> [snip] > > The bad news is that after a few years I went again to check the LAC > to find all the micro books and the indexes - but the reader had > disappeared, and there is no other machine that will suffice. > although the head librarian has spend some time trying to find the > machine. I'm afraid that it just looked like an old machine when > they updated all the other microfilm readers. > > I would be very interested in finding anyone else who has also used > this series and if a reader is still available. I would add that > there is much that may never be of use to a family researcher, but > there were books on everyday life, business, travel logs, trade, and > whatever. All of the 19th century - maybe before although I never > came across one. > > Sharon Simnacher <simnacher@3lefties.com> My local public library has it. It also has film readers with interchangeable lenses, and an 87x lens reserved for use with that set. I can read those fiches at 50x as well as 87x, but the text in most of the books is rather small. From my experience I would think that any fiche reader with sufficient magnification can be used on LAC fiche. Austin W. Spencer "Austin W. Spencer" <AustinWSpencer@cox.net>