WCHS Held Christmas Lunch

Posted on by December 14, 2018

A Christmas Lunch was held at the Asian Star restaurant in Marion on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018. The lunch was held as a thank you to repay 2018 active volunteers and board members of the Williamson County Historical Society for their dedication and service. The historical society maintains a county museum in Marion at 105 S Van Buren Street which also houses an extensive genealogical and history research library. Those in attendance were Ursula Richey, Colleen Norman, Dolores Thetford, Gloria & Mike Spinks, Andrew & Lisa McRoy, Helen Lind, Sharon Vansaghi, Betty Millard and Sam & Debbie Lattuca.

Special recognition was given to Colleen Norman, Ursula Richey, Betty Millard & Sharon Vansaghi for their exceptional dedicated service throughout the year to the society and work at the Williamson County Museum. The museum is currently operating under its winter hours of operation of Saturday only, from 9:30 to 3 PM until March 1st.

 

Indexes to Mortality Schedules Now Available

Posted on by November 17, 2018

Mortality schedules were taken alongside the 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 U.S. Federal censuses. Mortality schedules list people who died during the previous 12 months. These schedules include persons who died between June 1st through May 31st in the year prior to the federal census. A typical mortality schedule will list the dead person’s name, age, sex, color (white, black, or mulatto), married or widowed, birthplace, month of death, occupation, and cause of death. Though part of the federal censuses, mortality schedules are separate from the population schedules.

In most cases, volunteers have matched these people into township and range within the county.

Indexes to the 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 mortality schedules covering Williamson County have been added to our Master “Misc. County Records” Index on our website. The records can be found within the books of our society library. As always, inquiries can be made at the society or be emailing us at wchsmail@yahoo.com.

Marion Yearbooks and City Directories For Sale

Posted on by November 16, 2018

We have a surplus of Marion High School yearbooks and Marion city directories for sale at the museum. The yearbooks range from 1918 through 1996 and are mostly all in good condition. Some have inscriptions and some do not. We also have a number of Marion Junior High school yearbooks and city directories. All of these surplus books are available for $5 each. Check with us at wchsmail@yahoo.com.