General info - Boston Public Library Genealogy and Family History Resources Social Sciences Department McKim Building, 2nd Floor 617-536-5400, ext. 2261 http://www.bpl.org/research/socsci/genealogy.htm Types of material as relates to migrations research with some insight from the Boston States Migrations workshop and fair in 1999 - 19th and 20th Century Steamship Lines, Ships Passenger List Contents and Locations, Shipping News Publications and Maritimes Migration Patterns http://bostonstates.rootsweb.com/HenryScannell.htm The big winners for the BPL research are published genealogies, town and city directories, old newspapers and shipping lists. Happy Hunting! Sharon http://www.GenealogyFair.com --- RTENNIHAN@aol.com wrote: > Hello. > I was told that I should do my genealogy research at the > Boston public > library. My question is, what information would I find at a library? > Has > anyone done research at a library? Any information on this will be > appreciated, Thank you. > > Best wishes. > Bob. > Researching, TENNIHAN, COLE,GOGGIN, DIZOGLIO, O'MARA and O'CONNOR > from MA. > SULLIVAN from RI. > > > ==== BOSTON Mailing List ==== > Discover the City Archives and Records of Boston: > http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/archivesandrecords/information.asp > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/