GENEALOGY

Genealogy & Local History collection features history of Lanark and Carroll County , along with family Genealogies. A small collection is also maintained of bordering counties. Sources valuable to researchers include: C.C. plat maps 1869 to present, 1878, 1889, 1913, 1968 Carroll County History books, microfilm census 1840 to 1920, microfilm newspapers files from 1855 to present, Index to Carroll County Cemeteries and Burials, Lanark-Eastland Alumni Directories and yearbooks, Lanark As It Is-1901, Lanark Centennial Book 1961, Please Don't Quote Me by Lanark author Caralee Aschenbrenner and other materials to numerous to mention. This collection does not circulate to patrons or by interlibrary loan. The Library was recently awarded a federal Library Services and Technology Grant through the IL State Library. The project called "Years Past" has a focus on local history and geneology. A microfilm reader/printer, copier, Pentium computer, scanner, digital camera and software are some of the items already acquired for research.

This photo is from the book Lanark As It Is - 1901	This photo in the Summer of 1999 of the same home located at the intersection of Hwys. 64 & 72 at the south edge of Lanark - Coming soon, a picture of the completed renovation.