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History/Genealogy Center. Our research room is located at present
time in the Adult Department of the Thorntown Public Library. Once
we are through with our addition we will be located in the upper
level of the Carnegie with the computer lab. We will have more room
with better access to materials for research. We will be sharing
the south side of the Carnegie with the Indiana Collection most
of which has been in storage during our expansion.
The History of our name: During his life David
Lee Guinn had a great love for local history and genealogy. He spend
many of his last days here at the library indexing the school record
books for the late 1800's thru the 1940's. David had also walked
many of the surrounding cemeteries and read the markers. This information
he transcribed and gave to the library for researchers to use. Before
he died he gave the library written permission to post his work
on our web site. This project is in our plans for the future. Many
of researchers have enjoyed hearing the history that David knew
about our local people. One time we had a researcher here from Minnesota
looking for the grave of her ancestor. We had over a foot of snow
on the grow and David said that he knew right where his grave was
and proceeded to take her to Maple Lawn and tromped through the
snow so she could take photos of the grave marker. This is just
one of many things that we can remember about David. At his passing
it was decided that we would name our local history room in memory
of him and the many things that he did for local history. I still
have boxes of research that his children gave to the library that
we will be able to sort once we are moved into the new building.
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