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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.
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
Thanks to the generosity of Busey Bank of Pekin (formerly Herget Bank),...
Jared L. Olar
December 23, 2021
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column...
Jared L. Olar
December 16, 2021
This week we continue the genealogical account of the Ashby family of...
Jared L. Olar
December 9, 2021
Previously here at “From the History Room,” we have recalled the African-American...
Jared L. Olar
December 2, 2021
Today we conclude our genealogical account of the descendants of Nance Legins-Costley...
Jared L. Olar
November 27, 2021
We continue now with the genealogical account of the descendants of Nance...
Jared L. Olar
November 18, 2021
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