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? > > > >