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THE SUN HERALD
TUESDAY. JULY 19, 1994
Genealogical library to move from Gulfport to Bay St. Louis
L.W. Anderson Genealogical Library will be moving later this year from Gulfport to Bay SL Louis. One of the largest genealogical collections in the South, the library is being donated by its founder and director, Anne S. Anderson, to the city.
The recent agreement came about through the efforts of the Bay SL Louis Historical Society and its presi-denL Charles H. Gray.
The private library was established in 1982 and has been located on the William Carey College Campus for the past several years.
Fortunately, the library will be staying on the Coast, although it has
GENEALOGY
By Regina Hines
been reportedly been sought by other institutions.
Gray said the library will part of the
Bay St. Louis CSX railroad station project. The city has agreed to provide 3,000 square feet of space on the second floor of the depot.
Under the agreement, Anderson will continue to manage the library and will be supported by paid employees and volunteers coordinated by the historical society. The library, named for the late Lulu Williams Anderson, will also retain its name and will be kept intact.
Gray said plans call for closing the library at William Carey before Thanksgiving and re-opening after the move to its new location.
If the depot work is not complete, a
temporary location will be found.
The library has been in two other locations but has always been in Gulfport.
Lost and found
During the past year, some patrons have left behind notebooks, notes, copied documents and computer printouts at the Family History Center in Gulfport.
Library director Leon Chelette plans to discard them by July 23 if they are not claimed.
Among the names on the items are McFate, Crews, Schonewitz, Wesley, Graham, Rutledge, Weems and
Mantooth.
To recover the material, call the library at 832-0195.
Hancock-Galloway
Helen D. Dotts, 7501 Palm Ave. No. 127, Yucca Valley, CA 92284-3652, needs data on the Mississippi families of Alan Hancock, who was bom in 1807 in Georgia and lived in Chickasaw and Pontotoc Counties, Miss., and Hosea Bryant Galloway, who married Alan's daughter, Lucinda Menervia, on March 8, 1870.
The name of Alan?s first wife is unknown, but his second wife was named Anfait and she was bom in 1827.
The inquirer will pay expenses and share Galloway information.
War Heroes
History professor Charles Sullivan will narrate his video presentation on Mississippi war heroes who were killed in action during Saturday?s meeting of Jackson County Genealogical Society.
ITie meeting will be at 2 p. m. in the Pascagoula Public Library, president Julian Davis said.
?	Regina Hines of The Mississippi Press is a certified genealogical record specialist. Address all correspondence to this column to The Mississippi Press, 1222 U.S. 90 East. Ocean Springs, MS 39564.


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