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- Franklin County is celebrating is Bicentennial in 2008! Events and information can be found at www.franklincounty200.com
- Hours for the Genealogy Library:
- December 1 through May 1: Fridays 1:00-4:00pm
- May 1 through October 15th: Tuesday through Saturday 1:00-4:00pm
- The Schryer Center for Historical and Genealogical Research, our new research library converted from the Carriage House behind the Museum at 51 Milwaukee Street, is beautiful! Watch this space for news of our official ribbon-cutting in late spring. The task of transferring the files and primary source materials from the museum to the new building has been taking place since fall. All the research-room materials are now available for use, and the process of moving the document-based collection to the new archival area on the second floor of the Schryer Center will be a gradual one. Many thanks to the volunteers assisting in our efforts to improve our research facilities.
- Volunteers are needed for the following activities:
- genealogy volunteers to conduct mail-in research requests and facilitate in-person researchers Tues-Sat, 1-4pm beginning in May
- gardening/landscaping of museum lawn in Spring and Summer
- Museum tour guides, Tues-Sat, 1-4pm beginning in late May
- The Franklin County Historical and Museum Society has been awarded several grants to improve preservation of and access to our historic collection.
- A National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions was awarded in January 2007 to fund a preservation survey of the FCHMS document-based collections.
- A New York Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Collections Care and Research Grant was awarded December 2006 to help fund an ambitious project to digitize a portion of the Society's photography collection.
- NYS Senator Elizabeth O'C. Little awarded us a Legislative Initiative Grant to provide proper storage furniture for our glass plate negative collection.
