KHCPL Will Close at 5:30 p.m. on Mon, Dec.31 & Will Be Closed on Tue, Jan. 1

All library locations will close at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 31 & will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 1 for New Years.  Visit the library and the Genealogy and Local History Department online at www.KHCPL.org

KHCPL Will Be Closed, Sunday, Dec. 23 through Tuesday, Dec. 25

All library locations will be closed Sunday, Dec. 23 through Tuesday, Dec. 25 for Christmas.  Visit the library and the Genealogy and Local History Department online at www.KHCPL.org

Genealogy Short Class - Newspaper Databases

The next Genealogy Short Class will be on Newspaper Databases Thursday, December 13, from 6 to 7 p.m.  With KHCPL, you have access to the Newspaper Archive database, which provides millions of digitized pages of content from more than 6,000 newspapers throughout North America, the UK, and other selected countries.  Learn how to use it in your research.  Registration is required.  Register online at www.KHCPL.org

KHCPL Will Be Closed, Friday, Dec. 14

All library locations will be closed Friday, December 14 for Staff Training Day.  Visit the library and the Genealogy and Local History Department online at www.KHCPL.org

Genealogy Short Class - Howard County Memory Project

The next Genealogy Short Class will be on the Howard County Memory Project Thursday, Dec. 6, from 6 to 7 p.m.  KHCPL began digitizing local high school yearbooks in 2002 and has since added church, cemetery, Bible info pages, court, and marriage records, and more.  Learn how to use the Howard County Memory Project  in your family research.  Registration is required.  Register online at www.KHCPL.org.

Genealogy Humor

• Aspire to Inspire before you Expire.
• Take nothing but ancestors, leave nothing but records.
• Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living.
• Research: What I am doing, when I don't know what I am doing.
• Cousins marrying cousins: A non-branching family tree.