We always need volunteers. Now that we are developing online resources, we need help writing and researching for biographies, articles, and general research. Volunteers can do simple things like scanning or transcribing documents.
Those who are experienced with and have access to Ancestry.com can help by researching pioneer and early Mt. Pleasant families.
For early 2021:
For the next few newsletters, we need genealogy/research volunteers for the column,
“BY THE SECTION”.
Pioneers: Sarah Swisher, Thomas C. Anthony, John Hathurst, Martin Williamson, John Van Buskirk, John T. Drummond, Stacia Haines, Jesse Coil, [John, Samuel, Andrew Danner (3)] William Reed, James Cummings, William Palmer, William N. Stewart
1887 Map Sections 1-3: [Squire Thomas H. and John R. Fimple (2)], Watson Hiram Weir , Joseph S. Buckles, John Eber, William Bennett, Sarah Russell, [Sophia C, Dragoo, Ephriam W. Dragoo, John W. Dragoo (3)], [John C. Fuston and Charles Fuston(2)], A. B. Bradbury, Daniel P. Howell, Emily Tomms, Mary Reed, Tina Flowers
Before you start—Contact Julie at TimeDetectives@yorktownhistory.online for an assignment!
BIOGRAPHIES: Help populate our database with relevant information about our pioneer families and their descendants. We need writers, genealogists, and researchers. Do you have a written family history or family tree?
Please consider sending a digital copy of your family history to us or attach your family tree in Ancestry to our family research tree at Ancestry.com. Our research tree is named “Yorktown Family Trees”.
If you have old photos to submit, we would appreciate it if you could scan and send the digital copies to us. Or you can come into the museum by appointment (hopefully by spring). We’d love photos of street scenes, old buildings, local people, vintage items, tractors, tools, sports.
We are looking for interesting items for a digital exhibit or for our research data base. For all of the above volunteer opportunities, contact Julie Musick Hillgrove at TimeDetectives@yorktownhistory.online.
There is much work to do inside the museum. We especially need people to scan photos and loose papers. Please contact Becky Sears Monroe at Becky.Monroe@yorktownhistory.online. She will give you an idea of volunteer opportunities in the Museum.