The Family History Center in Salt Lake City, Utah could answer her questions as to how they would retain the materials. This and the Allen County Library in Indiana would be a second recommendation. I'm sure their websites would have contact information. Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson >From: Barb Marshall <marchado@pacbell.net> >Reply-To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com >To: INDIANA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [INDIANA] What to do with your genealogy files? >Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 11:25:43 -0700 > >A question came up on one of my other lists and I >thought I would ask your input as well. A lady has done >research for 30 years and is now going blind and feels >that she must quit. Her children have no interest in >genealogy; one line has already been published in a >book (by her or someone else), another is a brick wall. > >Sooner or later, we are all going to have to decide >what to do with all of our research after we die or can >no longer continue it, for whatever reason. The logical >solution is to donate it to a library, but for most of >us, there is an awful lot of material and what >libraries can handle it all? I have 3 filing cabinets, >plus many 3 ring binders, floppies, zip disks, and cds >and boxes and piles of notes. Is there any one place >that would gladly take it all? And what happens after >they get it? Do they spend the time and effort to sort >through it all, or do they shove it in a back room >somewhere and forget about it? Any suggestions? > >List Mom Barb > > >==== INDIANA Mailing List ==== >To remove yourself from the list, type: >unsubscribe >in the first line of the message - NOTHING ELSE. >Send it to: > Indiana-L-request@rootsweb.com > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail