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It looks like the economy and a lack of support on the part of the current library director may cause the North Carolina room – and its collection, to find it has no home this coming fall, when the Orange Continue reading The Orange County Library in Chapel Hill, May Lose its North Carolina Room
$388,869 was awarded to Crawford County, Kansas charities, organizations and schools yesterday by the Pritchett Trust. Recipients were able to pick up checks during a ceremony at M&I Bank. The Pritchetts operated an insurance agency in Pittsburg and, during the Continue reading McCune Osage Township Library Gets $5000 for Genealogy & History
Approximately 150 people were at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library in Illinois this last Sunday afternoon for a ribbon cutting, opening the library’s new addition, which includes a new genealogy research section. Read all about it in the March 9, Continue reading Charleston, Illinois Carnegie Public Library Opens Addition, Including a Genealogy Research Section
There have been numerous articles, speculation, and rumors about the proposed George W. Bush Presidential Library, to be located on the campus of Southern Methodist University (SMU) in Dallas. We are now starting to get what can be considered the Continue reading Details Coming Out About the George W. Bush Presidential Library
I received this newsletter dealing with the Conner-Bishop Historical Resource Center planned for the Portland, Oregon area. It was written by my friend, Jan Healy, and gives some idea of the progress being made on the collection since their nearly Continue reading Conner-Bishop Historical Resource Center Update
It’s now being said that the Pennsylvania State Library may get a 50% cut in funding. A cut of that magnitude almost shuts the library down – leaving a staff of only 6 people. Note that this is just proposed. Continue reading Pennsylvania State Library May Cut 57 Jobs, Leaving a Staff of 6!
The following excerpt is from a much longer article about the acquisition of a new microfilm reader/printer for the T. Elmer Cox Historical and Genealogical Library in Greenville, Tennessee. The Greene County Commission’s Records Committee was told Thursday that because Continue reading T. Elmer Cox Historical & Genealogical Library Still Trying to Get a New Microfilm Reader-Printer
The Missouri History Museum recently launched the Genealogy and Local History Index which includes references to hundreds of thousands of St. Louis ancestors. In this index, you can search by personal name, business/corporate name, or street address. (The latter search Continue reading The New Missouri History Museum “Genealogy & Local History Index” Online
Accumulations of snow and ice have damaged a Chester, Illinois, landmark, the First Bank building at 600 State Street, built about 1900. It seems that the 23,500 square ft. three-story building sustained damage to its roof from heavy accumulations of Continue reading Roof Collapse at Randolph County Genealogical Society
A fire took place inside the seventeenth-century College of Arms in Central London yesterday, leaving thousands of historic documents at risk. The College, which was founded by Richard III in 1484, grants titles and coats of arms to peers. The Continue reading Fire at the College of Arms in Central London
San Francisco Public Library‘s history center, under the direction of city archivist Susan Goldstein, with the help of 15 staffers, has tremendous project in preserving and cataloging the city’s history. The library has now won a grant from the Mellon Continue reading Mellon Foundation Grant Allows San Francisco to Save Its Ephemeral History.
My old employer, ProQuest, made a number of genealogically-important announcements at the American Library Association Conference in Denver a few days ago. The information excerpted below is from a much longer article in the January 25, 2009 edition of the Continue reading ProQuest Announces a Number of Projects of Interest to Genealogists at the ALA Midwinter Conference in Denver
The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum just announced the release of approximately 4 million pages for public research. Following is the Archives News Release: January 25, 2009 ABILENE, Kan. – The Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum announces the release of Continue reading 4 Million Pages of Papers Opened to the Public at the Eisenhower Presidential Library
As with most genealogical societies, the Livingston County Genealogical Society in Michigan collects, preserves, and makes available to the public, information on people who have lived in Livingston County. The group also helps researchers searching ancestors in Livingston County, no Continue reading The Livingston County Genealogical Society May Be Able to Help You
FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT: The Pequot Library’s Family and Local History Collection, which had been in storage during the library’s renovation will re-open to the public with a special exhibit this next Saturday. The collection, part of the library’s nationally known Special Continue reading Pequot Library’s Family & Local History Collection in Fairfield, Connecticut, to Open Saturday with a Special Program