Lawrence County Room
Discover our permanent reference collection of more than 900 books pertaining to local history and genealogy.
Our Collection
Our Lawrence County Room was established in 1978 and houses a permanent reference collection of more than 900 books pertaining to local history and genealogy. We also have hundreds of family files containing data about local families, as well as more than 500 rolls of microfilm, many of which have not yet been made available on family history websites.
Our website contains information about all of our Lawrence County Room books to aid you in your planning and research. None of the materials in our Lawrence County Room may be removed from the room, but staff are pleased to make copies for researchers at ten cents per page for black-and-white copies and twenty-five cents per page for color copies. At this time we have no self-service copy machine, and we can accept payment in cash or personal check only.
The Resources You Need
Our library is an affiliate research center of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, meaning that anyone logged in to their personal FamilySearch (opens in a new tab) account while using our internet connection is granted access to many of the Family History Library's restricted record collections.
Through funds provided by the Friends of the Library, we are also pleased to offer on-site access to the following genealogy websites:
- Ancestry
- Fold3
- Newspapers.com
- GenealogyBank
Genealogy Group
Our Genealogy Group meets the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 2:00 pm in the Lawrence County Room.
A special genealogy topic is presented and discussed at each meeting. Whether you are a beginner, novice, or seasoned researcher, our genealogy group will welcome you as a friend. Our group project has been compiling a Lawrence County Civil War Veterans Burial Index.
Research Policy
Our library is pleased to perform a limited number of simple look-ups, at no charge, of obituaries, marriages, or other items for which researchers have definite names and/or dates. For more in-depth questions, researchers are encouraged to schedule a visit to our Lawrence County Room or contact our Genealogy Group or the Lawrence County Genealogical Society.
Digital Genealogy Resources
Visit our Local Genealogy Resources page for archives, yearbooks, and historical newspapers you can search online.