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Winters Heritage House
News and Initiatives
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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historical documents and valuable artifacts.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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