Not everything can be found on the Internet. Sometimes, good old fashioned detective work, and a little digging around at the library, courthouse, or other favorite haunt of genealogists can still bring forth unknown treasures in one’s family history. This article about the value of information available at one library is a great example of the type of information still available at libraries across the country, much of which is not available on the Internet. This article, Library Center Offers Traces of History Not Found Online, was found on Ozarkfirst.com:
Library Center Offers Traces of History Not Found Online
Reported by: Joy RobertsonWednesday, December 28 2011(Springfield, MO) — Sometimes when family gathers for the holidays, conversation turns to the old days.
You might want to listen closely to grandma and grandpa, because when they’re gone family history can go with them.
In this day and age, most of us would turn to the web. That’s a good start, but there’s a place you can dig back deeper than you ever dreamed. It’s a 4,700 square-foot section of the Springfield-Greene County Library Center.
“Many people are trying to find where their old family residences were, and nobody’s left alive to tell them,” says John Rutherford, a history associate at the Springfield-Greene County Library.
No worries. John Rutherford can help map it out, at the section dedicated to genealogy and local history. He can save you a lot of stress, too.
“Most people are unaware that in 1948, the city’s addresses changed.”