Research Library/Genealogy Center
EDMOND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY NEXT MEETING
Monday, May 21, 2012
6:00pm
Meetings are held in the
Main Gallery of the Edmond Historical Society & Museum
For more information
contact Dr. Ruth Oneson, President
by email: onesonruth@hotmail.com
Meetings are held in the Main Gallery of the Edmond Historical Society & Museum
The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at the Edmond Historical Museum, 431 S. Boulevard, Edmond, OK with a social time at 6 pm, program begins promptly at 6:30. The EGS meets on the third Monday evening of each month, with speakers on subjects of interest to genealogists; membership is open to anyone interested in historical or genealogical research. For more info on EGS, refer to
You may visit the Edmond Genealogical Society’s website at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okegs/
The
EGS general
meetings are held the third Monday of the month, in the Main Gallery of
the Edmond Historical Society & Museum's Main Gallery, unless
otherwise posted. The meetings start at 6 PM for
fellowship, with the main meeting beginning at 6:30. The EGS meetings
are scheduled every month of the year. Visitors are welcome any time
the
museum is open. A Genealogy Society representative is available on
Friday afternoons from 1:00 to 4:00pm.
e-mail the Genealogy Society President Dr. Ruth Oneson by email:
onesonruth@hotmail.com
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The Research Library and Genealogical Center is Located just inside the Museum's Entrance.
The Research and Genealogical Library located at EHSM is dedicated to
Jennie Forster
Edmond Pioneer and First Lady Librarian
Mrs. Forster came to Edmond when it was still a territory, joining her husband a month after the run when sidewalks were made of wood and libraries were few and far between. Mrs. Forster had the foresight to bring volumes of poetry by Tennyson and Longfellow on her journey west. While her husband broke ground building the first two-story grocery store in Edmond in June of 1889, his wife had more literary goals in mind. Gathering donations of approximately 100 books, Mrs. Forster opened the First Library of the Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory. Early settlers could buy their flour, grain and loan their library books all from the Forster's special mercantile. Most of the 100 titles were novels of the period, (with a few titles deemed as unsuitable in her day), and could be loaned through an informal card system. Books were returned when the book was finished.The Edmond Historical Society houses the Research and Genealogical Library with over 5,000 books and periodicals, microfilm of the Edmond SUN and genealogical computer center among many other research materials. Popular areas of local history in the library include Edmond High School and University of Central Oklahoma annuals, Edmond city directories and an Edmond author section. The Edmond Genealogical Society assists researchers with their family histories through a genealogical computer center. Genealogists are generally on duty Friday from 1pm-4pm, and some Saturdays. Among other research materials, the center offers census records, family tree maker, Dawes Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes, US/Canada Marriages and Edmond Grace Lawn Cemetery Records and Internet access for historical research, including ancestry.com.