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GENEALOGICAL RESOURCES FOUND AT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY
Presented by: Melissa Holekamp
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 here 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 should open.
Select what you want to search.
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WHAT CAN I SEARCH FOR 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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WHAT CAN I SEARCH…? (cont.)
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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WHAT CAN I SEARCH…? (cont.)
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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HOW DO I KEEP THE INFORMATION I GATHER?
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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TO PRINT A SPECIFIC PART OF A PAGE:
DOWNLOAD IMAGE IN ADOBE ACROBAT.
CLICK “VIEW”. CLICK ON “GRAPHICS SELECT
TOOL”. HIGHLIGHT AREA TO PRINT. CLICK ON PRINTER ICON.
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HOW TO GET 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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DON’T LIVE IN LEE OR ITAWAMBA COUNTY?
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?
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Thank you!