Marcia Pertuz

The Genealogy Room The Genealogy Room at the Fernandina Beach Branch of the Nassau County Public Library has an extensive collection of books of interest to family history researchers. The AIGS library collection consists of over two thousand volumes, including genealogy magazines; our main collection focus is on local history, Wiregrass regional history, colonial history and ‘how-to’ books about genealogy, but we also have a large collection of military books, as well as books covering research in other states and countries. All these books can be found in the online catalog at nassaureads.com and on our own website here. You can browse our collection, read descriptions of books, and request books to be put on hold for you to pick up at the library branch of your choice. All of our books, with the exception of the books in our Reserve Collection, are available for check out to AIGS members. Back issues of genealogy magazines may be checked out. Members are required to show their current year AIGS membership card as well as their library card when checking out their books. The Genealogy Room also houses the Fernandina Beach Branch Library’s Florida Collection. These books may be checked out by anyone with a Nassau County library card. Two computers are available for genealogy research in the Genealogy Room and are usually already signed into the library website when you arrive. If not, just ask a librarian to log the computer in for you. The library has several scanners including one […]