Don't let me deter anyone from asking for a book, but be aware that most genealogical books containing historical or family tree data are considered reference books and will not be available for interlibrary loan. Some libraries will also charge for the book loan, if it can be sent out. Some will keep the book, but will send an index or ask you for the names you are researching, which they will then check. art brown Nisswa, MN -----Original Message----- From: Astringf@aol.com <Astringf@aol.com> To: Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com <Indian-Territory-Roots-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 30 January, 1999 2:18 PM Subject: Interlibrary Genealogic Book Loans >For your fellow "newbie's" out there, I just discovered something. The old >pros probably already know about this. When questioning my local librarian >about genealogy resources, to my surprise she said that local libraries can >get lists of available genealogical books from other libraries and they are >available to the patrons for interlibrary loan. Two of the libraries who had >books to offer for interlibrary loan to my local library were the Texas State >Library and the Mid-Continent Public Library. Both of those sources had >hundreds of available genealogic books just for the asking (to borrow). What >a great resource! (that I wasn't aware was available) > >______________________________