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.

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This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This week we conclude the genealogical account of the Ashby family of Fulton and...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This week we continue the genealogical account of the Ashby family of Fulton and...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

Thanks to the generosity of Busey Bank of Pekin (formerly Herget Bank), the Pekin...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

This week we continue the genealogical account of the Ashby family of Fulton and...

Previously here at “From the History Room,” we have recalled the African-American family of...

Today we conclude our genealogical account of the descendants of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892), known...