I am forwarding the following message from Georgia JOHNSON of Richardson, TX, because it contains so much good information about researching through the LDS Family History Centers. I am not including the information that she says she copied "from the LDS Family History Library Catalog available at www.familysearch.org" because Rootsweb mailing lists only accept data in plain text format. The information that she refers to includes, among other things, the call numbers that I provided yesterday. This is a very affordable alternative to purchasing the book! Sue -----ORIGINAL MESSAGE----- From: Johnson Company To: STilleman@satx.rr.com Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 5:39 AM Subject: Pomeroy book Sue, I'm so sorry I haven't spoken up before about this information. I assumed it had already been discussed before I joined the list. I copied the following information from the LDS Family History Library Catalog available at www.familysearch.org. I have used the book while in Salt Lake City. The JSMB is an abbreviation for the Joseph Smith Memorial Building (I think) it is across the street from Temple Square in Salt Lake City. One floor of this building now houses all of the family histories available for anyone's use. So, if you write a family history and send a copy to the LDS Church, the original will end up here as well as on microfilm. Now for the good part. The Pomeroy book is available on microfilm or microfiche at all LDS Family History Centers worldwide. The great thing is that you can order the 2 microfiche and it costs you a total of $ .30 (yes, that's thirty cents!) and it will stay at that Family History Center forever!! The fiche is very readable and easy to use. Most Family History Centers have printers to make full page copies of whatever pages you want copied from the fiche. Rumors have been around for years that the Church will discontinue microfiche orders, so if anyone is interested in this book and doesn't want to pay the $100+, they should order the microfiche. The microfilm will cost $3.50 to rent and you will be able to use it for about a month. If you renew it two times for $3.25 each time, it will stay at that Family History Center. At the website mentioned above, there is a listing of all Family History Centers worldwide. Just look up the closest one, stop by and the volunteers there will help you fill out a short order form and collect your $.30. It takes a couple of weeks to get microfilm usually. My fiche order took a few months. Don't know why, but it was great when they called to tell me it was in. I'm sure this is more information than you wanted. Thanks so much for all your hard work!! You're wonderful. Georgia Johnson, Richardson, TX