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Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne

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The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is a public library system located in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1895 as the Fort Wayne Public Library, the library served residents with 3,606 books out of a single room in City Hall. Today the library system includes 14 library branches within Fort Wayne and throughout the county. The 367,000 square feet (34,100 m2) Main Library Branch in downtown Fort Wayne is home to the Fred J. Reynolds Historical Genealogy Department, which holds the largest public genealogy collection in the United States.
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  • By thomashH860PG
    This is a tremendous resource and asset for Fort Wayne. Easy to use website/card catalog for a wide variety of resources: books on CD, magazines, hard and soft cover books, films, reference material....  more »
  • By Go493700
    The ACPL Genealogy Department was practically my home on Monday evenings for 5 years. Enjoyed discovering who my ancestors were and wonderful details about them in articles, photos, cemetery...  more »
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  • By Philip Parkison
    If you had to say the Top 10 treasured places in Fort Wayne, this would have to be one of them. Maybe number 1. The library has an art gallery, a movie theater, food as Dunkin donuts, a parking garage, and BOOKS; oh did I mention one of the best genealogy sections in the nation. There are whole towns in Indiana that have less interesting things than this single block in the summit city. My sister needed a movie and apparently this library has it. The library is continuing force of Knowledge and stimulation in one place. Everyone should go to this place
  • By Christopher Perry
    Super friendly staff, large selection of books, great children's area and lots of scheduled activities
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