Library’s Offering of Ancestry.com Unlocks History for Guests
Now offered for free inside all Charlotte Mecklenburg Library locations, Ancestry.com offers to unlock guests’ past.
Carolina Room
Charlotte celebrates its 250th birthday on December 3
The city of Charlotte celebrates its 250th birthday on December 3, 2018. To celebrate, the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room provides the history on how the Queen City came to be.
Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room to Offer New Virtual Hours
With the largest collection of genealogical materials in a North Carolina public library, the Carolina Room offers new and virtual hours.
Eighteenth Century Bible Unearthed to Prove Ancestry
The Carolina Room at Charlotte Mecklenburg Library helped prove a resident's ancestry with the help of an 18th-century Bible
Who's Your (great great great grand) Daddy?
Celebrate Grandparents Day by getting to know your ancestors
Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room - A Walk Down Memory Lane
The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room wins Charlotte Magazine's 2018 Best of Award to 'Walk Down Memory Lane.' Find out what makes this room so special as part of Charlotte Mecklenburg Library.
North Carolina in the Great War
Traveling exhibit on North Carolina during World War I arrives at the Carolina Room at the Main Library on August 30.
The Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room, a department in the Main Library, houses historical and current information on Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and North Carolina. It contains genealogical resources from all fifty states in print and online - the largest collection of genealogical materials in a North Carolina public library!
Volunteer Dick Ridley wins Governor's Volunteer Service Award
Dick Ridley was one of six recipients of the Governor's Volunteer Service Awards in conjunction with the United Way of Central Carolinas.
New in the Carolina Room: Collection of Newsletters
Do you have family members who worked at the Manetta Mills plant in Monroe, North Carolina? If so, or if you are interested in learning more about the mill and its workers, have we got the collection for you in the Carolina Room! Our newly-processed collection of The Manettism, Manetta Mills, Monroe Plant Newsletters is now fully available. C.W.