Be sure to sign up for the History of Hilton Head Lecture Series! 

Click on Educational Programs in the top menu to see the full schedule. Call the library at 843-686-6560 to reserve your space.

Dr. Crippen, Murderer?

Patrick Crippen, Member
The Heritage Library

Friday, January 27, 2012; 1:30 - 3:00 pm

“If You Can’t Get Rid of the Family Skeleton,
You May As Well Make It Dance”   (George Bernard Shaw)

An Ancestor Skeleton? If you think you have troubles, explore how one researcher found an infamous ancestor who was a cause  célèbre, not merely an embarrassment.
 

History Lecture #3:

Hilton Head Island in the English Colonial Period

Bill Altstaetter; Chairman, History Studies
The Heritage Library

Tuesday, January 31, 2012; 1:30 - 3:00 pm

Island life from William Hilton to 1776.

Fees for each lecture will be $10 for non-members, $8 for members.  Couples will pay $15 for non-members and $12 for members.

The Library contains over 4,500 books. Our collection deals half with genealogy and half with history. We also have material on microfilm, CD-ROMs, and in our vertical files. The collection is constantly growing, as history aficionados donate material. About 10% of our holdings deal with South Carolina; the balance is of other states and countries.

Volunteers help guide patrons to an extensive collection of data including census and other Hilton Head records transcribed and indexed by the Library. Complete research facilities include computers, high-speed Internet, microfilm readers and printers. The Library is also an accredited branch of the LDS library in Salt Lake City; here you can order microfilm from their voluminous files.

Members of the Heritage Library Foundation have unlimited access to our extensive files, data  collections, and volumes of history. Through this Web site they can access many of the Library’s files. Premiere members may also access HeritageQuest.com through this site. Non-members are welcome and may use the facility for a nominal fee.