Services We Provided

Genealogical Research

We assist visitors to the library in this area. If you are unable to visit but would like research done, the page directed remote researchers to write by email or mail. We will provide approximately an hour of research at no cost except for copies and shipping and handling charges. Since the Society is all volunteers, you may not get an immediate reply.

It helps if you ask specific questions and give us enough information to permit us to do the research. Please tell us the sources which you have already searched so we do not waste time duplicating your searches. This practical request reflects the limits of a small local collection and the value of beginning with a person, date range, place, and clearly stated problem.

Storage of Artifacts and Documents

We will gladly make copies of family photos at no charge and store them, or you may donate originals if you wish. Related pages described a broader collection of old photographs, newspapers, reference volumes, microfilm, microfiche, CD-ROM records, and donated artifacts. Together, these materials supported both family research and preservation of Laurel County history.

Former contact details

The services page included an email address, a street address, mailing instructions, copy charges, and a link to a dated DNA seminar document. The homepage repeated the research offer and contact route. Those former channels and prices are not current. This independent reference cannot accept a question, artifact, photograph, appointment, payment, or order.

The historical guidance still has value: describe the exact person or event being researched, include known name variants and dates, note which records have already been checked, and distinguish a search request from a request for a specific document. The Resources and Library pages describe the record groups the old site associated with that work.