Thought this might be of interest to anyone who has had plans to visit the Ft. Worth Library, please call first. Jo Autrey [email protected] Jo's Front Page and Genealogy http://members.tripod.com/~JoMAutrey ----- Original Message ----- From: tracers <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 3:05 PM Subject: [CENSUS_ONLINE_NEWS] Tornado damages to Fort Worth Library > ~~~~~CENSUS ONLINE & OTHER DIGGINS~~~~~ > http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm > As seen at Worldwide Top 100 Genealogy Sites where you will find over 500 > links: > http://www.worldwide-top100.net/tops5/rankem.cgi?action=in&id=tracer > > The following message was kindly passed along to us from a librarian at the > Fort Worth Library. > This is the first real report I have had of the damages. I truly appreciate > her message. Thank you Shirley. > > Hi Brenda, > > Yes there was damage to the Fort Worth Library. The rare books area in the > Genealogy Department were soaked with water. The glass windows on the > street level is gone. The air conditioning system sustained damage as well > - two units toppled, one was blown away. They are hoping to be able to get > into the building today to check for structural damage. At this time we are > advising people to phone before you plan a research trip to the library. > > Thanks for passing on the information. > > Sincerely, > > Shirley Apley, Senior Librarian > Genealogy/Local History/City Archives > Fort Worth Public Library > 500 West 3rd Street > Fort Worth, TX 76102 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Good friends, school spirit, hair-dos you'd like to forget. > Classmates.com has them all. And with 4.4 million alumni already > registered, there's a good chance you'll find your friends here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/2623/2/_/596188/_/954450423/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > CENSUS ONLINE http://www.imagin.net/~tracers/census1.htm > Together we can make our genealogy endeavors a SUCCESS! > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.onelist.com and > unsubscribe. >