[Genealib] A new research tool for Oakland County, Michigan

[Sutton, Linda]

  I just wanted to pass on this press release. Even if you don't
  service the Oakland County, Michigan area you might want to keep
  the website and database in mind should you have a patron trying
  to research that area.

   

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  To be distributed to library and genealogy lists.

   

  For all Libraries, Genealogy and Historical Societies serving
  Oakland County Michigan

   

  Oakland County Historical Resources (OCHR) invites libraries,
  genealogy and historical societies to join us in building a
  central resource for Oakland County genealogical and local
  history information.

   

  Have you ever wished there was a comprehensive online site where
  you could go to find information on Oakland County people or
  history?

   

  In 2003 a consortium of Oakland County librarians, historical
  society representatives and individuals interested in genealogy
  met to discuss issues and the trend to digitize and make
  collections available via the Internet.  OCHR was established, a
  plan was developed and an LSTA grant proposal was written to
  obtain funds for the needed technological resources.

   

  The plan included creating an Internet index to Oakland County
  resources, a “full-text” searchable database of documents and
  images, and catalog for identifying and locating print materials.

   

  OCHR has adopted the Oakland County web page of the American
  Local History Network to serve as the central index and
  distribution point for the group’s products and activities. 
  Here you can find a comprehensive and dynamic listing of services
  offered by organizations across Oakland County and the State of
  Michigan. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/oakland1/

   

  On November 1, 2006, OCHR will release its most ambitious project
  to date.  The http://OaklandCountyHistory.org database provides
  unlimited potential to search all kinds of resources including
  some previously inaccessible. Newspapers, cemetery records, voter
  records, scrapbooks, ephemera, obituaries, assessment rolls,
  maps, atlases, photographs, headstone photos and more will be
  accessible through keyword searches as well as subject browsing.

   

  Several levels of membership opportunities are available.  Full
  membership includes governing and voting privileges and unlimited
  record uploads for an annual fee of $1,000.  Other levels of
  membership are available for lower annual costs.  All fees are
  subject to change annually.

   

  Current members are:  Bloomfield Township Library, Farmington
  Community Library, Independence Township Library, Oakland County
  Genealogical Society, Oakland County Pioneer & Historical
  Society, Oakland County Research Library, Orion Township Public
  Library, PastWays, Rochester Hills Museum Van Hoosen, Rochester
  Hills Public Library, and Waterford Township Public Library.

   

  For information about joining OCHR, please contact
  suttonl at oaklgov.com

   

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  Thanks

   

  Linda

   

   

   

   

   

   

Linda Sutton
Oakland County Research Library
1200 N Telegraph
Dept. 453
Pontiac  MI  48341-0453

suttonl at oakgov.com
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