Libraries

Per the Family Tree website, here are the top libraries for genealogy research in the US:

• Allen County Public Library – in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Family History Library (FHL) – in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Allen County Public Library – in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• Mid-Continent Public Library – Independence, Missouri
• Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research – Houston, Texas
• Birmingham Public Library – Birmingham, Alabama
• Denver Public Library – Denver, Colorado
• New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) Library – Boston, Massachusetts
• Detroit Public Library – Detroit, Michigan
• Library of Congress – Washington, District of Columbus
• Dallas Public Library – Dallas, Texas
• Los Angeles Public Library – Los Angeles, California
• National DAR Library – Washington, District of Columbia
• The New York Public Library (NYPL) – New York City, New York
• Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library – Cincinnati, Ohio

• Arne G. Brekke Collection at UND  –  Grand Forks, North Dakota – these Bygdeboks contain history of Norwegian family farms
• Decorah Genealogy Association – Decorah, IA
• Museum of Danish America – Elk Horn, IA – contains a great deal of Danish genealogy resources
• Minnesota Genealogical Library – Minneapolis, MN
• Norwegian American Genealogical Center Naeseth Library – Madison, WI