From vintage to old fashioned to retro, our textile collection includes some aprons that would make our mothers and grandmothers proud. ...

The availability of shopping malls, box stores, and the internet caused shoppers to bypass the downtown areas in many small towns. Not...

Mrs. Irene Black’s lifetime collection of local history and genealogy material was originally located in Bridgeport, IL, but in 2001, she...

Luther M Jones, son of Frank Francis M and Mary Frances “Fanny” Jones, was born southwest of Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois, May 23,...

Emily Jane Price was born April 22, 1829, according to her tombstone; her death certificate said she was born April 29, 1829, in Ohio....

Philip H L was born February, 1825 in Lawrence County, Illinois, the third child of twelve children and the second son of Paul and Ann...

Names as inscribed on the back of the photograph: Row 1 1. Susanna (Halfacre) Moore 2. Pallas Moore 3. Elijah Gaddy 4. ...

James W Jennings was born December 9, 1867, to William and Martha Tucker Jennings. While working on the Arthur Lempke farm in lower...

Westall Ridgely Jr., the first son of Westall Sr. and Sarah Isaac Ridgely, was born in Frederick Co, Maryland about 1735. He and Sarah...

Thanks to a donation by a generous donor, and a grant from Illinois Humanities, a talented team of volunteers are creating a new exhibit...