The Trails & Rails Museum in Kearney, Nebraska has announced plans to build a $3.1 million family history center meant to house artifacts, offices, space for traveling exhibits, a conference room and a gift shop on adjacent land. The museum board of directors would like to break ground in September and open the building to [...]
Larry Benedict sent me this notice that our friend, Carol Poulos, has just landed a cool job. March 16, 2012: Wantagh Preservation Society Names Poulos as Curator At its March Board of Trustees meeting the Wantagh Preservation Society [of Long Island, New York] formally approved creation of the position of Curator, and named Carol Poulos [...]
The following excerpt is from an article by Ron Wilkins, posted at the Feb. 21, 2012 edition of jconline.com: John M. Harris spends each Tuesday and Wednesday quietly working in a small office surrounded by shelves stacked from floor to ceiling with boxes containing … well, that’s what Harris is finding out. Outside his office, [...]
The following teaser is from an excellent article about the Meramec Valley Genealogical and Historical Society published in the September 28, 2011 edition of emissourian.com. The Meramec Valley Genealogical and Historical Society (MVGHS) [Pacific, Missouri] voted Sept. 21 to switch the date of its annual dues/potluck meeting from July to April to get away from [...]
COURT HOUSE – Cape May County Freeholder M. Susan Sheppard announced that the Cape May County Historical & Genealogical Society has been awarded a General Operating Support Grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department of State. The grant, in the amount of $9,750, will be used in part to fund [...]
The following teaser is from an article printed in the July 23, 2011 edition of the Echo Press. The Minnesota Historical Society, its museums, historic sites and library will reopen to the public today, Saturday, July 23, following the state of Minnesota government shutdown. All programs scheduled beginning Saturday will resume as initially planned. Hours [...]
This is a big story… And I’m afraid that we’re going to be following it for a while… The following excerpt is from an article in the July 12, 2011 edition of The Baltimore Sun: At the Maryland Historical Society, they’re calling it the Great Cupcake Caper. Before being arrested by police on Saturday and [...]
The following excerpt is from an article published in the May 20, 2011 edition of the Boonville Daily News. Boonville, Missouri – The Cooper County Historical Society (CCHS) Research Center will be unable to open to the public as planned this month. The new water mains installed in Pilot Grove remain disconnected to the building, [...]
Topeka — The Kansas Historical Society announced it is offering up to three paid internships for summer 2011. The paid internships are full-time positions (40 hours per week) for eight weeks. Two interns will write content for the Historical Society’s online encyclopedia on Kansas history, Kansapedia. The third intern will help staff with selection and [...]
The following is from an article by Frank Wallis in the March 3, 2011 edition of the Baxter Bulletin. An effort to find a permanent location in Mountain Home for the Baxter County Heritage Museum has begun in earnest. The museum’s present location at 107 E. Main St. in Gassville has been sold, and the [...]
The following excerpt is from an article by James Kuch about the Arenac County Historical Society and Genealogy Research Center. It was published in the January 13, 2011 edition of The Arenac County Independent. AuGRES [Michigan] — The Arenac County Historical Society has a new genealogical research section, and a new name. The historical society [...]
Joan Griffis wrote in her column in the Commercial-News that the Illiana Genealogy Library has “burned the mortgage.” Their facility is located at is 215 W. North St., Danville, IL 61832. The collection of genealogical materials at the Illiana Genealogy Library is one of the best in the state. The research records that are available [...]
A small group of board members and volunteers are working to preserve a collection of photographs and eclectic artifacts at the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum in Cathlamet. The museum’s board of directors has spent reserves to keep the doors open, but only $1,100 remains, said Board President Judy Brawn, who estimates the annual budget [...]
The following excerpt is from an article in the December 21, 2010 edition of the River Falls Journal. At the present time, the Pierce County [Wisconsin] Historical Association (PCHA) has about 112 family histories on its office shelves. These range in length from a few pages about one family to 300 or more pages with [...]
The following excerpt is from an article in the October 9, 2010 edition of the Press Republican. BOMBAY [Franklin County, New York] — The Bombay Historical Society is branching out into genealogy with the formation of the Bombay Genealogical Society. … The new Genealogical Society will fall under the umbrella of the Historical Society but [...]
