In a message dated 10/17/99 7:34:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, hopefarm@hopefarm.com writes: << I attended an historian's meeting this morning at which a speaker, almost as an aside, mentioned that by law municipal historians could not do genealogical research for a person. >> Well then , will they answer a letter asking for help with ' my family history ' I recently sent out 50 letters , todate I have only received 5 replies !! , do you all think I can expect more , or have they roundfiled them , ' gothelp? ' Phil