Winters Heritage House Museum
47 East High Street, Elizabethtown PA 17022
Tel: (717) 367-4672 Email: winters-hh@embarqmail.com Fax: (717) 367-9991

 
 

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18th Annual Holiday Craft Show…

Plan to shop for a variety of specialty, reproduction,
and other gift items at Winters Heritage House,
41-47 East High Street, during the

18th Annual Holiday Craft Show on
Thursday, December 4, and Friday, December 5,
from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or on
Saturday, December 6, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Admission is $2pp.

A Silent Auction, Chinese Auction, and light refreshments
are offered to visitors. A special by-invitation-only
shopping preview reception is held for museum members
and donors prior to the start of the craft show weekend.
To be considered as a merchandise vendor, please call
the museum at 717-367-4672, and contact Nancy Landis,
Craft Show Coordinator.


Research your family history at the
Seibert Library

Elizabethtown, PA…Did you know that an opportunity exists in your own community to begin or to continue researching your own family history. At Winters Heritage House, 41-47 East High Street, the on-site Seibert Library is an important resource for residents living in the greater Elizabethtown area and surrounding counties.

Visitors will find a number of paper and electronic resources as well as access to census records and many relevant websites on the Internet.


The Seibert Library’s collection includes books, periodicals, over 50 oral histories on tapes and transcripts, maps, photographs, yearbooks, family histories, and other historical documents and valuable artifacts.

An archive of local and family history was established at the Museum when the Heritage House Genealogy Library Committee was
formed on September 4, 1990. Several volunteers from the community, some librarians, committed to developing a genealogy library at the then fledgling museum. In 1991 a lifetime resident of Elizabethtown presented the first book of the library's collection. Another prominent resident donated a collection of materials that became the nucleus of the library.

Over the years, the size and scope of the library collection has grown under the direction of Mary Karnes. In 1998, with generous contributions from the Seibert family, the Heritage House Genealogy Library moved to a larger remodeled space within the first floor of the museum. As a tribute to the Seibert family benefactors, the Board of Directors rededicated and renamed the library. Ruth Seibert continues to support the library operation.

In recent weeks, Judy Kay Bard has joined the Seibert Library staff as volunteer librarian, replacing Mary Karnes, who has presided over the library operation since the early 1990’s. Mary’s knowledge and perspective have continued to advance the mission of the Seibert Library and Resource Center for over 15 years. New genealogy librarian Judy Kay Bard brings her own library experience and a contagious enthusiasm for history to her new role.

When Winters Heritage House and the Seibert Library resume regular visiting hours on Thursday, March 9, the public is invited to meet Judy Kay Bard and Mary Karnes from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. that day. Library volunteers work on site weekly on Thursdays and Fridays from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and Saturday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. New volunteers are always welcome.

Many thanks from the Seibert Library Nook, more...


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Vendor Opportunities

18th Annual
Holiday Craft Show
December 4-6, 2008

Greetings, Crafters:
We are already preparing for the 2008 Holiday Craft Show at Winters Heritage House Museum. We invite you to participate:
Thu, December 4 through Sat, December 6, 2008.
We are honored to welcome back those of you who have participated in past years. We are looking for new vendors, too, and we welcome referrals. If you know of anyone who might be interested in this event, please call us.
As in past years, vendors set up their displays up to a week before the show, provide us with a detailed inventory list that is entered into our database, and we do the rest of the work.

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