Services offered at the Boaz Public Library

 

 

*       AVL – Alabama Virtual Library – The AVL provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources.  It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research.  Come in to get your personal password to access the AVL.

*       Photocopying - $.10 per page  / Internet copies $.10 per page

*       Voter Registration Form - *Free* Ask at the front desk.

*       Income Tax Form Provider - *Free* Alabama State and Federal Tax forms are available each year during the tax season.  Although we do offer tax forms, we are NOT allowed to give tax advice!

*       Interlibrary Loan - See Interlibrary Loan Policy

*       Internet – See Internet Policy

*       Service for Blind & Physically Handicapped – Applications for talking books for the Blind & Physically Handicapped may be found at the Boaz Public Library.  Ask at the front desk.

*       Waiting List – You can request to be put on our waiting list for items we have but are currently checked out.  (This does not apply to VHS Tapes.)  After you are notified, we will hold the item for 2 days.  If not picked up in 2 days, the item will be returned to the shelf.

 

Now Available for Genealogy Enthusiasts

 

World Vital Records & Heritage Quest Online

Access to these websites is available here.  Stop by today and find that family member you've been searching for.

 

World Vital Records

 

 

Heritage Quest provides collections of:

*U.S. Federal Census Records from 1790-1930

*U.S. Family and Local Histories

*Directories, Church Records, Tax Lists, Periodical Source Index

*Revolutionary War Pension Applications and Bounty Land Warrant Application Files

*Freedman's Bank Records (African American Genealogical Research)