COLLIN COLLAGE SALUTES AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH
Brenda Kellow
FEBRUARY 17, 2013
During February, National African American History Month, Collin College will celebrate the civil rights movement throughout the month. The theme is At the Crossroads of Freedom and Equality: The Emancipation Proclamation and the March on Washington. All ten events are free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail Cathy Whitney, professor of biology, at [email protected] or Donna Okaro at [email protected]. The website, https://www.collin.edu/news/PressReleases/2012-2013/20130125aaHistory.html, gives the dates and titles of all events.
WYLIE NEWS TO GO DIGITAL: The Wylie library received a grant to digitize 52,000 pages of the Wylie News. The newspaper, younger than the Plano and McKinney papers, went to press for the first time in 1948. The yellowed pages with frayed edges have been kept at the newspaper office. The papers will be preserved on microfilm and then digitized. The preservation, provided through a grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the University of North Texas. The boxes containing both the Wylie News and the Sachse News are now at the Oklahoma Historical Society in Oklahoma City where they will be microfilmed. The digitized papers will be available on the websites of the Wylie Library, Wylie News, Sachse Library and the University of North Texas Portal to Texas History. There is no completion date available at this time.
FREE LECTURE ON USING THE INTERNET: Sandra Crowley will speak using her Guide to Using the Internet on Saturday, February 16 from 10:30-12:30 in the Program Room of the W. O. Haggard Library, 2501 Coit Road. The program is free and sponsored by Genealogy Friends, 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Attendees are invited to attend the lunch, with the speaker, afterwards. For further information call 972-836-9436 or visit the web site at [email protected].
OHIO GENEALOGY DATABASES ONLINE: Researchers of Ohio can now research many databases free online including births 1841-2003, census records (1810 census was destroyed), deaths 1908-1953, marriages 1789-1984, obituaries, probate 1789-1996, tax records 1800-1850, Ohio’s 1812 Soldier’s Roster as well as other military records, and access Ohio historical newspapers. To find these, search FamilySearch.org, Ohio Historical Society, Ancestry, the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center and Chronicling America. Ohio researchers are lucky because the state allows access freely to the open records. Access the research guide at www.ohiogenealogysearch.com/.
FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY COPYING UPDATE: The new policy to provide genealogists with requested photocopies is to send an email with the copy attached. Their website says, “All requests for information copied from films, book pages, CDs, marriage, death or birth certificates, wills and/or deeds, etc. will be copied in digital format and emailed to patrons in a zipped PDF or JPG file format. There is no charge for this service if we are able to email to [the] information to patrons.” Patrons without computers will receive their copies by mail, or the patron can request the information be sent to the nearest Family History Center where they can print it. Send all requests to [email protected] and include the following, including any information to help the librarian locate your record:
▪ Film or Fiche number
▪ Item number
▪ Name of Individual(s) referred to in the record
▪ Title of the record
▪ Name of parents, spouse, grantor, grantee, etc.
▪ Event type (Birth, Death or Marriage)
▪ Complete event date and place
▪ Event place (county, parish, township, etc.)
▪ Volume or page number
▪ Registration or Certificate Number
Brenda Kellow has a bachelor's degree in history, teaches, and lectures on genealogy. Before retiring to publish her family’s histories in 2007, Brenda held certification as a Certified Genealogist and as a certified Genealogical Instructor. Send reunion announcements, books to review, and genealogy queries to: [email protected].
