New MPL Indiana Room Hours (2013)

The MPL Indiana Room has new hours for 2013:

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INDIANA ROOM HOURS

Mondays                                     12:00 pm — 5:00 pm
Wednesdays                                12:00 pm — 5:00 pm
 Thursdays                                  2:30 pm — 5:00 pm
 2^nd & 3^rd Fridays                       9:00 am — 5:00 pm
4^th Saturday                                9:00 am — 4:00 pm

All other times:  Please see staff at adult information desk or circulation desk

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The MPL Indiana Room features the library's genealogical materials, as well as state and local historical information.

Mooresville History Hunters, Week #2

Mooresville History Hunters, Week #2

How well do you know your hometown history?

·          Can you identify WHAT, WHERE & approximately WHEN this photo was taken?

Click Image to Enlarge

Stop by the Library to fill-out an answer slip identifying the photo (who or what; where; and when the picture was taken).  Correct answers will be included in a drawing to win a free local history book.  Contest details appear here.

Finding the answers couldn't be easier!  Just visit our local history links and peruse the handouts and photos linked there.

Deadline for Week #2 answers:  Thursday, January 10, 2013.

Local History Contest @ MPL

MPL patrons have a brand new local history game to play.  The catch is that you have to come to the Library to participate.  Apologies to our web-based friends.

Mooresville History Hunters!

How well do you know your hometown history?

·          Can you identify WHAT, WHERE & approximately WHEN this photo was taken?

Click Image to Enlarge

·         Patrons may find the answers in the MPL “Treasure Trove” handouts on our local history links blog post.

·         Correct identifications of the photo subject, place, and the closest date will be included in a drawing to WIN a FREE local history book!

·         Winners (one per week) will be selected EVERY THURSDAY, beginning January 3, 2013.

·         New Photos will be featured each week.

·         Patrons must visit the Library to fill-out an entry form (name, phone number or email address) to drop into our entry box—Be sure to indicate week number!

·         Winners will be notified by email or phone.

Walk-ins should fill-out the contest entry forms.  Here's an important detail missing from the signs:  Write your answer on the back of the sign-up slip.

Ancestry Library Edition -- Now Available @ MPL

Ancestry Library Edition is now available for our genealogy patrons across the Library campus.  We have a promo trailer, too.

Ancestry Library Edition Promo Trailer

by Mooresville Public Library

ProQuest has several online tutorials available to help you master ALE.  We blogged about that earlier this week.

Drop by and discover your ancestors' -- and your -- secret, adventurous past.  Who knew family could be so interesting?

P.S.  Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest Online rely upon digitized genealogical and historical records preserved in archives.  Our promo trailer above honors all such archives for their important preservation of our historical heritage.

Ancestry Library Edition

The Library now subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition (ALE), an online genealogical research database from ProQuest.  If you plan to research your family tree, then you'll want to use this service.

Now Available at MPL (Onsite Use Only)

ProQuest has a short video that explains ALE in a nutshell.

Ancestry Library Edition

Two-Minute Promo Video

by ProQuest

Now that the Library has database accessibility, patrons will be able to log-into Ancestry.com to do genealogy research.  There are some important rules, however:

• MPL patrons may ONLY log-into Ancestry Library Edition (ALE) from the Library's campus.  So there is no remote access available.

• The good news is that you may log-into ALE using your wireless device (laptop or notebook computer or other web-browsing gadget), but, again, you must connect while you are physically at the Library.

• ALE will also be available at the Library's computer lab work stations and on the Indiana Room public PC.

If you need remote accessibility, the Library also offers Heritage Quest Online (HQ), another popular genealogy database.  You may access that anywhere you have an Internet connection. All you need is your MPL-issued Evergreen Indiana library card (or MPL Access library card). Click the icon below to jump to Heritage Quest's log-in screen.

Click Logo to Log-in

Heritage Quest Online

Two-Minute Tutorial by ProQuest

FREE ONLINE TRAINING WEBINARS & LIBGUIDES

Learning how to use Ancestry Library Edition or Heritage Quest Online is easy.  ProQuest offers FREE online training webinars.

The Library will also have free bookmarks with quick tips and strategies you may use to enhance your ALE research.

You may also ask the MPL Indiana Room Historian to assist you.  That's me.  I will be happy to help.