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PERSI - Periodical Source Index
Below a summary of the PERSI - a genealogical periodical index - the largest of its kind in the world.
Access to the INDEX is free.
To get an idea of how comprehensive and large it is - a search for Family Bibles
returns no less than 50,000 entries.
https://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index?keywords=bible
The Periodical Source Index, or PERSI, is the largest subject index to genealogy and local history periodical articles in the world. Created by the staff of the Allen County Public Library Foundation and the ACPL’s Genealogy Center, PERSI is widely recognized as a vital tool for genealogical researchers. PERSI indexes articles in 11,000 periodical titles (including 3,000 defunct titles) published by thousands of local, state, national and international societies and organizations, arranging 2.7 million entries by surname or location and 22 basic subject headings. An important tool for genealogists looking for new avenues of investigation, PERSI’s usefulness is not limited to family history researchers. Local historians and academics, archaeologists and demographers, as well as students from elementary to graduate school and beyond, will all find PERSI an important asset in their research.
The PERSI project began in 1986 with efforts directed at indexing both “current” issues, to be published in annual volumes, and “retrospective” issues, to be published in a 16 volume set covering 1847-1985. The Family History Library made the 16 volume set available on microfiche, but the print volumes provided the principal access for researchers until Ancestry began to briefly issue CDs containing the entire retro set, all annual volumes, plus additional pre-1986 material.
Previously, PERSI was made available as an online database at Ancestry.com. However, it is no longer available at that site. For years, PERSI was available online at Heritage Quest Online, although, recently it was taken down.
Findmypast has now entered into a partnership with the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center to improve PERSI, by linking thousands of individual genealogical periodicals and resources to the index and allowing the original content to be accessed and connected digitally for the first time in the history of PERSI.
PERSI is searchable at Findmypast.com. The index list of results is free to the public. To see any online images to the periodicals, you must have a subscription or need to purchase pay-per-view credits.
Free index at:
https://search.findmypast.com/search/periodical-source-index?
(note the WHO parameter - where you can enter a surname, the other parameters are options).
another source for Family Bibles is here:
http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/family_bible_index.htm
please let us know if you know of a bible not listed in the Family Bible Index
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Comments
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Hello Dennis, is this of any help to me? I am in England and have almost entirely UK ancestry apart from some French Huguenots. I am not a member of LDS but am very busy on Family Search!
Andrea in Hampshire, England
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I think it can be yes - - although a majority of records would be American - I believe there are also references to various British records.
FS is just as much for non LDS as LDS - dont worrry about that.
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