Ancestor’s Clothesline Project Comes to the Pinckney Library

Starting Monday, June 25—as the Pinckney Community Public Library gears up for its 2007 Summer Reading Program and celebrates its 55th Birthday—patrons will find a great display of the Livingston County Genealogical Society Ancestor’s Clothesline Project against the Reading/Magazine area wall of the library.

What is an “Ancestor’s Clothesline”?

An “Ancestor’s Clothesline” is a display put together by the Livingston County Genealogical Society, in celebration of their Silver Jubilee. The project is a tradition borrowed from the Finns, who honored their forebears with displays of hung clothing or other household items onto which likenesses of ancestors have been transferred.

Pictures from the Livingston County Genealogical Society’s Ancestor’s Clothesline honor the early settlers and other residents of Livingston County, MI. Many of the people displayed were farmers, merchants, stock breeders, millers, hoteliers, railroaders, milliners, seamstresses, laundresses, gardeners, teachers, nurses and homemakers. Names seen on the display may be recognizable from county streets, roads, buildings, schools or parks, which have been named for early residents.

The Clothesline Display found in the Pinckney Community Public Library portrays many Pinckney and Putnam Twp. local history photos. We invite everyone in our community, young and old, to visit us at 350 Mower Rd., Pinckney, MI to view this amazing display of local history.

For more information, please contact the Pinckney Community Public Library at 734-878-3888 or visit us at 350 Mower Rd., Pinckney, MI 48169.
















Ancestor's Clothesline Project @ PCPL--The Livingston County
Genealogical Society's Ancestor's Clothesline project comes to the
Pinckney Community Public Library. The display was put up just in time
for 2007's Summer Reading Program and the Library's 55th Birthday Party
on Friday, June 29, 2007.

























From left: Library Staff Member, Judy Aschenbrenner,
Library Director, Hope Siasoco, and Livingston County
Genealogical Society Member, Lyla Spelbring, pose by
the Ancestor's Clothesline Project Display at the Pinckney Library.


















From left to right: Livingston County Genealogical Society's
Lyla Spelbring, pose with Judy and Steve Aschenbrenner
of Pinckney, MI beside the Ancestor's Clothesline Project
now on display at the Pinckney Library, in time to celebrate the
library's 55th Birthday Party on June 29, 2007.

















Hope & Milt by Clothesline Project--Hope Siasoco, library director,
and Milt Charboneau, local history author and Livingston County
Genealogical Society member, pose beside the Ancestor's Clothesline
Project Display at the Pinckney Community Public Library