Gadsden Public Library to Convert Alabama City Branch Into a Genealogy Library

The following teaser is from an article by Dustin Fox for The Gadsden Times in Alabama:

The library’s genealogy and reference department, which is currently located on the fourth floor of the main branch, will be moving into the Hoyt Warsham Library branch located in Alabama City. That branch closed as a traditional library on Friday.

“It will still be a library, but it’s content will be different,” said GPL Director Craig Scott.

Once reopened, it will serve as a facility devoted to researching family trees and local history.

Scott said the move is the first in a series of expected changes to the library as he and the staff work to find new ways to carry out their mission — remaining at the heart of the community while enriching lives, inspiring ideas and creating community.

The Alabama City branch will become formally known as the Bobby Junkins Collection at the Hoyt Warsham Alabama City Branch of the Gadsden Public Library.

Read the full article.

About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

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