I am not conducting the tour so I can't tell you exactly what they have in mind. I know in general the new library has a lot more computers with Internet access including access to one of the most popular genealogy sites. The Kentucky room in the old Newport library was filled with books and other material relating to Kentucky including some city directories, local information files, fairly rare Kentucky books etc. I have not personally had the opportunity to see what they may have added now that they have a lot more room. I hope to learn more myself on Thursday. You are correct however that the Kenton County library in Covington is a much better source overall for Kentucky genealogy. Daryl. On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 21:45:50 -0600 "Annette Towler" <[email protected]> writes: > Daryl, > Would you be so kind to share what is really there? I was told > this > last summer that all information was at Covington Public Library > and > Newport was not going to have any genealogy information at all. I > stayed at the Hannaford Suites (the original building of the > Catholic > Girls high School) right next door for two weeks. I want to know > what I > missed. > > I really enjoyed my staying there with a one bedroom apartment, and > cheaper than the Comfort Inn that is about 4 to 5 blocks from > there. > Grocery Stores close by and my favorite for gifts to bring home, > the > Party Shop across from Comfort Inn. Even having a fire alarm in the > middle of the night, reminded me of my high school days. Met a > volunteer > worker from the Campbell Historical Society who went to that > school, > and heard many stories about the elegant building. From my window, > I > watched the fireworks (July 3rd) from the ballgame across the river. > > > I wish I had figured out where my gr grandfather, Oliver Miles > DeCourcy, sheriff of Campbell Co., lived in Newport with his second > wife, Isabella Belt, to know if I was staying in the same area. He > was > the census taker for the 1860 census for the city of Newport. Talk > about weird situations, I was reading that census record and > finding > this was so easy to read, and I began looking at how the letters > were > written, and got a funny feeling I was reading my Dad's > handwriting. > When I finally looked at the top of the page and saw who had written > it, > I could not believe my eyes. The handwriting is almost identical to > my > father's, O M's grandson, my cousin's and mine. My book will have > all 4 > handwriting samples in it. > > Somehow share what you learn with us. Thank you. > > Annette DeCourcy Towler > Home page for DeCourcy & Pack > .rootsweb.com/~decourcy/ > Web page for St. Cloud Area Genealogists, Inc. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnscag/SCAG/index.htm > Family Researching in SE KY PACK, CHANDLER, WHEELER, > FAIRCHILD,LeMASTERS, RAMEY,MILLER/MILAM/MILLAM, JAYNE, McSPADDEN > Researching in NE KY DeCOURCY, ELLIS, BALL, MAINS, LEWIS, EVANS, > SPILMAN, > HUTCHINS, HAMILTON > Researching in PA, IL WESSLING, SOMERS, SCHULER, PLAGGEE > > I've stopped 6,249 spam messages. You can too! > One month FREE spam protection at > http://www.cloudmark.com/spamnetsig/?rc=pt54hl > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daryl L. Polley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:50 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [KYCAMPBE] Newport Library Tour > > > The Campbell County Historical and Genealogical Society will be > meeting > at the New Newport Library on Thursday September 9th at 7:30 pm. > Join > us as we tour the building and learn about some of the research > resources available in the library's Kentucky room. All historical > society meeting are open to the public and visitors are encouraged > to > join the fun. > > For anyone wondering, the new Newport Library is on 6th Street right > by > the Newport - Bellevue border across the street from Newport High > School > . > > ________________________________________________________________ > Get your name as your email address. > Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more > Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today! > > > ==== KYCAMPBE Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > <[email protected]> (if you receive each message > individually). Substitute "D" for "L" if you receive digests of the > day's messages. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ________________________________________________________________ Get your name as your email address. Includes spam protection, 1GB storage, no ads and more Only $1.99/ month - visit http://www.mysite.com/name today!