So, finally, I went to the Thomason room. A history major, four years in school, and i had never needed to go until now. I can't say I was expecting much. But for the local history project, I can tell already that it's going to be a life-saver. First off, just the people that work there are a source in themselves. I went in, needing to find a source for my New Waverly project. Right away they were able to point me toward sources. The one that was most useful to me was the history of the St. Joseph Catholic Church. Founded for the Polish community, the Church has its own history of the area and the town. As it is, it doesn't really give me too much to use on the project, but it gave me places to start, such as family names, and businesses, things that can be researched in detail by themselves, which will be the information that I do need for the project.
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