Archive for the ‘Genealogy’ Category

Read a little bit about Corvallis

There once was a great little magazine published by a Pet store & Print shop owner (Thomas Wilson) that shared tidbits about Corvallis history.

Stand up and be counted

It’s Census Day on April 1st. Have you sent your form in yet? Libraries and librarians  use census data in two ways, and in both we cases we are using it to better serve you, our community.

What Made America?

What made America?  What makes us?  These were questions explored by a fantastic program that aired on PBS last night.  If you missed it you can view it for free at their website.

Our new local history page!

Check out our ever expanding online resources through LibGuides.

Discover Some Local History

We have a nice collection of local and regional history books at the library.

Ebooks and Genealogy

Attention family historians – ebooks are for genealogy too! Not only are there fabulous scans of genealogy titles on Google Books, but I have a few other tricks for you too. Give Google Books a try by searching for a place or perhaps that famous ancestor. Here is an example, a book on the Glassell [...]