According to a several-times-repeated blurb in various genealogical society bulletins, the top ten libraries that have their holdings posted online are:

1. Allen County Public Library, Ft. Wayne, Indiana; http://www.acpl.lib.in.us

2. Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research, Houston, Texas: http://www.houstonlibrary.org/clayton

3. Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas: http://www.dallaslibrary.org

4. Denver Public Library, Denver, Colorado: http://www.denver.lib.co.us

5. Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan: http://www.detroit.lib.mi.us/burton

6. Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California: http://www.lapl.org

7. Mid-Continent Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri: http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us

8. New York Public Library, New York City: http://www.nypl.org

9. Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Ohio: http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org

10. Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama: http://www.bham.lib.al.us

Why should you care? Well, if you are looking for a specific family history (written in 1902 by great-great-uncle Herbert and only ten copies printed) it’s super great to have more places to check to see if a copy ended up in that library. Part One is locating the copy; part two is gaining access to the copy, but you gotta find it first. Have fun checking these out.

(from genealogyblog.com)

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