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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.
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
March 17, 2022
It was a century ago that the Lincoln Circuit Marking Association, led...
Jared L. Olar
March 10, 2022
Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s 1835 travels in the...
Jared L. Olar
March 4, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
February 24, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
February 17, 2022
At this weblog we have written several times about the life of...
Jared L. Olar
February 7, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
January 27, 2022
This week we conclude the genealogical account of the Ashby family of...
Jared L. Olar
January 20, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
January 13, 2022
This week we continue the genealogical account of the Ashby family of...
Jared L. Olar
January 6, 2022
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
December 30, 2021
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