Freeport History Book

A new book on Freeport history is now available for purchase ($21.99) at the Freeport Memorial Library.  Some of the proceeds from the Library sales will go to support the Friends of the Library.  This book was written by Freeport librarians Cynthia Krieg and Regina Feeney.

Digitization Statistics

Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics

April 2012

Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org

Items Available as of April 2012 for Freeport

4,341 Pictures/Pamphlets

7 Newspapers

50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters

 

 

Hits for April 2012:

 

6,491 Freeport Leader

5,738  Nassau County Review

5,401 Nassau Post

5,400 Photographs/Pamphlets

2,252 Daily Review of Nassau County

1,987 South Side Messenger

1,233 Queens County Review

364 Freeport News

174 Village of Freeport Newsletters

29,040 Total Hits

New Book Available on the History of Freeport
by Cynthia J. Krieg and Regina G. Feeney



A book signing will be held  at the Freeport Memorial Library on May 14, at 7 pm.  Email the Freeport Historical Society to reserve your copy today!  freeporthistoricalsociety@yahoo.com

Lost Freeport

Presented by Regina G. Feeney and Cynthia J. Krieg

SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2012, 2 p.m.

at the Freeport Memorial Library

This presentation will feature locations in Freeport that no longer exist and others that are in danger of disappearing. Included are Guy Lombardo’s house, the Brooklyn Water Works building, the Elks Club, the Freeport Theatre, and more. The history of the Meadowbrook Bank building, which has been empty for several decades, will also be discussed.

Digitization Statistics

Long Island Memories Digitization Statistics

March 2012

Since 2004, the Freeport Memorial Library and Freeport Historical Society have been scanning and making historical material pertaining to Freeport available online through the Long Island Memories Digitization Project: www.longislandmemories.org

Items Available as of March 2012 for Freeport

4,341 Pictures/Pamphlets

7 Newspapers

50 Years - Village of Freeport Newsletters

Hits for March 2012:

21,822 Freeport Leader

17,395 Nassau County Review

16,868 Nassau Post

9,402 Photographs/Pamphlets

7,988 South Side Messenger

5,570 Daily Review of Nassau County

3,558 Queens County Review

973 Freeport News

172 Village of Freeport Newsletters

83,748 Total Hits

Titanic Hits Iceberg!

100th Anniversary

Resources at the Freeport Memorial Library

Books

• Fiction
• Nonfiction

Local Newspaper Coverage

• From the Long Island Memories Digital Project

1940 Census is Released Today!

The Freeport Memorial Library provides free access to the census and other genealogical resources through Ancestry.com.

If you had family living in Freeport in the 1940s and are having trouble accessing the newly released 1940 census, try the Freeport Leader for that decade: www.longislandmemories.org.

The library also has Freeport High School yearbooks from the 1940s in our Long Island Room.