Thought this might be if interest to anyone with plans to visit the Ft. Worth Library, or even the Ft. Worth National Archives, might be best to call first. Jo Autrey jmautrey@email.msn.com Jo's Front Page and Genealogy http://members.tripod.com/~JoMAutrey ----- Original Message ----- From: tracers <tracers@imagin.net> To: <census_online_news@onelist.com> 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. >