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Boy Scout compiles genealogical index for Havre library

A local Boy Scout has finished an index for the Havre-Hill County Library to help people researching their family past.

Seth Hinckley's Eagle Scout project is a computerized database of nearly 20,000 births, deaths, marriages and divorces from editions of the Havre Daily News published from 1940 to 1950.

Hinckley, the son of Roger and Heather Hinckley, finished his Eagle Scout project Sunday and took the finished project to the library this morning.

He and nearly 100 volunteers spent months compiling the data from microfilm of the Havre Daily News at the library, then entering the data into a...

 

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