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Pamela J. Cooper Genealogist, Lecturer and Librarian 87o Lake Orchird Circle, #102 Vero Beach,Florida 32962 Home: 772-321-1299,Work: 772-770-5o6o x5 Email: cygnet@comcast.net(Home)or genealogy@irclibrary.org(Work) Diggin'Roots BIOGRAPHY Pam has been the supervisor of the Archive Center and Genealogy Department for the Indian River County Main Library in Vero Beach, Florida since 1986. She built the genealogy department collection from 250 titles to over 30,000 titles of materials from around the world. The Archive Center is a rich resource for Florida and Indian River County history. She served as a Director of the Federation of Genealogical Societies in 1995-1998; Director of the Florida Historical Society in 1997-1999, President of the Florida State Genealogical Society 1999-2003, 2012-2014 and with her husband, served as National Conference Co-chair of the Federation of Genealogical Societies 2003 National Conference, which was held in Orlando. Since 1986, she has served as President, Editor, and Program Chair of the Indian River Genealogical Society and as Trustee, Vice-president, and several committee chairs of the Florida State Genealogical Society. In 1994, she established the East Central Florida Genealogical Society Co-op, which became a successful annual "Share" Fair until 2003. At the National Genealogical Society conference in May of 2000, she received the Filby Prize for Genealogical Librarianship and with her husband they received the Award of Merit from the Federation of Genealogical Societies in 2003. In 2007, she received the Indian River County Laurel Award for Professional Leadership. Pam is a teacher and lecturer on local history and genealogy at local, state and national levels. Working together with her mother, she published her first family history in 1993, Descendants of John W. Clark and Francis Hoff of Lincolnshire, England. She assisted in publishing the book World War II at the Vero Beach Naval Air Station, which became available January 2003. In 2005, she wrote the Florida chapter in the Red Book: American, State, and County Sources published by Ancestry. She has provided guidance in the publishing of two books on local history: Indian River County Postcards by the Indian River Genealogical Society and Images of America Indian River County by Ellen Stanley. She has authored numerous articles within Indian River County and is currently a columnist for Russ Lemmon. In 2011, the Vero Beach Magazine published The Hidden Treasure in our Midst regarding the Archive Center of local history and Pam's 25 year history in building the collection. In 2012, The Vero Beach NewsWeekly published "Archive Center Gathers Threads to County's Past." Two full pages of pictures and testimonies were written regarding the preservation of Indian River County's history. Pam was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and moved to Florida in 1961. She attended the University of Alabama in Birmingham. 7/13/2015