hannover-l - Nachricht 2007-02 00009

[Loretta Krumwiede Barlow <krumbar(a)comcast.net>]

Thanks, J.B. I couldn't have said it any better (and didn't). I was thinking 
of Ryan a lot Saturday. What a shame he died before this all came to 
fruition!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J b" <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>
To: <Hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened


> Understandable some might wonder the what and why of such a post, 
> especially
> from the German side. But as Loretta noted, the ACPL [Allen County Public
> Library |aka| Fort Wayne City Library] is indeed a monster of a 
> genealogical
> library, rivaled in the U.S. only by the Family History Library in Salt 
> Lake
> City. The ACPL even surpasses the genealogy division of the Newberry 
> Library
> in Chicago, and those of the New York and Los Angeles public libraries. It
> also boasts the largest collection of English-language family and local
> history periodicals in the world - more than 5100 current subscriptions 
> and
> nearly 10,000 total titles. It subscribes to countless foreign 
> periodicals,
> many emanating from Germany.
>
> Like the FHL in SLC, you could get lost in it for days and never stop
> discovering things, both American and European based. The restructuring 
> took
> a number of years to complete, and any American involved in family history
> pursuits for a reasonable amount of time has been aware of this 
> development.
>
> The ACPL was actually cited a few months back on H-L, with the death of
> genealogist Ryan Taylor.
>
> Jb
>
> ------------
>
> From: J b <johnbrene(a)hotmail.com>
> To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
> Re: [HN] Death of Genealogist Ryan Taylor
> Date: Thur, 5 Oct 2006 22:34:38
>
> A sad loss indeed. Along with Curt Witcher and staff, Ryan helped make the
> ACPL in Fort Wayne one of the foremost genealogical research facilities in
> the U.S. - and the world.
>
> A bit more on the newsfront ::
>
> A Tribute To Ryan Taylor
> By Dave Obee
> http://www.daveobee.com/columns/06ryan.htm
>
> Dick Eastman Genealogy Newsletter - In Memoriam: Ryan Taylor
> http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2006/09/genealogy_commu.html
>
> Jb
>
> ------------
>
> From: "Loretta Krumwiede Barlow" <krumbar(a)comcast.net>
> To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
> Subject: [HN] Death of Genealogist Ryan Taylor
> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:56:12 -0400
>
> See the details at
>
> http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/15676166.htm
>
> This link won't last forever. Like maybe noon tomorrow.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> > From: "Loretta Krumwiede Barlow" <krumbar(a)comcast.net>
> > Reply-To: Hannover-L <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
> > To: "Hannover-L" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
> > Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened
> > Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:24:23 -0500
> >
> > The Allen County Public Library contains the largest publicly owned
> > genealogical collection in the United States -- some say in the world. Its
> > contributions to research have a world-wide impact. I'm sorry if you were
> > offended Reinhard, but many people on this list live in the U.S., and many
> > travel to Fort Wayne, Indiana for research in documents that indeed come
> > from Lower Saxony. The availability of their materials has been somewhat
> > abbreviated over the last four years while the library was rebuilt, and it
> > is all now open again.
> >
> > Loretta
> > Photos: http://lorettasphotos.photosite.com
> > Videos: http://krumbar.neptune.com
> > Families: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~loretta/
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Reinhard J. Freytag" <Reinhard.Freytag(a)t-online.de>
> > To: "Hannover-L" <hannover-l(a)genealogy.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 7:34 AM
> > Subject: Re: [HN] ACPL in Fort Wayne reopened
> >
> > Guten Tag,
> >
> > kann mir jemand bitteschön erklären, was der Inhalt d.u.
> > eingestellten Beitrages in diesem Forum mit
> > Familienforschung in Niedersachsen zu tun hat, abgesehen von
> > der unfreundlichen Art, weder eine Anrede und noch nicht
> > einmal einen Absender aufzuführen?
> >
> > Good day, can someone explain to me please please, to specify what 
> > contents
> > have to do d.u. adjusted contribution in this forum with family research 
> > in
> > Lower Saxony, apart from the unfriendly kind, neither an address and not
> > even a sender?
>
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