History of the Flat River Community Library
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Welcome
to the Flat River Community Library's Stanley and Blanche Ashe Foundation
and Charles and Ellen Randall
Foundation
Local History Room! The collection's emphasis is on Greenville and the
surrounding communities of
Montcalm
County. We welcome researchers to browse our resources below. This web site
does not provide access to
the
records themselves because our genealogical records are not in an electronic
format.
ACCESS
The
History Room is open during regular library hours (Mon-Thurs 9:00 a.m. - 8:00
p.m.; Fri-Sat 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
Visitors
must present driver's license or state identification to gain admittance.
History Room materials cannot be checked out
or leave the History Room. Photocopies can be made by staff or inforation
can be copied by hand.
Visitors will be limited to three resources at a time. To gain access to the
recources, please see the Reference Desk.
The Flat River Community Library is trying to protect these often hard to
replace local resources so tehy will remain
available for everyone to use.
COLLECTION
The library's online catalog Webpac provides
access to the genealogical collection through title, author, and
subject searches.
The history room collection contains many core reference titles, guides for
beginning research
and genealogy research using the Internet.
EQUIPMENT
The
Flat River Community Library's local history room comes equipped with a microfilm/fiche
reader/scanner attached to
a black & white laser printer. Photocopying fees from the machine are
25¢/page. Also provided in the room
is a personal computer with access
to the Internet and the Family Tree Maker program. Time limits and
other restrictions apply to all equipment when necessary.
RESEARCH AT THE LIBRARY
Mike Maxson, the Local History Librarian, is available for general assistance
in using the
collection 12:00-8:00pm
Monday and 9:00-4:30pm Tuesday through Thursday. At other times, the
library staff
can
only provide minimal assistance. If you cannot visit the library, but
wish to have research done, submit your
request by calling (616) 754-6359, by FAX at (616) 754-1398 or e-mail Mike
by clicking here. You can also
send requests to the address below, Attention
Local History. More extensive research may be
subject to restrictions and
fees.