Max Hency Local History Room

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Allerton Public Library maintains a Local History Collection in the Max Hency Local History Room at the Library.

The Library collects photographs, maps, print materials and non-print materials (including oral histories) focusing on Piatt County, Illinois.

Local History Room closes 15 minutes prior to Library closing.
Computers in Local History Room are for Historical and Genealogical research ONLY.
Self service copying/printing in the Local History Room is $.15 per black and white page.
Genealogical items in Local History Room are non-circulating

Some of the resources available include:

History of Piatt County, Illinois by Emma Piatt c1883
History of Dewitt and Piatt Counties, Illinois by Chapman Brothers c1891
Past and Present of Piatt County, Illinois by Charles Mcintosh c1903
Piatt County History by Francis Shonkwiler c1917
The Good Life in Piatt County by Jesse Morgan c1968
Piatt County State Census for 1855 and 1865
U.S. Federal Census for Piatt County, Illinois 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930
Piatt County, Illinois cemeteries indexed by township
Piatt County, Illinois marriage index 1841-1910
Piatt County, Illinois birth index 1877-1916
Piatt County, Illinois atlases (indexed) 1865, 1875, 1896, 1910, 1927
Piatt County, Illinois newspapers are also available on microfilm. 1874 to the present.

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