Jones Memorial Library
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] refdesk@jmlibrary.org Address:[1]
Telephone:[1] (434) 846-0501 Hours and holidays:[1]
Closed on the following holidays: Memorial day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, Christmas Eve and Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Directions, maps, and public transportation:[1] Google Map Internet sites and databases: Home. About Us (History, Research, Location, Procedures & Fees, Donate), Lectures, Catalogues, Collections (Family File, Obituaries, Funeral Home records, Censuses, Newspapers, Photographs), links, Contact Information. Collection Description[edit | edit source]Specializes in genealogy and local history. Although its primary focus is on the central Virginia area, the collection includes a wide variety of materials covering the State of Virginia as well as the surrounding states, including county histories and court records, family histories and genealogies, general works on the Civil War, county land tax and personal property tax records, and census records. Materials of local interest include microfilmed copies of the Lynchburg newspapers, microfilmed copies of funeral home burial files, architectural archives, city directories, indexes of marriage and death notices, and microfilmed church records. The Library also houses over 300 manuscript collections, including personal family papers and correspondence, records of clubs and organizations, and business records.[2] Tips[edit | edit source]About Us The catalog has been added to the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC). As a result, the Library book collection, and the manuscript collections and architectural archives, may now be reviewed through online computer networks throughout the world. Guides[edit | edit source]Obituaries from the local area have been indexed for the years 1837 to 1930. Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]{ List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.} If you cannot visit or find a source at the Jones Memorial Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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