Fort Wayne Sights

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• Allen County Public Library Genealogical Collection www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html. It is the largest public genealogical collection in the United States. The library offers special classes and has librarians there to assist you in your search. One night a year, they keep the room open until midnight. It is usually around Halloween.

• The Fort Wayne History Center www.fwhistorycenter.com/index.html is a museum with many interesting displays about the area, from the days before Europeans came, to modern times. Even the castle-like building is worth a careful look. Among the stories to be read there are the afternoon that hi fidelity sound (from separating the frequencies and routing them through different speakers) was invented at the local Magnavox plant. They had settled on the term "tweeter" for the small speaker, but rejected a number of other suggestions before settling on "woofer" for the big ones.

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• www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html
• www.fwhistorycenter.com/index.html