This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/iUI.2ACIB/1934.1 Message Board Post: My apologies once again to the message board/list, I received an email privately asking me what I mean by “amateur” genealogists. No offense is meant to anyone, I put myself in the same category. I worked last night using photography software on the Chandler Family Booklet in order to get the scanned pages where I could at least read the pages. When I posted the first message, I had only worked on the first page, trying to get some information that I could share with the board/list. The booklet appears to be an informal, publication for a Chandler Family Reunion dated September 7, 1968 at Indiantown (no state listed). The name of the author is not anywhere in the booklet that I can see at this time. I was able to get where the address was written on the back legible enough to discern the name of the city and state, Camp Springs, Maryland. After the first page, of which I shared a portion, the booklet goes more into the family history of George Chandler and his descendants. The booklet is only 17 pages, copied it will be a total of about 9 pages, with 2 pages per copied sheet. I still feel that from the portions I shared and the information on the history of George Chandler and descendants, that the author may have done extensive research on the Chandler line. Because of it appearing to be an informal publication, with no copyright information that I can find at this time in the booklet, I contacted the Research Center as soon as they opened this morning. I told the Librarian who I was, why I was calling, and asked for permission to scan the book in its entirety and share by email or copies mailed by US Post Office with interested members of the board/list. I was given permission. The librarian was extremely busy when I called, so I did not ask her for further information on the author at this time. I will contact her again, later this afternoon or tomorrow. I also found a page from something else that I got a copy of at the time, regarding the Chandler line. At the time I was at the Research Center, I had copies of a lot of material made. I was requesting so many copies, that they were unable to have time to make the copies for me while I was at the Research Center. So they mailed the copies to me. When I have a copy made of something, if I don’t have it copied in its entirety, I have copies made of the page/pages I am interested in, the cover of the book it is from (if it is a book) and the page with the publication information, to be used for source/reference info. The page that I am referring to is about a James Madison Chandler; it is a hand written account of his father, “Grandpa Chandler” witnessing something. I don’t know if the Library failed to copy the cover sheet, due to number of copies I had made or what, but the source info, other than the stamped info from the Research Center ! is not with the page. I will contact the Library again for the source material and after I receive it will share that as well with anyone interested. Also, I have already paid for the cost of copying this material, so there is no cost to anyone. For those interested in copies, email me at jimair@ev1.net. Please let me know if you want the copies emailed to you or sent regular postal service. If regular postal service, please include your mailing address. Out of respect for the author, until I have had an opportunity to contact the author, I am not copying the back cover where the address is handwritten. After I receive a response from the author, and if I have the author’s permission, I will send the page with the address. I will also share any other documentation that the author shares with me. I hope by my sharing this and other information, that it helps other “amateur” genealogists, like myself, with their quest for their heritage. Barbara Chandler