Monday, April 27, 2020

LIMITED CURBSIDE SERVICE - UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE


OPERATING HOURS
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.



CURBSIDE SERVICE ONLY



FOR THE FOLLOWING SERVICES:



BOOK/DVD CHECKOUT



Book/DVD request will be taken BY PHONE ONLY

Call 601-684-2661, Ext. 3

Limit 10 books / 2 dvds (dvds for adults 17 and older)

We will call you when your materials are ready

and give you instructions on pickup.



RETURN ALL ITEMS TO THE WALL DROPBOX ONLY.





PRINTOUTS from EMAIL or INTERNET only



Please call us ahead of time – 601-684-2661, Ext. 3

We will give you instructions for: emailing your document, payment and pickup.



EXACT CHANGE ONLY – 20 cents per page Black & White

                                50 cents per page in Color

Thursday, March 19, 2020

UPDATED 4/3/2020 - TEMPORARY CLOSURE ANNOUNCEMENT

Due to public health concerns, as of March 19, 2020,
the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library System
is CLOSED until further notice. 

Ebooks and e-audiobooks are available through the Axis360 and Hoopla apps. (Hoopla has a three item limit per month.) If you need assistance, please visit my instruction pages Hoopla Instructions and Axis360 Instructions

E-magazines are available through the RB Digital app. 
Instructions here: RBDigital Instructions

NEW!!! New e-resources for children, teens, and adults are available FREE through www.pawls.org, through August 31, 2020. You do not have to have a library card with us to access these e-resources.
 

The following e-resources are included: 
(Click Children, Teens, or Adults in the list below to go straight to the page.)
CHILDREN: Tumble Book Library; Tumble Math; Audiobook Cloud

TEENS: Teen Book Cloud; Audiobook Cloud
ADULTS: Romance Book Cloud; Audiobook Cloud

Check our website www.pawls.org for more information.

Stay safe, everyone.

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Recently Added!

Recently added to the Genealogy collection at 
McComb Public Library: 


The Tylertown Times IX: Articles by Dell Magee Clawson: 2015-2018
by Dell Magee Clawson
copies held by McComb and Walthall Public Libraries

Weight­s, ­Money and Other Mea­sures Used by Our Ances­tors
by Colin R. Chapman

The Adoptee's Guide ­to DNA Test­ing: 
How ­to Use Ge­net­ic ­Ge­neal­o­gy ­to Dis­cov­er Your Long-Lost ­Fam­i­ly
by Tamar Weinberg

How ­to Find­ Y­our ­Fam­i­ly His­to­ry in U.S. Church Record­s: 
a ­Ge­neal­o­gist's Guide
by Sunny Jane Morton

Hairstyles, 1840-1900:
 In­cludes ­Men, Chil­dren & Unusu­al ­Coif­fures
by Maureen Alice Taylor

Mayflower Increasings
by Susan Roser

The Great War: 
a Guide ­to the Ser­vice Record­s of Al­l the ­World's ­Fight­ing ­Men and Vol­un­teers
by Christina K. Schaefer

Women ­Pa­tri­ot­s in the Amer­i­can Revo­lu­tion: 
Sto­ries of Brav­ery, ­Dar­ing, and ­Com­pas­sion
by Jack Darrell Crowder
 

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

Revisiting the Founding Era program

"Revisiting the Founding Era" 
Program presented by Ms. Merrielyn Ginn

Thursday, January 23, 2020 @ 2:00 P.M.
McComb Public Library Meeting Room

More info: 601-684-2661, ext 14


Friday, January 10, 2020

Recent Additions to the Genealogy Collection


McCOMB Public Library
Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi Ballards
compiled by Lynne D. Miller

WALTHALL County Library 
Historical Annual: National Guard of the State of Mississippi 1938

McCOMB and WALTHALL  Libraries
Ellzey Family Record
by Alexander Kinchen Ellzey and Martha V. Carbney; assembled by Leon J. Ellzey, III

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

New Book Added!

New Book Added to McComb Library Genealogy: 

Bartholomew's Children: A Southern Ball Family 
by Henry Fletcher Ball, Jr.

Friday, May 10, 2019

Genealogy Books Added!

Just added to the genealogy collection at McComb!

1. Six Generations of the Family of William Jasper McCain (1855-1924) 
and His Wives, Mary Careena Adelaide Blaylock McCain (1856-1904) 
and Maggie Lee Tucker McCain (1878-1961) 
by William D. McCain

2. Five Generations of the Family of Richard John McCain (1853-1929) 
and His Wife, Emma Augusta Dean McCain (1854-1930), 
of Webster County, Mississippi 
by William D. McCain

3. Eight Generations of the Family of Henry Fox (1768-1852) 
and His Wife, Sara Harrell Fox (1772-1848),
of South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi - Volumes 1 and 2
by William D. McCain 

4. Eight Generations of the Family of John Shaw (1788-1858) 
and His Wife, Nancy Worthy Shaw (1788-1846), 
of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Mississippi
by William D. McCain

5. Ancestry of the Fox Family of Richland and Lexington Counties, South Carolina
and Collection of Fox Data
by Joseph E. Steadman, Sr. and Shirley Faucette

6. Six Generations of the Family of James Monroe McCain (1810-1862) 
of South Carolina and Mississippi 
by William D. McCain

7. Six Generations of the Family of John McCain (1831-1922) 
and His Wife, Mary A. Turnbow McCain (1838-1923), 
of Alabama and Mississippi 
by William D. McCain

8. Some Notes on the Families of James Jacob Shepherd and Edward John Lenz
of Greenville, Mississippi 
by William D. McCain

9. Outline of Four Generations of the Family of Henry Fox (1768-1852)
and His Wife, Sarah Harrell Fox (1772-1848), of South Carolina and Mississippi 
by Shirley Faucette and William D. McCain