To our friends in the genealogy community: We have posted the recruitment announcement for our vacant Director's position. Please make colleagues in your community aware of this recruitment. Please note that there is a limited recruitment period. Additional information concerning this position can be found at URL: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/administration/personnel.htm Please feel free to cross post this opportunity to your library and professional listservs or other recruitment bulletin boards. Thank You. DIRECTOR OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY The Georgia Secretary of State is seeking candidates for Director of Archives and History. The division has 54 full-time employees and maintains more than 200,000 cubic feet of state records and microfilm. In addition to the archival operations, the program includes records management, a records center, and has responsibility for maintaining a statewide historical records advisory board and a state records committee. Minimum Qualifications: Five years of management-level experience in an archival institution, research library, records management or related field; knowledge of archival methods and procedures; basic understanding of records center operations and records management programs; and excellent communication and organizational skills. Preferred Qualifications: Masters Degree in History, Political Science, Public Administration, or a related field; and demonstrated ability to manage a high-volume archival records program. Starting salary range: $71,000 - $77,000 More information at http://www.sos.state.ga.us/administration/personnel.htm <http://thejobsite.org/> To apply submit a comprehensive resume & five (5) professional and personal references (including name, address, & phone #) not to exceed 6 pages, no later than June 23, 2000 to: Secretary of State Personnel Office 2 M.L. King Jr. Dr. S.E. Suite 820, West Tower Atlanta, Georgia 30334 �An Equal Opportunity Employer � Robert E. White Deputy Director, Georgia Department of Archives and History Office of Secretary of State Voice phone: 404-656-2391 FAX: 404-657-8427 Email: bwhite@sos.state.ga.us Web: http://www.sos.state.ga.us/archives

At a lecture at the National Genealogical Conference in RI last month, a speaker talked about how he found English records in a library manuscript collection in Kansas. He went on to talk about the collection, but the really big point was to check out manuscript collections of your local libraries. The Lawrence University, Kansas collection has over 300,000 loss papers and around 10,000 of them on the Kaye family from England. In the Kaye papers were also mentioned the families of Dean, Norton, Copley, Armitage, Nettleton, Lockwood, Saltinstall, Appleyard, Berry, Cook, Hepworth, Wentworth, Heighe, Stowe, Bailey, Trappell and Hutchinson - among the few. Just a reminder that you never know where you can find documents. Lynda