Sue, As I understand it the VR held by NEHGS only go to a certaain year. The BPL only requires a library card which costs about a dollar. Their Microtext dept has City registers and many newspaper archives. May well be worth looking into. Irene ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Richart<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 9:45 PM Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] Your thoughts on researching in Boston Don, I'll see how it goes. If Aunt Pat takes to doing research, I'll cover her NEHGS membership cost. Just having easy access to the MVR index books is worth the membership cost. Add to that the city directory microfilms and you have a real benefit. Again, I appreciate the advice. Sue On 8/5/07, donsylvester wrote: > > The NEHGS has a daily rate for the use of research libraries. Last time I > used the resources for a day the cost was $10. The current rate may be > shown on thier website > > Don Sylvester > Madbury, NH > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pat" > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [MASUFFOL] Your thoughts on researching in Boston > > > > Addendum: The Boston Public Library is a big place. They have two > > restaurants in there. I think the librarians would help her or at least > > steer her in the right direction. I've been in there, but never to do > > genealogical research. There is also the NEHGS (New England Historical > > Genealogical Society). I don't know if you can do research there if > > you're > > not a member. You could find out or I could find out for you. > > Memberships > > cost $75.00 yearly. There is also the Massachusetts Historical Society. > > I've never been in there, so I can't tell you what it's like. > > > > Pat > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sue Richart" > > > To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 4:36 PM > > Subject: [MASUFFOL] Your thoughts on researching in Boston > > > > > > >> > >> Aunt Pat and I have spoken about my research on her mother. She has > >> mentioned maybe going downtown to look for more about her. I'm mostly > >> looking for the best place to send an older woman who isn't > knowledgeable > >> about research, but really needs something to focus on and to keep > >> interested in life. I can come up with specific research topics to keep > >> her > >> engaged if that is her choice. Her parents immigrated from Ireland > >> (Counties > >> Galway and Cork), met and married in Boston, and lived there all of > their > >> lives, so there will be plenty to do. My thought is to direct her to > the > >> main Boston Public Library, but I've never been in it. Would it be a > >> good > >> choice? Or would there be a better choice? > >> > >> A ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message