JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (US) Library of Congress Redesigned Website Home Page #general
Jan Meisels Allen
The (US) Library of Congress, the largest library in the world, updated its
website home page on 1 November. The new home page will regularly change the featured content. Currently their collection of over 6,000 photochrome prints is featured. Got to: https://www.loc.gov/ They also have a "trending" section on the new home page and topics...the one on far right as looking at the screen is genealogy. By clicking on "genealogy" you are taken to their genealogy section : The Library of Congress has one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications. The Library's genealogy collection began as early as 1815 when Thomas Jefferson's library was purchased. To look at the listing of research centers at the Library of Congress go to: http://www.loc.gov/rr/ Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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