Pine Bluff City Directories Needed

     The library is current digitizing materials in our Genealogy and Rare Book Rooms.  Below is a list of Pine Bluff City Directories we need to obtain copies of:

1878	1902	1933
1879	1904	1934
1880	1905	1935
1881	1906	1937
1882	1907	1938
1883	1908	1940
1884	1909	1941
1885	1911	1942
1886	1912	1943
1887	1914	1944
1888	1915	1945
1889	1916	1947
1890	1919	1948
1891	1922	1950
1892	1923	1951
1893	1924	1952
1894	1925	1954
1895	1926	1955
1896	1927	1957
1897	1928	1959
1899	1930	1962
1900	1931	1968
1901	1932	1971

      If you are willing to loan or sale a copy(s) to the library please contact me by calling 870-534-2159 or e-mail me at jmitchell@pineblufflibrary.org. 

YASC - Yet Another Soundex Converter

     Yes, this is yet another Soundex converter. Give it a list of surnames and it will spit out the Soundex code for each of them. Don’t know what Soundex is? Check out the overview of soundex to be enlightened. 

Follow this link for additional information and to give it a try: 
 http://bradandkathy.com/genealogy/yasc.html

Digitization Projects Opens up a Totally New Perspective

     We feel our library is a primary information provider and we are proud to offer this collection for our patrons and guests.  

     Digital copies play an important preservation role as surrogates protecting fragile and valuable originals from handling while presenting their content to a vastly increased audience. A digital version may someday be the only record of an original object that deteriorates or is destroyed. But digitization is not preservation – it is simply a means of copying original materials. In creating a digital copy, the institution creates a new resource that will itself require preservation. Unlike microfilm and other preservation media whose longevity is assured relatively easily by proper storage, digital resources face many questions about how their continued existence, accuracy, and authenticity can be assured.

     Please click on the links to view our high school yearbooks in digital format. 

Altheimer High School

Dollarway High School

                                                                                             

Jefferson Preparatory School

Pine Bluff High School

 

White Hall High School

Watson Chapel High School