Yesterday was so busy.  I’m quite sorry that I was never able to blog yesterday, but I had so much fun researching. (Yes, researching.  I’m quite the nerd!)

My local library has just recently opened a newer, larger genealogy center.  The Midwest Genealogy Center began many years ago in the basement of the North Independence branch of the library.  Many books were donated to the genealogy center, and acquisition of the census records of 1900-1930 led to exponential growth.  The library built another building near the North Independence branch which served them well for many years.  However, as they have continued to grow, they outgrew this building and have built an even larger, stand-alone building.  They have an unbelievable amount of genealogical information in this new building.

Yesterday, my pastor’s daughter (Abbie), my mother, and I went out to lunch together and spent the afternoon researching at the new MGC.  It was an amazing and productive afternoon.  We were not even able to access the entire collection, because the microfilm and microfiche information has not yet been organized, but we still learned a neat amount of new information.  I spent a great deal of the time researching marriage and death records for my father’s side of the family.

I am looking forward to more wonderful hours at this library.  The microfilm collection includes a myriad of census records, and getting into that will be lots of fun.  Hopefully I will also have a chance to share the things I have learned with you.  It’s really amazing, and tons of fun to research.