At 05:57 PM 3/8/2003 -0800, C. Grant wrote: >Hello, > > I have just done an inner library loan request for the newspaper from > Sebeka Mn. But the library heard back from the Minnesota library dept. > that they have no newspapers for Sebeka. > > How can that be??????? > > I have been up to Sebeka many times { in good weather} and the folks in > the newspaper office are so kind to let me go into the back room and look > at any/all of the papers they have there, going back to the late 1800's. > >How would one go about suggesting to the state of Minnesota that they need >to microfilm the Sebeka paper? > >Claire Grant, > > Sioux Falls SD Claire ----------- Was the reply that you received re: Sebeka newspapers from the Sebeka-area library system or from the Minnesota Historical Center in St. Paul? MHC has a huge collection of Minnesota newspapers. Most are microfilmed but, if one that you want isn't filmed and it's in their collection, they will film it for your use. I suggest you try again! Jean R. Legried, CGRS Norwegian-American research specialty <[email protected]> Freeborn Co. MNGenWeb Coordinator: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnfreebo Beginning Genealogy lessons: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie Co-editor, VESTLANDET