A collection of about 50,000 index cards known as the Family
History Index made up a major component of the local history
material. A retired lawyer and amateur genealogist named Harold
Jones started the collection as a hobby, clipping obituaries from the
local Chelsea Standard newspaper and other sources and pasting them
onto 4 x 6 index cards, along with cross references that allow women
to be located by maiden name. Upon his death in 1987, Jones’ family
donated the collection to the library, where it received extensive use
by local and visiting genealogists. Library staff and volunteers
completed a project from 2000-2002 to clean up and update the
collection, since then volunteers have continued adding new clippings
A collection of about 50,000 index cards known as the FamilyHistory Index made up a major component of the local historymaterial. A retired lawyer and amateur genealogist named HaroldJones started the collection as a hobby, clipping obituaries from thelocal Chelsea Standard newspaper and other sources and pasting themonto 4 x 6 index cards, along with cross references that allow womento be located by maiden name. Upon his death in 1987, Jones’ familydonated the collection to the library, where it received extensive useby local and visiting genealogists. Library staff and volunteerscompleted a project from 2000-2002 to clean up and update thecollection, since then volunteers have continued adding new clippings
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