Shoe-string budget funds Columbiana archives

LISBON — A small building just south of the Columbiana Courthouse houses some of the county’s oldest history.

Formed in 2005, the Columbiana County Archives and Research Center has criminal and civil court records dating to the early 1800s.

Shirl Criss, the president of the board, said the archives at 129 S. Market St. are financed by donations and charges for copies of old records made for people trying to learn about their past.

People have come from all over the United States to do research. Criss said one couple from Canada recently came and left a nice donation — in Canadian money.

Financially, the archives is run on a shoe-string budget of a few thousand dollars a year and is in need of better equipment and supplies. The archives once went through 1,600 manila folders in less than a month.

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