I My daughter and I spent a week there from 7:30 Mon morning to 10 pm Sat eve. The amount of information available is awesome. Go as well organized as you can be. Lectures are given daily. Try to take the lecture dealing with how to use the facility as early in the week as you can. You will learn what resources are in the main building but also other resources in other buildings. Remember Mormons do not use coffee. Take any instant coffee and make yourself a cup in the break room. You can bring any food you wish to bring and eat it there also. They have vending machines there. We found the staff, most of them volunteers, helpful and competent. They will show you how to make copies of any film image that you want to copy. You don't have to wait until someone does it for you. We chose an inexpensive hotel within 4 blocks of the library and it was fine. They served a continental breakfast. There are lots of eating places for lunch and dinner nearby. You will need the breaks. Good hunting! Most of all have fun! Ray Crooks At 12:00 AM 12/31/2000 -0800, you wrote: >GenTips-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 176 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [GT] Research Trip [Pickett <kpickett@jc.net>] > #2 [GT] Book:_Going to Salt Lake City [Dolly Ziegler <dsz@bcpl.net>] > #3 [GT] Re: [PA] Research Trip [Pickett <kpickett@jc.net>] > >Administrivia: >To unsubscribe from GenTips-D, send a message to > > GenTips-D-request@rootsweb.com > >that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > >and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software >requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > >TO POST TO THE LIST, PLEASE SEND MAIL TO: > >Gentips-l@rootsweb.com > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 13:55:47 -0600 >From: Pickett <kpickett@jc.net> >To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <3A4E3DC3.E0F1EB36@jc.net> >Subject: [GT] Research Trip >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >I finally get to go to the Mormon library in Salt Lake City! If the snow >doesn't get our >flight in February we will go then for a week of research. > >Anyone have any tips for me so I can prepare myself for researching as >best as possible >before getting there? > >I am going online at the LDS site and printing off the info on microfilms >that I want to >look at-- at least everything I can think of. > >Any other bits of advice for researching in the LDS library? > >Thanks for your help, > >Karen > >______________________________X-Message: #2 >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:13:57 -0500 (EST) >From: Dolly Ziegler <dsz@bcpl.net> >To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0012301806170.15634-100000@mail> >Subject: [GT] Book:_Going to Salt Lake City (was: research trip) >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > >Hello to Karen and the list. I want to recommend a really useful book for >those who are preparing for a trip to Salt Lake City to use the >library. One problem: I kinda, sorta, think there's a third edition now, >and the price may be higher. Can anyone post updated information? > >_Going to Salt Lake City to do Family History Research._ >By J. Carlyle Parker. Second edition, revised and expanded, 1993. >Marietta Publishing Co., 2115 North Denair Ave., Turlock, CA 95380. > >$12.95 + $1.50 shipping if ordered direct from publisher. > >I do recommend this book highly for making best use of your time at the >Family History Library. Usual disclaimer, I have no financial interest in >this. > >Cheers, >Dolly in Maryland > >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:19:19 -0600 >From: Pickett <kpickett@jc.net> >To: GenTips-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <3A4E7B87.55486699@jc.net> >Subject: [GT] Re: [PA] Research Trip >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Thanks to all who responded with tips for me! I am overwhelmed with your >generous help! > >Many suggested finding a copy of "Going to SLC to do Family History >Research" by J. Carlyle >Parker. Sounds like a great book and I will pick up a copy. > >Thanks again for all the help, > >Karen