FCPL-Genealogy

Welcome to the Frankfort Library Genealogy and Local History Department

Clinton County Genealogical Society Workshop

Family History Workshop
Sat., Sept. 20, 2008
8:30-2:30

Contact the Genealogy Dept. for registration and schedule information.

Cost: Free with Clinton County Genealogical Society paid membership
$15 non-members

For more information or to apply for membership, contact Mary K. George at dpmk@ccwave.net or 765-659-1532.

Clinton County Genealogical Society

The Clinton County Genealogical Society meets at the Frankfort Community Public Library every 4th Wednesday each month in Room 212, at 630.

Clinton County Archives Project

This project contains a searchable index of Clinton County Court Records. Please click here to access it. These records are now available for photocopying at the Frankfort Community Public Library.

Our Genealogy and Local History Department includes an extensive collection of materials:

Frankfort City Directories from 1890 to the present
County Cemetery Indexes
Marriage Indexes from 1830 to 1920
Obituary Indexes from 1870 to 1970 and 1987 to the present
A copy of the first Tract Book plus Grantee/Grantor indexes
Guardianships 1836 to 1866
WPA Births & Deaths for Clinton County 1882 to 1920
Wills 1830 to 1904 – indexed
Clinton County Roots (10 years) by Bohm – indexed
Microfilm Census for Clinton County 1830 to 1920
Statistics and Census Microfilm on surrounding counties and information on Ohio, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and Kentucky
Obit Databases. To search the Obit files we have available,
please click here.
Frankfort Yearbooks, 1912-Present. To search the yearbooks available, click here

If you would like to e-mail the Genealogy and Local History Department, please click here.

If you would like to e-mail Grace, click here.

Family History Classes

Come join us the third Wednesday of each month from 6pm to 8pm for Family History Classes. The cost is $2.00 and you can register in the Genealogy and Local History Department. On May 21st, the class will be a workshop, so bring your information & we will have the materials you need to start getting your information into order!

The Genealogy & Local History Department is located in the Gerald and Toni Gill Area in the Lower Level next to Harry's Coffee Bar Materials for Purchase

We have a variety of materials about Frankfort and Clinton County that only we carry. To see a listing of the items and the prices, visit our virtual library shop.

Our Research Policy:

Due to limited staff resources, the Genealogy & Local History Department will accept queries of a specific nature. For very general or in-depth research, you can email us and we will provide you with a list of genealogical researchers in the community.

Research fees include a $5.00 charge for the first inquiry, $3.00 for each subsequent inquiry within the same request, and copy costs. Copy costs are $.50 per page for microfilm copies and $.10 per page for regular black and white copies.

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