So I guess I'll jump in as well. I frequently visit the Chicago area and am wondering if the NARA there would have as much info on my CT ancestors as MA? Much as I'd love to travel east, that's not a possibility in the foreseeable future but in Chicago, I have an almost 2-year-old grandson! Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: "David E. Cann" <decann@infionline.net> To: <genconnecticut@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:27 AM Subject: Re: [CT] NARA Waltham wants "Stories" > Just a general "PS" from the grumpy old List Admin on Betty's message, but > if any of you are fortunate enough to live a reasonable distance from a > NARA > research facility you really owe it to yourself to go visit it sometime. > They have a wonderful website that offers a lot to genealogists, > historians, > and the like, but it just is not the same as a personal visit there. I > live > in the Metropolitan Washington, D. C. area, where we not only have the > main > National Archives (AKA "NARA") to use, but also Library of Congress, the > main DAR Library, and numerous others, and I am like a little kid in an > ice > candy store when I go in there. :-) > > Just my personal two cents worth, FWIW, along with my apologies to Betty > for > jumping into the conversation. > > > David E. Cann > decann@infionline.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: genconnecticut-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:genconnecticut-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Betty > Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 7:05 AM > To: genMassachusetts-L@rootsweb.com; New-Eng-Gen@rootsweb.com; > GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com; vermont@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CT] NARA Waltham wants "Stories" > > Hello, > > On my "genealogy to do list" for a long time is driving down to "NARA" in > Waltham, MA, and learning about the facility, and possibly doing some > look-ups. I'm going to try harder to get there this summer, so I just > went to the web site to remind myself of the exact address. On the > home-page I noticed this little announcement: > > Share your research stories for NARA's 75th Anniversary! > > http://www.archives.gov/northeast/nyc/public/researcher-invitation-75th.pdf > > On the home-page, I see that this "Northeast Region / Boston" Government > facility: > > > Serves Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and > Vermont. > > http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/ > > > > Betty (near Lowell, MA) > > FYI: > > Curious how many researchers from other, New England States drive to MA > and > visit NARA. > > I'm interested in the "military records" and "naturalization records" ... > (LEWIS, HANNAH, GAVIN, etc.) > > http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy.html > > http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/public/genealogy-resources.html > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message