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Part one of a two-part series on DNA & its use for determining both your heritage and health. Steve will share his experiences helping others find their ancestors.
DNA has become an emerging tool for Family History research. There are a number of companies to choose from that will provide you with familial matches and some of them will even provide health analysis. Steve uses these exciting tools combined with genealogical research to help solve the mysteries of the past. He has had success using Autosomal DNA to help others find biological parents. Come to the first part of this series to learn the basics about DNA, the types of tests available, and how the results can be applied to help uncover your heritage as well as your health.
Part Two will be on March 19 in the form of a workshop taking a more hands-on approach to using the results from DNA testing.
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Massillon Local History and Genealogy Society | History | Health and Wellness |
In 1897, local public servant and storekeeper George Harsh willed $10,000 for “public library purposes.” The funds purchased nearly 10,000 volumes for Massillon’s first public library. Also in 1897, J.W. McClymonds announced his gift of an endowment of $20,000 for a library. The Russell sisters, Flora and Annie, who married the McClymonds brothers, donated the Nahum S. Russell home, located on Prospect Street (now Fourth Street NE), in memory of their parents. The McClymonds Public Library opened on January 1, 1899, and was funded by private subscriptions and an annual disbursement of city funds. In 1922, the McClymonds Public Library became the Massillon City School District Library and was now funded by tax revenue.
In 1930, Annie Steese Baldwin willed her home “as the site for a new public library.” Built around 1835, the brick home overlooking downtown Massillon from Hill Street (now Second Street NE) was first the residence of the city’s founder, James Duncan.
The current Massillon Public Library (Main Location), located at the corner of Lincoln Way East and Second Street NE, opened in 1937. Designed by Albrecht & Wilhelm and funded in part by a Works Progress Administration grant, the Duncan/Baldwin home was connected by a Jeffersonian portico and rotunda to a west wing Reading Room and Children’s Room. The Massillon Museum was also housed at this location until 1996 when it moved to its present location at 121 Lincoln Way East.
