Link to August 3 Russellville Courier article.
Excerpt: Where do we come from? This is one question we all ask at some point in our lives. The Pope County Library is making this question easier to answer at their genealogy department.
Department head Charity Park and Kristen Ulsperger encourage local residents to trace their family roots using the library. Its genealogy service has thousands of records that pertain to citizen’s needs regarding local, family and ethnic history.
Many are able to trace their family history through birth and marriage certificates that date back as far as the 1830’s. All paper files, including family files, biographies and other subjects are being digitized at the library for even greater convenience. For historical events, The Courier newspaper has archived editions from 1875. Many of these records are on Microfiche and can be printed off or e-mailed to a researcher’s e-mail account.
The library gains much of their information from private donations, especially family histories and photographs. Scanner parties and other workshops are being considered for the genealogy team so local residents can share and donate copies of their old photographs and family documents.
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