WJIL contacted a number of FY2009 LSTA grant recipients to follow up on what has happened since the completion of their grant. ”Root for Your Ancestors @ Your Library” is the third in a series of articles that focus on what happens after the money is gone.

The Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Illinois partnered with the Washington County Historical Society to offer a series of history and genealogy programs called “Root for Your Ancestors @ Your Library.” The library applied for a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant and was awarded a grant of $14,813 in October 2008.

The target audience for this grant included adults, ages 45 and over, although some of the programs attracted people of all ages. The historical society did not have a meeting space large enough for their membership to hold regular programs. However, the public library was able to provide that space and had an established tradition of offering educational, informational, and recreational programs to the public.

The Nashville Public Library hoped through this grant to acquaint people with the technology and resources available to them at the library while working with the historical society to encourage people’s interests in genealogy and local history. To find out more about what happened to this grant after the money was gone read the full article on WJIL.