Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

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


Tuesday, April 1, 2014

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. 








                                                                                             













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