The index to the book “The Herrin Conspiracy” has been created and added to our Master Local History Index viewable from our Records tab. The book is a brief recount of events surrounding the infamous Herrin Massacre event of 1922 … Continue reading
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The index to the book “Williamson County Schools” written by Lee Booth with his daughter Betty Green Rademacher in 1989 has been added to our Master Local History index under our Records tab. The index to the book can be … Continue reading
We recently added indexing to select township tax lists for the years 1891 and 1894 in addition to two books in our library related to deeds, mortgages and chattels. The latter book covers years from the 1840’s to around 1902. … Continue reading
The 1905 Historical Souvenir by J.F. Wilcox has always been one of my favorites for county history. It was put together in 1904 and published in 1905. Our historical society first reprinted it in 1979. After being out of print … Continue reading
The Williamson County Historical Society recently received permissions to reproduce the book “The History of the Village of Crainville” which was no longer in print and was only originally available in very limited quantities. The book has been reproduced and … Continue reading