FOLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY

ALABAMA, LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY DEPARTMENT

JEANETTE BORNHOLT

Alabama, Local History and Genealogy Librarian

The Alabama / Local History and Genealogy Department is located on the second floor of the library.

These extensive collections include materials on the state of Alabama, county and city histories and family histories in book, file, and film.

The Special Collection includes:

Owen’s History of Alabama

Dictionary of Alabama Biographies

The Alabama Review

Alabama Historical Quarterly

The Five Hundred Years of Baldwin County [film series]

The Local History Collection includes:

Publications about Baldwin County

Microfilm of local newspapers as early as 1897

Baldwin County History files begun by local historian and author Doris Rich of

Magnolia Springs, Alabama,

The Overton Collection,

Family Histories

Cookbook collection, many no longer in print.

The FOLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY is the depository for the Baldwin County Genealogical Society’s research materials in the Genealogy Collection which covers all states, countries, and ethnic groups  This collection includes:

4500+ genealogy books, quarterlies, periodicals, 

800+ rolls of microfilms of censuses, newspapers, courthouse, congressional, Native

American resources,

3000+ microfiche, also map collection and CDs, for researching throughout the United

States and other countries, 

Microfilm/fiche reader/printer

Internet access with Ancestry.com Library Edition [Also available on all public access

computers in the library] and HeritageQuest   [Available in the library and at

home for those with Foley Public Library Cards.]

The Obituary File begun in 1988 with obits with Baldwin County ties

Various Family Files

Extensive Family History collection

Heritage of Alabama series [All 67 counties] 

Cemetery records for Baldwin County and much, much more.

Visit the Baldwin County Genealogical Society’s website at: www.rootsweb.com/~albcgs/

and

HeritageQuest

Genealogical Research Website

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Alan Griggs to present program for June BCGS program

Probate, Land Records in Genealogy Research

           Alan Griggs will present a program on probate, land and courthouse research in real estate and applying it to genealogy research for members and visitors of the Baldwin County Genealogical Society.

The meeting begins at 10 a.m. on June 13th, 2009 in the Meeting Room of the Foley Public Library.

           In retrospect, Alan’s past occupations from his early interest in photography, advertising, and real estate broker, pointed to aid when he became involved in family research,. But the turning point seemed after he developed interest in doing actual title research on real property. Using what he learned about probate, land and courthouse research, he found the overlap between his day job and his nightly genealogy research interesting and fun. Alan and his wife are active members of the BCGS Society and C-Bug Computer Club among their many activities.

           The Baldwin County Genealogical Society is a non-profit organization, major supporter of the Alabama, Local History & Genealogy Collections in the Foley Public Library, 319 East Laurel Ave. Foley, AL. Meetings are open to interested public.