Hey Amy, Did you join the Herkimer Co., Historical Society, they have people that will help you for free once you join. I have had the greatest help from them. They are terrific!! I too do not live near Herkimer and have children so I know what it is like to do the research from a distance. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amy Rupp" <amyr@jump.net> To: <NYHERKIM-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [NYHERKIM] Just a little information > > In the meantime -- back at the Ranch -- if you don't live > > within walking distance of Herkimer County - the > > FHC, used with sufficient wariness, is a place to start > > when you've looked other places with zero results. > > True, true. But with two kids ages 9.5 and 2.5 it's > tough tough to go. Just about got forcibly ejected from > the State Archives -- which is much smaller and lowbrow > than the name suggests -- for having a happy but squealing > 2.5 yo. They asked me to make her keep it down. Yeah > right. It was 15 mins to closing time, I've gone there > and helped many others with reading small print with my > 34 year old eyes and experience, but hey, the kid has > to go. The hours aren't such that I can get there without > the kids. So that's why I prefer the 'Net. You can't > hear the kids, and it's 24/7 :-) > > --Amy > > > ==== NYHERKIM Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: http://www.cyndislist.com/ > >