Dr Bob, thank you for this query.... the Library is indeed interested in information from people on the list but we have to remember that they are singular and we are PLURAL so we have to deal with a funnel effect... perhaps this will be a good guide for you and others.... Their preference (I have checked into this already at an earlier time) on compiled information regarding genealogy, is to take it on paper.... there is a concern about electronic material being taken from their website and then republished on other genealogy forums - for fee and not - and perhaps diluting the accuracy of the material as well as taking control of it from them (and you) . In this 'paper' version, you would only have to 'recall' it and they could remove the book (or books which they may have reproduced to act as backup). There are other concerns too..... does your material show people that are still living, personal information inside the 1930 federal rule, addresses and data of minor children - especially those outside of YOUR immediate family - etc etc The library is really not geared up to handle all the different genealogy softwares that exist and the 'modifications' that might need to be done on gedcoms once they are downloaded. They are very much geared up to take a document, clearly page numbered, clearly titled, authored and dated and ready to catalog, just as if it was a published book. A lot of time and effort does go into this...and many folks FORGET that gedcoms are the INFO not the extraneous BOOK components... gee wouldn't you like to put in a page for a dedication?. I have, myself, seen examples of information sent which needs a lot of 'PUBLISHER' work before the material could ever be put on a shelf... The library is just not prepared to do the work of a publisher. So, if the only thing YOUR book needs is a verbatim printing off a CD, then and only then do I think they would take it... Ideally in a WORD format so that staff could if they had to, make minor adjustments. BEST is via a CD and the US Mail, so that they have YOUR disk from YOU which will give them (in effect) a release to use the material and which also gives them an archival copy. DO not mix things on the CD... ONE book per CD so that the single CD can be archived correctly.... In addition, believe they would like to have a letter releasing the material from you to them for their Illinois Collection; the address below. They would then, likely print out the document and catalog it and on the shelf it would be for others to reference. I do not believe that these documents will be candidates for circulation. However, if the material is a single photo or a document, I know that they will take that as a scanned document but only if there is identification and dating, etc along with the photo... (one email per document, so that each email can be handled individually and perhaps by different people, depending on the content). LIBRARY: I will check and report on the eaddy to use for this... i suspect that there is one similar to.... [email protected] but i am not quite sure what the exact addy is... i will check and post.... Illinois Collection Reference Librarian Schaumburg Township District Library 130 South Roselle Road Schaumburg, Illinois 60193 ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Grenier To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 7:13 AM Subject: RE: [ILckSCH] St Johannes Cemetery Alliance can STDL accept electronic media and GEDCOM formats? -----Original Message----- From: .... valentine53179 [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILckSCH] St Johannes Cemetery Alliance Dr Bob...and other listers as well I am sure the STDL would like a copy of any compiled family history or narrative for their reference collection .... if you have the opportunity to print out a copy, it would be welcomed at Illinois Collection Reference Librarian Schaumburg Township District Library 130 South Roselle Road Schaumburg, Illinois 60193 I thank any who take the time to send a version of their compilations so that others have an opportunity to read about those who have lived in this area in the years passed... valentine ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Grenier To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:11 PM Subject: RE: [ILckSCH] St Johannes Cemetery Alliance Yes - I knew Dorthy Kobusch Thiemann and her husbamd George very well. Dororthy was a sister of my grandfather. The last time I saw George was 1995 and Dorothy a couple of years later. I have seen their daughter this month and will be seeing her again in October. I also have a major autobiography that Dorothy wrote a couple of years ago. Dr. Bob Grenier Augustana College Rock Island, IL -----Original Message----- From: William Thiemann [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 9:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILckSCH] St Johannes Cemetery Alliance Bob, Interested in your connection with the KOBUSCH, THIEMANN line. I have a Dorothy Kobusch, b. July 21, 1906 in Bloomingdale, DuPage Co. Ill.. Married to a George Thiemann, b. February 22, 1904. Any connection? Thank you. Dr. William Thiemann ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Grenier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 5:38 AM Subject: [ILckSCH] St Johannes Cemetery Alliance > I support the SJCA objectives wholeheartedly. 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