Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society, Bloomsburg

About Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society

The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society in Bloomsburg preserves and shares the region's heritage through museum exhibits, research libraries, and archival collections. Visitors explore rotating museum exhibits and access a public research library housing church and cemetery records, manuscript collections, family histories, local newspapers, photographs, and maps. The Society maintains searchable online databases including the People, Places & Events index and Photographs Collection, containing over 40,000 entries related to Columbia County. Researchers can consult indexed materials and reference guides for genealogical investigation and local history study. The organization hosts public lectures and First Fridays programming for community members interested in the area's past. Admission is charged, with pricing available online. The Society, formed through the 1999 merger of two long-standing organizations founded in 1914 and 1976, operates as a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to making Columbia County history accessible to both academic researchers and local residents seeking to explore the people, places, and events that shaped the region.