Dr Hall’s Abstracts and Index of Items of Genealogical Interest
From the Springfield News-Leader:
Springfield native and retired dermatologist Dr. William K. Hall, now a St. Louis resident, began indexing items in the 1940s from Springfield newspapers for his own personal research as a genealogist. Officially called “Abstracts and Index of Items of Genealogical Interest,” the books contain something like 3 million clippings of obituaries, marriages, births and divorce announcements printed in Springfield newspapers between 1865 and 2006.
As valuable as this printed resource is to those who can get to the Library Center (and to a limited collection at the Library Station), digitizing the data and placing it online will reach a far wider audience. With generous financial support from Dr. Hall, the library’s computer services department has already started this momentous task.
For more information about Dr. Hall’s Index, visit the Library Center or contact local history staff at 883-5341.
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