Changes at RPL
The Retrieval Department has been moved up to the second floor in the Local History Department.
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Monroe Co. libraries cut Heritage Quest
Monroe County Library System has voted to discontinue many on-line databases including Heritage Quest.
Newspaper Index Online
Back in June I posted about the Rochester Newspaper Index because I knew that it was going to be available online. I can now report that it is online on this page. It an instant popular hit and has generated many requests for copies of newspaper articles from the Rochester Public Library. So don’t be …
Newspaper Index at RPL – Part 2 (1851 -1903)
Did you read the first part? It is below this part. The second part of the indexing project was to index newspapers from Jan. 1, 1851, but during the project the money began to run out and it was decided that only one newspaper would be indexed after June 1854. The project was cut …
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Newspaper Index at RPL – Part 1 (1818-1850)
There has been some talk recently about the newspaper indexes that are in the Local History Division of the Rochester Public Library. This will tell you what is in the indexes and what is not in the indexes. The indexes were done in the Great Depression by the U.S. National Youth Administration which …
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