My home is in Decatur 16 miles west of Bentonville, Benton Co., Arkansas. Decatur is about 8 miles east of Oklahoma and 15 miles south of Missouri. Cary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [GERMANNA] Nona's recent Rector request > Where are you Cary, we are in Lakeview, Arkansas right outside of Mountain > Home > > Barbara Rector Hill > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Cary Anderson" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 10:11 AM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [GERMANNA] Nona's recent Rector request > > > Nona's request re her ancestry and her last request "How?" came at the > > right time. I had just returned from my afternoon of volunteering in the > > Northwest Arkansas Gen. Soc. Collection at the Public Library in our > > county seat. > > > > In the past few weeks, I have gradually begun to sense that there are a > > number of folks coming in that were just starting out on their quest. > > > > Usually, a volunteer greets the patron, asks what they would like to > > find, and then, "Do you have a library card?" The card is free for > > residence of the county, and a temporary one is available to > > non-residents. > > > > We get through all that. I show them how to access Ancestry and Heritage > > Quest in the library and explain how to access Heritage Quest at home. > > > > I am seeing a number of folks coming back the next week totally > > frustrated. I am realizing how I gradually got into all of the things we > > use today, 2010. It didn't come about all at once, but gradually. > > I also am realizing that money is a serious problem for many folks in what > > is one of the highest per capita cities in the U.S. "Waltons' hometown." > > > > All this is to say, that I am trying to learn I need to teach not suggest > > to those who get sort of a blank stare on their face when I mention some > > of the research online sites. > > > > It came to a head yesterday when a close friend came in totally > > frustrated. He is trying the free 14 day Ancestry trial. "I've wasted a > > week." > > > > So many from out of county are telling me they are not near a library that > > has Heritage Quest for home use nor Ancestry in-house. > > > > In other words some of us are very fortunate to have been on the ground > > floor of all these online resources as they grew. > > > > If you have been a Family History Library online user and haven't tried it > > in a few years, try it. I find myself still floating around trying to > > find what use to be a touch of a key. > > > > If you got that far, what I posted was what I found in the 1880 census > > using Family Search, the LDS Church genealogical site. > > > > Good searching. Wish I could make the reunion, but health problems, the > > cat more than me, keeps me from traveling. > > > > Cary > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line > > data. > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > If you refer to a Germanna descendant, include a link to your on-line data. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message