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Local History Program Coordinator at the Pekin Public Library. I oversee the library’s local history room collection, write a weekly local history column/weblog for the library, and present local history programs at the library and in the community.
One of the notable residents of Pekin of times past was an...
Jared L. Olar
February 2, 2023
An undated article clipping from the Pekin Daily Times in the files...
Jared L. Olar
January 28, 2023
Among Central Illinois’ African-American veterans of the Civil War was Pvt. Edward...
Jared L. Olar
January 19, 2023
The current issue of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society Monthly...
Jared L. Olar
January 12, 2023
Plans are underway for a permanent stone monument in downtown Pekin to...
Jared L. Olar
January 5, 2023
Is this the year you are going to start your genealogy journey?...
Jared L. Olar
January 4, 2023
The two Illinois State Historical Markers for the Freedom & Remembrance Memorial...
Jared L. Olar
December 29, 2022
One of Pekin’s traditions of “Christmas of times past” is the downtown...
Jared L. Olar
December 22, 2022
Ongoing research into the history of the African-American Shipman family of Tazewell...
Jared L. Olar
December 15, 2022
Over a year after Tazewell County was erected by the Illinois General...
Jared L. Olar
December 8, 2022
In June and July this summer “From the History Room” devoted some...
Jared L. Olar
December 1, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
November 23, 2022
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