LAFAYETTE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

GENEALOGY ROOM LAYOUT

Here's the new layout of where items are located in the Genealogy Room: Drawing of room layout

Genealogy Room Layout
North Wall

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Marriages Cabinet                                     A - F Shelves
_______________     __________________ Mississippi ______________________
Sale Items                 Top Shelves 1: Mississippi Periodicals, cont’d on bottom shelf
Marriage Licenses,     Shelves 2-6:
Bonds and Returns     State-wide Lafayette County Other Counties
                                    Bottom shelves: Old local phone books and yearbooks

East Wall
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                                           G - P Shelves
__________________ Other States and Families ______________________
Top Shelves 1: Other States Periodicals, cont’d on bottom shelves
Shelves 2-6: States Books-alphabetically except Mississippi (on north wall)
Family Books alphabetically by surname
Family Folders – alphabetically by surname
Smaller Family Folders/Files – grouped alphabetically
Bottom shelves: Periodicals cont’d from top shelves

West Wall
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                                                Q - V Shelves
Military, General Research and Immigration

Top Shelves 1: Periodicals following shelves 2-6 contents, cont'd on bottom
Shelves 2-6:
Military-chronologically
General Research Books - alphabetically
Immigration and Emigration Research Books - alphabetically DAR National Publication Ancestry Lines - chronologically Bottom Shelves: Periodicals cont'd from top shelves

Floor Shelves
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North Side on Top
Card Catalog
Top Shelves: Census information (except Mississippi, on north wall)
Middle Shelves: Available
Bottom Shelves: Misc. Boxed Storage

South Side
Map Case
Top Shelves: Mississippi Periodicals
Middle Shelves: Additional Mississippi Periodicals
Bottom Shelves: Additional Mississippi Periodicals


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