It seems to me that there are people on this list that have knowledge of the OHS and I am addressing this e-mail especially to them. I live in Oklahoma City and I am afraid I also have a negative opinion of the OHS. I am sad that Oklahoma has not tried to make a better effort to preserve our heritage but then that can be seen in the way Oklahoma City, for example, has destroyed much with the tearing down of historic buildings. Before sending me any critisim I want to say. The very first time I went out there to do research I knew NOTHING about researching. If someone asked a question it was like we were bothering the people working in there. If one of my sisters was not already into genealogy I would have given up on genealogy. My other sister sometimes go with me to the OHS. There are signs up that say no children so my sister leaves her grandchildren with someone else when we go and yet I have been out there when people were there with children. Even a crying baby one day. My sister has her grandchildren permanently as tho they were her own so it is not a choice as to leaving them with their parents. What I am getting at is if it is the rule then all should abide, not just us who are afraid to break the rule. Those people working in there may have "given up" but they are there to help and there is an awful lot of personal talking, etc. going on. Maybe the golden rule would work for them. They might be treated the way they treat others. I have two questions: 1. Are ALL the people in the library volunteers? Aren't some of those people paid employees? 2. I have heard that there are a LOT of things belonging to the OHS that are not on display because of lack of space. Are these documents that should be in the library or is it stuff that would be shown in the displays elsewhere in the building. I know they were talking about using the old children's home for the OHS but apparently that fell through. I also would like to answer one persons comment about joining the society. I have started to several times but thinking about the way we (and others) have been treated I don't want to waste my money. I don't have it to spare just to waste it. For a state that is known for "being friendly" we are sadly lacking when it comes to genealogy. I am sorry but that is the way I feel. I have been to the LDS library at Norman, the Dallas Public library and a couple of libraries in Arkansas and the attitudes and help was much different. Now if you have read this far let me say that just this last week I found that site concerning friends of the OGS and I intend to put a link to it on my websites. I also, since all these posts, intend to start a letter writing crusade with people I know to get something done to improve conditions, etc. at the OHS. I am sorry if I have offended any but there are new people starting their research every day and I hate to see them give up. There are new generations being raised on computers and they will have no interest in what is available so they probably won't even care about genealogy. Helen mommers@earthlink.net