I have been researching the Pollards of Wake and Johnston Co, NC for 10 years and I have found NC to be one of the most helpful and generous states in giving information to genealogists. I have only dealt with about 6 of the counties, but each one has bent over backwards to help me. My biggiest suggestion is to try and get whatever you can at the county level. It is cheaper and the people are so nice and easy to deal with. The NC State Archives charges quite alot for research and getting copies of documents. I had started about 1 1/2 years ago doing research in Maryland. When I called the MD State Archives to find out what was available and the cost and told them how generous NC is with their information, she politely told me "Honey, don't even think your going to get that kind of help from Maryland." Other fellow genealogists have told me that it is amazing what NC has given me. I just want to thank the state of NC and everyone there who has ever helped me with finding my Pollard roots in that state. It has been greatly appreciated. Last year I went there for a week (I hadn't been there since I was a teenager) and the residents were just as nice about giving directions, information on former residents, etc. HURRAY FOR NORTH CAROLINA!!! AND I'M PROUD THAT MY FATHER AND HIS ANCESTORS CAME FROM THAT STATE. Diane Keiser Betty Stokes wrote: > I agree. I have found things in small local libraries that were the key to > just what I needed. Clayton has a tremendous amount on North Carolina. So > many of our early Texas descendants came through North Carolina. Clayton has > research for everyone now though. We are so lucky to have it. > > I still have to order things from LDS, but it is less than it was years ago. > > Thanks for your answer. > > Betty > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sue <[email protected]> > To: Betty Stokes <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 7:39 PM > Subject: Re: Olivia Raney vs LDS > > > Hi, > > The Olivia Raney Library is in Raleigh, NC and has a large collection of > > Genealogy material. Not as large as the State Archives, but a comparison > > would be the Clayton to the Public Library in Houston. <G> > > I think what Chet was asking was, would the LDS library have more county > > material for Wake Co. than the local library. > > I havn't been to the Raney library, yet.. hope to, one of these days, > > but always wind up at the archives and never get out of there <g> > > It would depend on how much local information for the county is there. > > I know that the LDS library has a tremendous amount of data that has > > been filmed for Wake Co. But, then, there may be some local family > > information that has been given to the Raney library that was never > > filmed..?? > > Who knows? I would have the best of both worlds and check them both!! > > Sue > > > > > > > > Betty Stokes wrote: > > > > > > What is Olivia Raney Library? > > > > > > The LDS Library is the largest in the world. You cannot check out > anything. > > > However, you can order anything they have, except books, sent to the > local > > > Family History Center Libraries. They have some books on microfilm you > can > > > rent. You can rent the film for a small fee and keep it for varying > lengths > > > of time. They keep some things on permanet loan. > > > > > > I research at Clayton Library in Houston which I understand is the 3rd > > > largest. The library in Indiana is 2nd I think. I'm not sure where the > DAR > > > Library fits in. > > > > > > I've been researching for going on 30 years and have never heard of > Olivia > > > Raney. > > > > > > Betty > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Chet Rhodes <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2000 6:10 PM > > > Subject: Olivia Raney vs LDS > > > > > > > What are the advantages, or disadvantages, of using Olivia Raney > Library > > > vs > > > > the LDS library? > > > > > > > > > >