This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HU2.2ACIB/229.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: I am "well familiar" with slave schedules, death schedules, census schedules at the National Archives. I am now just getting around to "published works" as I can't get to the physical areas of my research, yet. These published works are invaluable. They "tell me" there are originals, from which the works are based. They tell me the kind of information that might be available. In the meantime they provide dates, hopefully faithfully recorded. They cover information not at the National Archives. The Archives are great, but one shouldn't have an impression all information is there. It isn't. Also, where I go, the staff is based on volunteers, who seem at times, whimsical in contributions. Also, there seems to be a local budget at work, e.g. a small public bulletin board, "Thank you, your contributions have allowed us to purchase the Wisconsin 1870 census." That kind of thing. The microfilm viewers are between decrepit, to "pretty okay." The public library has a much better photocopier (attached to viewer). So while I am fortunate, it's not everything it seems from the outside. For example, our Archives may lack for example, an 1860 Wisconsin Index book. This has to do with copyright laws I'm told. To see an index, one goes to the public library, which has the index, or to ancestry, which may provide a page number. Further though, what NARA shows on the national site, doesn't mean the records are available regionally.

Wow, and to think.. In your own words, these people do it volunatarily. Just like a lot of people out here, as well, that spend a lot of their spare time putting information out here for people like you - I dunno. All I'm going to say at this point is "good luck in your search" and the National Archives is a heck of a lot better of a place to research then "online"! And I might add, I've seen the inside of many a library myself. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Chrystie, ROOTSWEB LIST ADMIN. FOR THE BROOKOVER COWGER KRABAL MAJOR MAYERS MOYERS MYRES GROUPS > From: carmela@wolfenet.com > Reply-To: MOYERS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: 9 Jun 2002 22:36:17 -0600 > To: MOYERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MOYERS] Re: Moyers, Rockingham County, confusion > Resent-From: MOYERS-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:35:49 -0600 > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HU2.2ACIB/229.1.1.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I am "well familiar" with slave schedules, death schedules, census schedules > at the National Archives. I am now just getting around to "published works" as > I can't get to the physical areas of my research, yet. These published works > are invaluable. They "tell me" there are originals, from which the works are > based. They tell me the kind of information that might be available. In the > meantime they provide dates, hopefully faithfully recorded. They cover > information not at the National Archives. > > The Archives are great, but one shouldn't have an impression all information > is there. It isn't. Also, where I go, the staff is based on volunteers, who > seem at times, whimsical in contributions. Also, there seems to be a local > budget at work, e.g. a small public bulletin board, "Thank you, your > contributions have allowed us to purchase the Wisconsin 1870 census." That > kind of thing. The microfilm viewers are between decrepit, to "pretty okay." > The public library has a much better photocopier (attached to viewer). So > while I am fortunate, it's not everything it seems from the outside. For > example, our Archives may lack for example, an 1860 Wisconsin Index book. This > has to do with copyright laws I'm told. To see an index, one goes to the > public library, which has the index, or to ancestry, which may provide a page > number. Further though, what NARA shows on the national site, doesn't mean > the records are available regionally. > > > ==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== > SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX (SSDI) UPDATED; > Just Goto: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > -- MOYERS Rootsweb Newsgroup -- > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

If anyone on the MOYERS board would like to read the treaded conversation from this person below - goto http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HU2.2ACIB/229.1.1.2.1 I'm quitting at this point... ;) while I'm "way" ahead. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Chrystie, ROOTSWEB LIST ADMIN. FOR THE BROOKOVER COWGER KRABAL MAJOR MAYERS MOYERS MYRES GROUPS > From: carmela@wolfenet.com > Reply-To: MOYERS-L@rootsweb.com > Date: 9 Jun 2002 22:36:17 -0600 > To: MOYERS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MOYERS] Re: Moyers, Rockingham County, confusion > Resent-From: MOYERS-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 22:35:49 -0600 > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/HU2.2ACIB/229.1.1.2.1 > > Message Board Post: > > I am "well familiar" with slave schedules, death schedules, census schedules > at the National Archives. I am now just getting around to "published works" as > I can't get to the physical areas of my research, yet. These published works > are invaluable. They "tell me" there are originals, from which the works are > based. They tell me the kind of information that might be available. In the > meantime they provide dates, hopefully faithfully recorded. They cover > information not at the National Archives. > > The Archives are great, but one shouldn't have an impression all information > is there. It isn't. Also, where I go, the staff is based on volunteers, who > seem at times, whimsical in contributions. Also, there seems to be a local > budget at work, e.g. a small public bulletin board, "Thank you, your > contributions have allowed us to purchase the Wisconsin 1870 census." That > kind of thing. The microfilm viewers are between decrepit, to "pretty okay." > The public library has a much better photocopier (attached to viewer). So > while I am fortunate, it's not everything it seems from the outside. For > example, our Archives may lack for example, an 1860 Wisconsin Index book. This > has to do with copyright laws I'm told. To see an index, one goes to the > public library, which has the index, or to ancestry, which may provide a page > number. Further though, what NARA shows on the national site, doesn't mean > the records are available regionally. > > > ==== MOYERS Mailing List ==== > SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX (SSDI) UPDATED; > Just Goto: http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi > -- MOYERS Rootsweb Newsgroup -- > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >