By the way, I was in Cleveland, Ohio this summer and went to the Cleveland Public Library on Superior. I found that the City Directories were a huge help. They helped me find my Great-Great-Grandfather and the Necrology (Obits.) films were an awesome source. If you can travel to Cleveland sometime, it's worth it's price! Parking is scarce though so plan on a walk. The librarians were very helpful, I know that while I was there, the phone rang off of the hook with requests. They are very, very busy. Kelly -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Whitelock [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Genealogy/city directory questions Just to let you know. I work at a LDS FHC in Tampa, Florida and you can order microfilms to be placed on "permanent loan" for $9.75 a piece. The films have to stay at the center but then they are available any time that the center is open. That way, you don't have to copy all of the pages and can just take what you need. Maybe I missed part of this but there is no reason to copy everything if you have the film on hand. Hope that this helps. Kelly -----Original Message----- From: rnbill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Genealogy/city directory questions Ginny I did finally hear from the CPL. They want $5 to simply look at a single roll. Then they want .10 per page. Since my request was a large one, they wanted a deposit of $150 to start. Guess not. It is cheaper to go with the FHC fee of $3/reel and .25 per sheet. Bill > dear Bill, > > I appreciated your help very much. I am curious whether you ever got an > estimate from CPL on the cost of your copies? Thanks Ginny > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rnbill" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 1:13 PM > Subject: Genealogy/city directory question > > > Dear Ginny > > > > I saw your posting about a source for the city directory listings. I > > have had very good luck with the Cuyahoga County Archives. However, > > many of the years that I was interested in are too fragile to be > > photocopied. When you contact the Archives, include your snail mail > > address so that they can send you the photocopy of the applicable pages. > > > > The Archives referred me to the Cleveland Public Library for the edition > > years that are too fragile to copy. Most unfortunately, the CPL seems > > to only go so far as to inform me that my request is larger that their > > limit for that department and they are referring it to the publication > > section and they will contact me in the near future to inform me of the > > costs. Then silence. Has happened twice. Will have to contact them > > and do a little prodding. > > > > Here is my contact results with CPL. > > > > Subject: > > Re: Request for copies > > Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:34:46 -0400 > > From: "Microform Center" <[email protected]> > > Organization: Cleveland Public Library > > To: rnbill <[email protected]> > > References: 1 > > > > Hello Mr. Dalton, > > > > Your request is beyond the limits of what the Microform Center is > > capable of doing. Therefore, we have sent your request to the > > Photoduplication Department. They will be contacting you with an > > estimate of the cost. > > > > Pete Elwell > > Microform Center > > Cleveland Public Library > > > > The address for the County Archives is: > > [email protected] > > Another very useful source for obituary information in Cleveland is > > CLENIX. You can order photocopies of obituaries. They are for only a > > specific time frame though. So far, I have not been billed for any > > requests. > > Fairview Park Regional Library > > 21255 Lorain Road > > Fairfield, OH 44126-2120 > > Send a SASE and you will get the copies promptly. > > > > The URL for the Cleveland Public Library is www.cpl.org/CLENIX. You > > search for the name, copy the informaiton and send that information in > > your request to the Fairview branch. > > > > Bill Dalton > > > >