Admission is free and open to the public to all interested persons.
The Society was formed in 1980 as a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, and publication of genealogical and historical materials. If you have ties to Lamar County you owe it to yourself to become a member of this society. Lamar County is rich with history. A common misconception is that vital records were destroyed in the great fire of 1916. By the way, he was voted out of office, as a result of such foresight which he took upon himself without approval of the citizenry concerned with tight monetary budgets and taxes.