Bettie Brown looks up family and city information in the public ...
Jan. 02
Bettie Brown looks up family and city information in the public library s Genealogy and Local History Department. She went to the Muskogee Public Library's Genealogy and Local History Department to find out more about her ancestors and the city's African-American past. Brown, 49, said the passing of older family members has motivated her to start recording family history before it is lost. Maritz Poll released in 2000 showed that approximately 60 percent of the U.S. population is interested in family history, up from 45 percent five years earlier. The poll also showed that about 35 million people have used the Internet for family history research.
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