That is too bad that they didn't want your materials. One nice thing, about having all gen. materials at one library, is that when someone visits the area, they are able to find it all at one library, and not have to travel to several different ones to see the info. I was in Mo. a couple of years ago and it was a delight to visit the High Ridge Library and not have to go to several different ones to find things. With having to make trips to the Hillsboro courthouse and the local college for probate records and also the library at High Ridge, I barely had time to find what I was looking for in the one week I was there. And when I was in Colo. over thanksgiving, I was able to spend several hours at the county library there which holds all the gen. materials for the county. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:19 PM Subject: [MOJEFFER] New Library in Arnold > I've been anxiously waiting for the new library to open in Arnold as it is > close to my house. While I was at the library tonight I asked a couple of > the > ladies if they would like some donations like cd's, tapes for vcr's, and > of > course I told them I had a lot of history as I had been working on > genealogy > for years. I would be glad to give them copies of things I have copied > over > the years, obituaries, old photos in my albums, and you know the usual. I > was told they would take the cd's or any donations, but not the genealogy > work, > as there are copyright isues, etc. I was told if I had anything please > give > to the High Ridge Library as they didn't really want things like that > there. > I told the one lady that's really sad. She said they are not a (forgot > the word) library as High Ridge is and they are run by the government and > cater > to more general business type work. > > Sorry folks that really ticked me off. I thought it would be nice for > the > historical society and members to allow everyone to have folders of their > families at the library as there are at the library in Frontenac and have > more > information of Jefferson County, have books on obits from surrounding > newspapers, different documents, like old maps, civil war, everything..... > > Sorry I felt insulted and thought it would be wonderful. > > Not trying to stir up anything, but it's sad when the library doesn't want > all of out documents and family trees that we have worked so hard on over > the > years. We all have a wealth of knowledge and it's a shame such a nice new > library doesn't care. > > There are plat books from 1900's, mafia and gangsters in St. Louis, > listing > of schools in Jefferson Co. at the library. WOW, I'm real excited. > > I am not complaining about the High Ridge Library by no means as they have > a > wealth of information and Chris Merseal and the rest of the staff are so > helpful and very knowledgeable. I love going there, it's just this new > library > is right by my house. > > Thanks for letting me vent. > > > ==== MOJEFFER Mailing List ==== > The townships of Jefferson County in the late 1880s: Big River, > Central, Joachim, Meramec, Plattin, Rock, and Valle. The > county seat, Hillsboro, is located in Central Township. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >