The Genealogy Society of Appanoose County collection is housed at the Drake Public Library. A microfilm reader is provided at the library to read the body of microfilm which is also available at the DPL. The genealogy section features family histories, local plat maps, historic phone directories, school yearbooks from area schools, and miscellaneous histories of ghost towns. The local genealogical society meets at the library in the Iowa Room on the first Thursday of every month at 6 p.m.