Research Library

The Amherst County Museum & Historical Society operates a small genealogy library. It is free and open to the public during regular museum hours.  We strive to maintain a collection dedicated to the history and genealogy of Amherst County and some of the surrounding areas.  Our collection of resources contains many references and indexes that are unique to us or not available online. 

We now have an Ancestry.com account that is available for researchers.  Please note that this is just a standard US records account and not the library edition.

One of our newest resources is our Research Computer.  This computer contains Amherst County resource index files, record images and photo images, including birth records (1853-1896), death records (1853-1896), marriage records (register books 2 & 3) and digital photo collections.  This computer is available for researchers, but restrictions may apply as to what may be copied or downloaded from it. 

There is a $0.25 charge per page for any in-house print outs or copies.

Resources:

The genealogy collection at the Amherst County Museum & Historical Society focuses on information pertaining to local families and history.  

We are continually adding to our collection, please contact the Museum for recent additions.

Some of our resources include:

• Family Surname files*
• Family Farms and Homes
• Listing of some Amherst County Area Resources on our shelves
• Assorted census records and indexes
• Agricultural census information
• Published abstracts of deeds and wills
• Published marriage abstracts
• Military rosters

• Ruth McBride's genealogy collection
• Cemetery information
• Churches
• Maps, including Michael Crabill's Amherst and Nelson County Land Patent maps
• CDs - includes oral history tapes, photographs from cemeteries, donated family files in digital form, census indices and more
• Published and donated Family Publications

*Due to file sizes and limited resources we are unable to honor any requests to copy entire Family Surname Files.  We will be glad to look up any specific name (first and last name required) in any of these files and a search of these files is always included with a research package. See our Genealogy Research Request form here.

Updated 14 Oct 2021