![]() It does not index information on businesses, fires, crimes, etc. It indexes the following information: anniversaries, births, deaths, engagements, marriages, adoption and divorces. This index includes Holland City News articles that are of interest to patrons doing genealogical research. There are also obituary indexes available at Herrick, both in print and online. Herrick Library has compiled some indexes in recent years, and it is also possible to check for information on the Holland Sentinel website from 1997 to the present in their archives section. The Van Reken Index is available digitally through the Hope College Digital Commons and in print at Herrick Library in ten year increments. The earlier years of the index contain more information than the later years. It was compiled by a local historian, Donald Van Reken, and covers mostly Holland businesses, schools, churches, and other subjects, but not many names. The Van Reken Newspaper Index covers both the Holland City News and the Holland Sentinel from 1880-1990. There are some partial indexes to both papers. Although it began publication before 1912, there are no earlier papers available. The Holland Sentinel is a daily newspaper and is available on microfilm at Herrick from 1912 until the present. The Ottawa County Times was a weekly Democratic newspaper published in Holland. Also available online is the Ottawa County Times from 1892-1905. The complete Holland City News is also now available online through Hope College's Digital Commons. The Holland City News was a weekly paper which ran through 1977, and Herrick owns it on microfilm from 1872-1977. That process will come with a hefty cost, but Johnson and others who attended said preserving Fulton County’s history is priceless.Holland has two newspapers, the Holland City News and the Holland Sentinel. And just for historic purposes in general," she explained. "These are pre-Civil War records,so they’re very important for genealogy research. Johnson said after finding the documents last year, their focus has shifted to finding a way to restore them and making them widely available to the public. "These are the type of documents that that task force will need," she stated. ![]() ![]() RELATED: Fulton County task force begins research to make reparations reality for some Black families It is history Commissioner Hall said could aid in research the county’s reparations task force is doing to make a case. ![]() "Many of us had ancestors that were here in Georgia but don’t have a real connection with their history and with their records…this is that opportunity to archive and preserve those records, so they go in the future." "We know that in this country slavery existed, but to actually see the records and be able to take pictures and see how we’ve come so far in many ways…it’s extraordinary," Williams said. The pages were frail, but the feeling it gave attendees like Sandra Lee Williams was one of empowerment. "What was shocking to me was how far back these records go…I saw records from 1886," Fulton County Commissioner Natalie Hall told Fox 5. Wills, marriage licenses, and property records including slave bequests were all on display inside the Fulton County Probate Court on Wednesday, where residents were able to take a tour of the records room. "This is an opportunity to open our records room, so that people can see living history," Chief Probate Court Judge Kenya Johnson said. A lucky group of metro Atlanta residents got the chance to hold a piece of history in their hands at an event hosted by the Fulton County Probate Court.Ĭourt officials called it "A Night in the Archives." It was a chance for attendees to get up close and personal with the documents that pre-dated the Civil War. ![]()
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