Couldn't agree with you more Jo. I use google.com to find just about everything. In fact is how I found the link to the Public Schools. It's all out there, just have to look for it. Claudia Schuman - Coordinator http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnhennep/ http://hennbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://fdlbios.tripod.com/index.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnscott/index.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [MNHENNEP] Address of Mineapolis Schools > Did you do a google or other search for the address for the Minneapolis > Public Schools? The information you need should be available on the website. > > I also do a great deal of research for locations far from where I live. And > I use Google.com many times every day to look up anything and everything. It > is better to do your own research and bookmark websites you have an interest > in then you will have them for future reference. I also use a alphabetical > address book and write down the url so that if my computer crashes or my ISP > changes and I lose my bookmarks, I have it written down for future reference. > > Sometimes it is easier to ask others to look things up which we can access > ourselves online, but we don't really learn research techniques that way. Mind > you, I am not chastising you, I am simply pointing out that research means > looking things up and most every business, town, city, school, cemetery, > mortuary, or whatever, has a website these days. I have learned things from them that > I might not have learned if I just asked someone to look up a phone number > and called or written to ask my one specific question. > > Just my thoughts > Jo >