I just can't resist jumping in here. One thing, after visiting the Friend s Library in Friendsville, I know you need to organize your work (or donation) because no one there will recognize the pictures of your ancestors that are donated without names, nor will there be a volunteer on hand to sort through your paperwork and put together all the loose ends that you could not fit together. Direct line genealogy papers are usually accepted IF they are in a (suitable) stand up notebook. As for the "misfit" pieces, they too should be organized into some sort of "file-able" format. I have purchased research material from Garrett County which is already on file in the Historical Society and the local library, (they don't need a second copy) but I think it might be of interest to other libraries in Maryland. Why not donate your copies to them? I file all of my miscellaneous data in plastic sleeves (archival), a 'school book type' notebook and they are ready to go on a shelf in a library that doesn't already have this information. I must admit, someone else may have to do an index. Sharing your genealogy with family is admirable, but sharing it with a strange is really what we should be about.