Posts with the category “local-history”

     April 26-May 2, 2026 is Preservation Week      As someone who works with original documents, vintage photographs, and historically relevant items, it is easy for me to emphatically join in promot...  Read More

Juneteenth is a great occasion to think about African American genealogy. Finding records documenting Black ancestors can be very challenging!In early times and before Emancipation, the identities of ...  Read More

This month, we are introducing a series that focuses on the history of African-Americans in observance of Black History Month. Looking back on the past leads to both celebratory benchmarks and painful...  Read More

While processing the Harvey Proctor Collection, I came across this awesome picture (left) of past presidents of the Jackson Area Chamber of Commerce that includes the years 1940 to 1974 . What is spec...  Read More

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the United States, a day President Franklin D. Roosevelt called “a date which will live in infamy.” In honor of World War ...  Read More