The Butler County Historical & Genealogical Society Research Room is located in the Greenville/Butler County Public Library 309 Fort Dale Road Greenville, Alabama 36037 [Just a few minutes from Interstate 65 with restaurants, hotels and other conveniences] |
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. We 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. |
Frank Parmer & little brother Ray Parmer, 1928 |
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 when volunteers are in 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, AL
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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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 at that location. The dedicated
volunteers of the Butler County Historical and
Genealogical Society are doing just that, and they've
been doing it for nearly sixty years.
The
Butler County Historical & Genealogical Society
P. O. Box
561, Greenville, Alabama 36037
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