natgenin/
National Institute for Genealogical Studies http://genealogicalstudies.com/
Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research http://www4.samford.edu/schools/ighr/
Boston University – Genealogical Research Programs http://professional.bu.edu/programs/genealogy/
University of Wisconsin – Genealogy Library Services (online taught by Amber Case) http://www.slis.wisc.edu/Genealogy.htm
Check your local genealogical and historical society – many offer a wealth of wonderful classes on genealogical research!
Want to learn more about genealogy and family history?
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Thanks!
Questions? Additional resources or tips?
Amber Case - [email protected] Cherié Weible - [email protected]
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