Cynthia To clarify things I wrote to Ms. Bamford, just got this response. Zona --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Heidi Bamford <hbamford@wnylrc.org> To: Zona I Himmelsbach <zona.himmelsbach@juno.com> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 09:34:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Message-ID: <3A59D00B.43390CDA@wnylrc.org> References: <20010106.174257.-311181.0.Zona.Himmelsbach@juno.com> Dear Ms. Himmelsbach, This is in response to your inquiry. Yes, anyone can come and use the DHP Lending Library and Free Literature resources. No, you do not have to be a member of WNYLRC (actually the members are libraries - the WNYLRC serves primarily library staff) to use DHP resources. The Lending Library titles are online at our website (www.wnylrc.org then click on DHP) and the Free Literature titles are available in hard copy. We have several pamphlets that can be used to help locate family history resources or help guide research. Some are online and others available only in print. The ethnic Heritage Sheets (African, Irish, Polish, Hispanic/Latino) as well as our "Doing Genealogy Research in Western New York" are all available online - I can also send hard copies if needed. We also have pamphlets "Documenting Community Organizations," "Documenting Your Family History" and "Family Folklore and History" that are all available in hard copy. These help you develop research strategies. We also have a guide of local religious (primarily Roman Catholic) repositories called "Guide to Archival Respositories" in hard copy. You can let me know if there are any of these that you would like to receive and I can mail out the copies to your mailing address. If there are titles in the Lending Library you wish to borrow you can request them and I will also mail those out to you with a loan form indicating you can have the materials for a three week period - then you can mail them back to us. Good luck in your research! Sincerely, Heidi A. Bamford

Dear Zona, et al, Thanks for sending us the URL of WNYLRC as mentioned by Heidi Bamford. BTW, I've met and talked with Heidi on several occasions and she's a dedicated and charming person. I was just surfing around on the website and looking over the search results for "Porter" when I spotted the entry "Country life New York (State) Porter." When I clicked on the link, I couldn't believe my eyes! Right there on the screen was my name "Vee L. Housman!!" WOW!!! This is what it said: Searching : It happened just down the road / by Vee L. Housman [1993] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- AUTHOR Housman, Vee L. TITLE It happened just down the road / by Vee L. Housman. PUB/DATE Youngstown, N. Y. : Sampler Press, [1993]. DESCRIPT 72 p. ; 28 cm. BIB NOTE Author's notes and sources: p. 68-72. SUMMARY A collection of stories about the Town of Porter's past that are meant be educational and entertaining while at the same time being as historically accurate as possible. SUBJECT Country life--New York (State)--Porter. SUBJECT Porter (N.Y.)--History. LOCAL HGS Lewiston Porter - South FIC HOU LOCAL HGS Lewiston PL 974.798 Hous LOCAL HGS NIOGA Lib System HQ 974.798 Hous LOCAL HGS Ransomville Free Lib 974.798 Hous LOCAL HGS Sanborn-Pekin Free Lib 974.798 Hous LOCAL HGS Wilson Jr-Sr HS 971.3 Hou WOW!! I was so thrilled to see my book mentioned on such a prestigious site. Who, Moi??? :-) (tee hee, blush, blush) But (giggle!) I bet they don't even know that the Sampler Press of Youngstown was actually me with my computer, my printer and my spiral binding machine! :-) vee