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

Genealogy News

History of Wartime Quilting

Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 10:00 AM

Roberta Speh of Foley will present program on styles and purposes of quilting for wartime use to members and visitors of the Baldwin County Genealogical Society on August 14th. The program begins at 10 a.m. in the Meeting Room of the Foley Public Library.

Speh will give an brief history of the overall process and quilt designs in America describing styles and purposes of quilts made for wartime use. She has been quilting since 2000 with her work including art quilts. She will be examples of a special project for her, the wartime Quilts of Valor for our wounded military (physically or psychologically) from the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.

She has been an active volunteer with the Quilts of Valor Foundation(QOVF) since 2005 and has made 46 quilts to date. Speh serves as the QOVF representative for the Gulf Coast area. "Quilts of Valor are individually made gifts that symbolize the respect and appreciation of grateful citizens for the courage and sacrifices of our wounded service members," explained Speh.

Ms. Speh is a member of the Pensacola Quilts Guild where she serves on the Board of Directors. She has entered local quilt shows and received ribbons for her art quilts.

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