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The Grand Island Library has added 20 years of the Wood River and Cairo newspapers on microfilm, thanks to a donation from Carlyle and Margaret Smith.
Twelve reels of the Wood River Sunbeam cover issues from April 1975 through June 1995. Ten reels of the Cairo Record cover the period from December 1980 through December 2000.
The Grand Island library also has HeritageQuest Online, a genealogy database that offers a unique and growing collection of research materials for tracing family histories and American culture.
Beginning or professional genealogists can use this wide-reaching online library, with original page images for all documents, from their homes or at the library.
Indexes and original page images mean no additional trips, inter-library loan requests or work by researchers or staff.
HeritageQuest can be accessed from the library's FACTStations or from outside the library at its Web site at www.gi.lib.ne.us.
For assistance using the Grand Island Public Library's genealogy databases, microfilm or other materials, call the reference desk at (308) 385-5333.
The G.I. library accepts requests for microfilm printouts, such as birth or death announcements, if the date is provided. There is a 40-cent charge per printout, plus postage.
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