Cindy, Regarding interlibrary loan generally, Wisconsin and Minnesota have a reciprocal agreement. However, it is Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) policy not to interlibrary loan genealogically-related materials from their collection. What you may try doing is, from your local library, requesting photocopies of relevant pages from the book, e.g., a title page to verify the identity of the document you are having searched, the table of contents to verify that you understand the format of the work, and finally--presuming this work is principally arranged alphabetically by name--photocopies of entries for specific surnames. We will attempt genealogical ILL requests for patrons who come to our library if they are so specified. Good luck! At 04:00 AM 7/6/03 -0600, GERMANS-WI-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >GERMANS-WI-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 76 > >Today's Topics: > #1 [GERMANS-WI] Immigrants to America [clindau <clindau@mninter.net>] > >Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 16:26:00 -0500 >From: clindau <clindau@mninter.net> >To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com >Message-ID: <3F074268.1020606@mninter.net> >Subject: [GERMANS-WI] Immigrants to America from the Prussian province Pomerania (Pommern) >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >Does anyone have access to this publication? The full title is >"Immigrants to America from the Prussian Province, Pomerania (Pommern), >Germany, 1853-1854" by Maralyn Wellauer. It was published in 1985 by >Roots International. I found Johann Laack, a possible anscestor, in FTM >CD #354 (Immigration and Passenger Lists Index) that lists this pamphlet >as the source. I'd like to find out what additional information, if any, >this pamphlet has about this man and his family. I've done online >searches of as many of my local libraries as possible, and the closest >library that has this particular title of Ms Wellauer's is in Madison in >the Historical Society Library's Pamphlet Collection. I live in >Minnesota, and I don't think that interlibrary loan crosses state lines. > >If someone has this pamphlet in their personal library, or can go the >WSHS library and can see what it consists of, I'd be very grateful. > >Or the condensed version--Can someone do a lookup for me in this pamphlet? > >Hope everyone's Independence Day was great. > >All the best, >Cindy Lindau >searching LINDAU LAACK DAEKE SCHROEDER in central and southeast Wisconsin > Don Litzer Head of Adult Services McMillan Memorial Library 490 E. Grand Avenue Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54494 (715) 423-1040 "Happiness = Reality - Expectations"