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The Butler
County Historical & Genealogical
Society's LIBRARY
RESEARCH ROOM
The Butler County Historical &
Genealogical Society's
research collection is housed at the public library, 309 Fort Dale
Road,
Greenville, Alabama. We're only a few minutes from the Butler County
courthouse
(a local destination we recommend for visiting researchers) and from
Interstate
65 with hotels, restaurants and shopping. WHAT DOES
OUR COLLECTION INCLUDE?
Our family surname files are a wonderful
source of information
found nowhere else -- news clippings, obituaries, pedigree charts,
photographs, bible
records, family letters and diaries, and many other research
items
contributed by members and visitors over the past four decades. |
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also
have hundreds of family genealogy books, Alabama
and Butler County histories, genealogical quarterlies, books and
publications
from throughout the South, cemetery records, censuses and state
records,
old photographs, microfilm of Butler County courthouse records,
military
records, newspaper records, and more.
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| VISITING
THE
BCHGS RESEARCH ROOM: If
you plan a visit from out-of-town, we recommend that you contact us in
advance so that a volunteer can be at the library to assist you. All
records
are not available for open browsing, and research room volunteers may
be
able to show you sources that you were unaware of. We ask that you
treat
all our books, microfilm, vertical files and open-shelf collections
with
care. Tuesday is usually a "work" day at the research room but other
days
are variable. (Please note: The public library staff is NOT responsible
for managing the historical society collection, but they will be glad
to
direct you to our research room.)
A COPY MACHINE
(coin-operated) is in
the MAIN LIBRARY
ROOM, opposite the FRONT DESK. You may take materials from the BCHGS
research
room to copy in the main library room, but PLEASE respect the hard work
that went into our collection, and DO NOT REMOVE FILES OF ANY KIND FROM
THE BUILDING.
The Butler County Historical & Genealogical
Society
Research
Collection: 309 Fort Dale Road, Greenville Your contributions through
membership, research
fees and publication purchases help us to maintain the research room
and
continue preserving the records of YOUR ancestors' lives.
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yet they are treasures of information on the county and its families.
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A researcher
who
only "surfs the
Net" may never get to meet or know these amazing living resources who
write
stories for our quarterly, visit our research room, help us identify
photographs
and "lost" ancestors, and enjoy attending our meetings. Their family
stories,
knowledge and memories are priceless glimpses into the past. But
you don't have to join our society just to meet people. The
preservation
of our Butler County heritage is an ongoing process -- especially
necessary
in today's world with the increasing deterioration of old cemeteries
and
churches, theft and damage of original records, and other modern
stresses
that are gradually destroying the past.You can
share
in our efforts to save that heritage by joining The Butler County
Historical
and Genealogical Society. "Free" Internet research is fantastic, but
someone
in every town, in every county, at every courthouse, church and
cemetery,
must constantly work to PRESERVE your ancestors' history. The dedicated
volunteers of the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society are
doing just that, and they've been doing it for over forty years.
The Butler
County
Historical & Genealogical
Society
P. O. Box 561,
Greenville, Alabama 36037
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Copyright 2008 by The
Butler County Historical &
Genealogical Society, Inc.
Web page maintained
by Annie
Crenshaw