You could have Quaker ancestors and not even know it. While there were only a couple of short-lived meetings in Clinton County, the Quakers were very active in the surrounding counties and across central Indiana. Quaker records are unique and …
Ancestry Remote Access for the Rest of 2021
Thanks to ProQuest and Ancestry, we will be able to offer remote access to Ancestry Library Edition to our cardholders for the rest of 2021. If you have an FCPL library card, you can access Ancestry Library Edition via FCPL’s …
Remote Access to Ancestry Extended
We first announced that remote access to Ancestry Library Edition would be available for our cardholders until March 31. On February 19, ProQuest issued a statement saying that the cut-off for this limited-time offer would be extended to June 30. …
Ostler Project Enters the 1960s and Becomes Mobile-friendly
After a few months off, we resumed digitization of the James Ostler Slide Collection in October 2020. In November, we finished scanning the slides Ostler took in the 1950s and started on those he took in the 1960s. The total …
Genealogy Events at Your Fingertips
Many upcoming events for genealogists will be virtual. While virtual events do not allow us to interact with other people in the same way as an in-person event, they do cut out the need for travel and hotel, which reduces …
Digitization Project Exceeds Goal
Thanks to an extension from the Indiana State Library, we were able to reach this year’s goal for the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project. Our goal was to digitize 2,700 slides taken by James Ostler at school activities …
10,000 Ostler Slides Online
The Frankfort Community Public Library is happy to announce that the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project has passed the 10,000 mark! As of January 9, we have uploaded over 10,000 images from the James Ostler Slide Collection to …
Frankfort 1936
Today I was browsing the Genealogy stacks at the library. I picked up a book entitled “Frankfort’s Fall Festival 1936,” which is a program for the Festival. The most interesting part of the program is the advertisements for businesses of …
The Holidays ’50s Style
For our third year of the Clinton County: Fun in the ʼ50s project, we are digitizing slides that James Ostler took at Clinton County schools and school reunions in the 1950s. We have enjoyed looking at the pictures as we …
Beginning Genealogy
Dr. Grace Mary Gouveia will teach a beginning genealogy class at the Frankfort Community Public Library (FCPL) on Thursday, October 10 at 6 p.m. in the Lower Level Meeting Room. The class will address the questions of how to begin …
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