Hi everyone, here, belatedly is our Local History & Newspaper post for last Friday, August 9, 2024.

With the state of emergency declared in Steuben County last Friday which kept me at home, and the library being closed again this past Monday due to multiple staff being ill – I am a bit behind in my blog postings – an unexpected day and half of closings will do that!

So here is the blog posting that should have been up last Friday, August 9.

And our weekly blog posting will be out tomorrow, Friday, August 16.

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Local History & Newspaper blog posts are published on Fridays; and the next post will be up on Friday, August 23, 2024.

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Local History Photo 1: Talking A Walk In Corning

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Local History Photo 2: Corning Free Academy Baseball Team

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Local History Photo 3: A Glimpse Of Canfield/Courthouse Park, Corning

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A Glimpse of Local Life: A Hundred Years Ago!

Here is an entire issue of The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. published on this day in 1924.

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The Evening Leader, Corning, N.Y. | August 9, 1924

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Have a great day everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Local History Online Library Resources:

Heritage Quest: Heritage Quest is the library’s online genealogy service, and it includes access to census records and other research sources; it can be accessed by going to the Online Resources page, on the library’s website, and scrolling down until you see the link for Heritage Quest:

https://www.ssclibrary.org/research/online-resources/

Once you’ve clicked on the Heritage Quest link, you’ll be prompted to login with your card number and PIN. If you have questions about how to use Heritage Quest, please feel free to let me know – my email address is reimerl@stls.org

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Enjoy the photos and be well everyone,

Linda Reimer, SSCL

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Library Local History/Creation Station Resources:
At the library you can scan your photos and slides to create digital family albums and slideshows; and even use one of the Circut machines, and other Creation Station equipment, to help you create a special paper family history album.

Also of note, we have local papers including the Corning Leader, Corning Evening Leader, Corning Journal and Corning Daily Journal, on microfilm from 1840 to the present — so you can visit the library and research local history and your family tree if you wish!