If you can read cursive, the National Archives would like a word. Or a few million. More than 200 years worth of U.S. documents need transcribing (or at least classifying) and the vast majority from the Revolutionary War era are handwritten in cursive – requiring people who know the flowing, looped form of penmanship. “Reading …
Category: Uncategorized
The new Local History and Genealogy Center (LHGC) which is part of the Troy-Miami County Public Library (TMCPL) Local History and Genealogy Center has New Home
Troy Area Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors joined the LHGC and TMCPL employees, as well as Troy Historical Society representatives for the ribbon cutting at LHGC’s new location at 510 W. Water St., Suite 210, Troy. The Troy Historical Society is in a partnership with LHGC. The new location offers approximately 3,000-square-feet of space. “It’s easy …
Berkley Library Becomes FamilySearch Affiliate, with Access to Genealogy Records
If you want to be part of the popular ancestry search trend, you may not need to look any further than the local library. The Berkley Public Library in Berkley, Michigan is now a FamilySearch Affiliate Library, which means it has access to more genealogy resources to help you make more family discoveries. There are only a …