Genealogical Society Merges with Historical Society
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Genealogists makes Donation of over $2,000 to
Historical Society
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The
Genealogical Society of Cecil County, an organization established in 1977, announced
that it has ceased operating as an independent nonprofit corporation. Under an arrangement made with the Historical Society of Cecil
County, the family-history oriented group has given up its independent status
and turned its resources over to the Historical Society, according to Joanne
Daly, the group’s president. “While we
will no longer operate as a stand-alone enterprise, an organization that was
known as a place to go to research genealogy will continue its good work under
the umbrella of the larger county-wide institution,” Daly observed. “A few years ago we moved our library
holdings and our meetings to the Historical Society, as the first step in
collaboration since we shared mutual goals.
As the relationship strengthened, our members felt that the logical next
phase was to put our operation directly under the larger group, so we could
better serve researchers. By turning
over our publications, library, family history files, and other assets to the
larger association, we have strengthened the study of genealogy in Cecil and
researchers gain because of the stability the merger provides,” she continued.
There are a
variety of benefits to this, notes Paula Newton, Vice-President of the
Historical Society. A strong collection
of reference materials and files on local families have been added to the
library, and the members of the nearly 30-year-old group are opening the
Society an additional Saturday, the first one of each month, from 10:00 a.m. to
2:00 p.m. They also donated over $2,000
to the Historical Society, which is earmarked for the acquisition of more
microfilm. “We are pleased to have them
join with us to work on our mutual goal of promoting local history. The natural progression of this long,
successful relationship will continue to provide a wide-range of benefits to
the public,” she concluded.
The Historical Society, a group with over 1,000 members, is
the only county-wide organization focusing on the study of Cecil’s history and
genealogy. Its library contains the
largest collection of local materials in existence. This valuable resource, headquartered Elkton has a well-earned
reputation as one of Maryland’s outstanding county-level library collections,
and it draws hundreds of visitors downtown each year. It also has a museum and publishes the widely-distrubted and read
Cecil Historical Journal.
Visit the web site at www.cchistory.org for additional information.