MaisieAnn is correct. Libraries will often accept your work for their vertical files IF it applies to people in the locale that the library serves. I have made copies of some of my work, placed it in a durable vinyl folder, labelled it, and provided an abstract. The library then has something already bound and enough information about surnames and locations to create a catalog entry. As a result of placing some of these copies in libraries, I've received letters (and in one case a whole book) from other genealogical researchers. I, too, have made contact with some other genealogists, including one in Athens, GA, who had ALL of one of my lines and a MAJOR PART of another one. When I wrote her, she sent me more pedigree charts and copies of scores of marriage licenses, wills, and church records that corroborated her research. (We subsequently have become close friends.) You never know where the next piece of help will come from! George Morgan MaisieAnn@aol.com wrote: > > In order to avoid problems with other people selling one's hard work on a > family history, perhaps it would be better to send copies to public libraries > or historical societies near the places your ancestors lived. There these > could be seen by interested folks but not sold.. For example, I know several > historical societies/libraries that have vertical files of family histories > and accept such donations as family group sheets. MaisieAnn@aol.com Hudson, > OH > > ==== GenTips Mailing List ==== > To contact the GenTips list owner, use converse@alltel.net