The Genealogy Society has many books and materials for researching in Franklin and surrounding counties. In addition to books they also have funeral home books, some old probate records, old newspapers and city directories for Benton and West Frankfort, a collection of obits, and many family files and family histories.

On the first floor of the museum you will find an "early home" room depicting life at the turn of the century.

On the second floor there is the "Lowell Mitchell room". In this room is a very large mural painted on three walls by a local artist, Don Ross. This mural tells the early history of Frankfort in pictures. It shows the first county seat and jail, the Crawford store, Sadler's blacksmith shop, the Horrell home, and the old Dimmick Hotel where it is said that Abraham Lincoln once spent the night. In the mines & minerals room you will see artifacts and history from the coal mining industry in the area. There are many other artifacts too numerous to mention.