I have notice several people were going or planning to donate books and/or journals or their local LDS, library, or genealogical society. Here are a few tips, I found. Most societies, libraries and LDS centers will accept your donation, but you might want to check with their policies first to see if donations are welcomed at that particular location. I few places may not take books, have the book end up elsewhere, or the group may sell it to raise money. Remember it is your donation and gift to a society, library, and LDS center of your choice so therefore you should have the abilty to decide the future of the books and journals. Remember to count how many books you are donating because you can use them for tax purposes or to get something from them that you donated the books. I hope everyone find a great home for their genealogy collection Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Huff" <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> To: <kywebste@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [KYWEBSTE] Research trip > Vera: I am in exactly your situation, in that I have collected so many > books and journals relating to W.KY; and, of course, many other Counties > and States. I have decided to donate them to the LDS Family History > Center in Boise, Idaho. While I am not LDS, I feel strongly that they > have so helped all of us research our families and are very deserving of > my donation. We have a daughter who lives in Boise. They have a very > nice small facility and are always so very welcoming and helpful when we > "pop in" there. Also, I know that any number of local libraries would > love to have your donation. > Thank you for your offer, but the small area I have is already spilling > over onto the surrounding floor.

The Genealogical Library of Western Kentucky University Museum(The Kentucky Building) does a good job of taking care of documents, and I am sure the Murray State University Library(Pogue Special Collections Library) does the same. Those would be two good places to donate Western Kentucky information. Frank Melton, Bowling Green, KY On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:10:14 -0500 "Amy Dunn" <dunna@roadrunner.com> wrote: > I have notice several people were going or planning to donate books and/or > journals or their local LDS, library, or > genealogical society. Here are a few tips, I found. Most societies, > libraries and LDS centers will accept your donation, > but you might want to check with their policies first to see if donations > are welcomed at that particular location. I few > places may not take books, have the book end up elsewhere, or the group may > sell it to raise money. > > Remember it is your donation and gift to a society, library, and LDS center > of your choice so therefore you should have > the abilty to decide the future of the books and journals. Remember to > count how many books you are donating because > you can use them for tax purposes or to get something from them that you > donated the books. I hope everyone find a > great home for their genealogy collection > > Amy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Huff" <c-huff1@sbcglobal.net> > To: <kywebste@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 9:41 PM > Subject: Re: [KYWEBSTE] Research trip > > > > Vera: I am in exactly your situation, in that I have collected so many > > books and journals relating to W.KY; and, of course, many other Counties > > and States. I have decided to donate them to the LDS Family History > > Center in Boise, Idaho. While I am not LDS, I feel strongly that they > > have so helped all of us research our families and are very deserving of > > my donation. We have a daughter who lives in Boise. They have a very > > nice small facility and are always so very welcoming and helpful when we > > "pop in" there. Also, I know that any number of local libraries would > > love to have your donation. > > Thank you for your offer, but the small area I have is already spilling > > over onto the surrounding floor. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWEBSTE- request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message