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GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES FOUND AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

Presented by: Melissa Holekamp

asst_director@li.lib.ms.us

Lee County Library

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OUR GENEALOGY MATERIALS

The majority of our resources come from funds from the Walker-McGill trust.

Some materials and resources are donated by patrons – particularly family histories.

Some materials and resources are purchased by LCL Friends and the NE MS Historical and Genealogical Society.

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MICROFILM RECORDS CENSUS RECORDS DAWES RECORDS NEWSPAPERS PERSONAL COLLECTIONS DEATH RECORDS (MS AND TX)

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BOOKS AND MATERIALS NOT IN DIGITAL FORMAT

FAMILY HISTORIES JOURNALS/QUARTERLIES AREA MAPS/ FAMILY MAPS LOCAL CEMETERY RECORDS FAMILY NEWSLETTERS

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INTERNET ACCESS AND PROGRAMS/WEBSITES

Many libraries (including Lee-Itawamba Library) offer free internet access.

Lee County Library through the Walker-McGill fund offers our patrons: Access to Ancestry Library Edition (in

library) Access to HeritageQuest Library FROM

YOUR HOME with LCL card.

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OUR WEBPAGE

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HOW TO ACCESS HERITAGEQUEST FROM HOME

Go to www.li.lib.ms.us. Go to Enhanced Library Catalog Go to About Us. Scroll down to HeritageQuest Online

Genealogy Service in the middle column. Click on “Library cardholders – access

HeritageQuest at home!”

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HOW TO ACCESS HERITAGEQUEST FROM HOME Click to enter HeritageQuest Online

(Library Bar Code Required.) You should see pop-up, “Please enter your

library card number without spaces.” IF YOU DO NOT SEE THIS POP-UP

CHECK TO BE SURE YOUR COMPUTER IS SET TO ALLOW POP-UPS.

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HOW TO ACCESS HERITAGEQUEST FROM HOME

HeritageQuest Library Edition online will open.

Select what you want to search.

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MATERIALS IN HERITAGEQUEST

U.S. FEDERAL CENSUS RECORDS – FROM 1790-1930

PERSI – PERiodical Source Index – over 6,600 genealogy and history periodicals written in English and French since 1800.

FREEDMAN’S BANK RECORDS – One of the most important resources for African-American genealogical research.

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MATERIALS IN HERITAGEQUEST

BOOKS - 22,000 + family and local history books – word searchable!

REVOLUTIONARY WAR PENSION AND BOUNTY LAND WARRANT APPLICATION FILES – records of 80,000 + soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War with genealogical and historical information.

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MATERIALS IN HERITAGEQUEST

U.S. SERIAL SET (1789-1969) Pensions, military and naval matters, election fraud claims, public works projects, immigration and naturalization, land grants, taxation, and monetary claims (personal and business).

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SAVING INFORMATION

USE THE NOTEBOOK EMAIL DOWNLOAD TO DISK OR HARDDRIVE PRINT

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PRINTING FROM HERITAGE QUEST

To print a full page, make sure page setup is portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal).

Open file in Adobe and click print.

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PRINTING SELECTED INFORMATION

DOWNLOAD IMAGE IN ADOBE ACROBAT. CLICK “VIEW”. CLICK ON “GRAPHICS SELECT TOOL”. HIGHLIGHT AREA TO PRINT. CLICK ON PRINTER ICON.

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OBTAINING A LEE-ITAWAMBA LIBRARY CARD

IF YOU LIVE, WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL IN LEE OR ITAWAMBA COUNTY – YOUR CARD IS FREE! SIMPLY BRING YOUR PHOTO ID CARD AND SIGN UP AT THE CIRCULATION DESK.

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OUT-OF-COUNTY LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP

YOU CAN PURCHASE A LEE - ITAWAMBA LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP. $25/INDIVIDUAL – 1 YEAR $50/FAMILY – 1 YEAR

We appreciate our patrons!

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THANK YOU!

QUESTIONS?