MCHS Resource Library

Research Requests:

Research can be done by MCHS for $15.00 an hour for the first hour and $10.00 for each additional hour. Research is done on a variety of things from basic information, obituaries, Sentinel Articles, pictures, etc. A charge lesser than $15.00 may be charged, when determined by staff, for minimal requests when obituary dates or other pertinent information is provided. While we encourage as many people as possible to come and dive into our resources themselves (which is free of charge!) we are happy to do what we can to meet your research needs. Call or email MCHS and we’ll see if we are able to help you out!

Research Requests will be sent after receipt of payment.

For a guide on researching homes, check out this link!
https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/a-guide-to-researching-the-history-of-a-house/

Digital Archives

In 2019, the Martin County Historical Society (with Advantage Preservation) completed a project to have all of our microfilmed newspaper holdings and other reference resources digitized for the sake of preservation, increased access, and efficiency.

The link below leads to our new digital archive website where everything in our digital archives that is in the public domain (1928 and before) can be searched.

Visitors are also welcome to come to the Martin County Historical Society's Research Library to access the digital archives for later years as well!

This project was funded by the Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation and the Marlin Milbrandt Estate.

Access the MCHS Public Digital Archive:
https://mchsmnarchives.advantage-preservation.com/

Pictures:

Pictures can be sent a variety of ways for different costs:
Emailing a picture will cost $2.00 per image. Emailing more than 5 images will include the hourly research rate.

Scanning and printing copies will cost $8.00 for a quality color photo and $5.00 for a quality black and white photo. Copies printed from our computers onto plain printer paper also cost $8.00 for a color copy and $5.00 for a black and white copy. Placing scanned images on a CD will cost $5.00 for the CD and case plus $2.00 per image. There are several affordable choices to meet your historic photo needs!

Picture requests may include the hourly rate depending on how easily the pictures can be accessed. Requests will be sent after receipt of payment.

Copies:
If you come down to the museum to do research you may use the MCHS resources are free! The only charge is for copies that are made; the cost is 25 cents per copy.

Motorcar "Birth Record" Research

The Pioneer Museum is home to the “Birth Records” from the motorcars made at Railway Motors. Rail car enthusiasts who own a Railway Motors Railcar may contact the museum if they would like to inquire about the "birth record" for their specific rail car. The most efficient way to inquire about the "birth record" for a motor car is to email the MCHS at edirectormchs@gmail.com. To locate the record we will need either the Engine Serial Number or the Car Number (which were located on tags that were riveted or glued near the operator's console of the motor car). Please include either or both of these numbers when you contact us; unfortunately we can not locate a record without one of these numbers.

We will get to your request as soon as possible. All items to be mailed will be sent only after receipt of payment. Cost is determined upon completion of research. Please do not send payment before contacting us in case we are unable to find your record.