>Hello > >I opted to add a more definitive statement regarding our collection area. >Thanks! > >*** >Building our collection for your use! > >We would like to introduce Past Pursuits, the genealogy and local history >newsletter of the Special Collections Division of the Akron-Summit County >Public Library. Special Collections, the Library's newest subject >division, >houses the Library's genealogy materials and local history collections. >While we direct special attention to the Summit County area, our collection >area is much more diverse. For example, we now have complete United States >Federal Population Schedules for Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West >Virginia...and Alabama is on its way! Every other month we hope to provide >our readers with information and news about new local history and genealogy >acquisitions, upcoming events, interesting facts about our community's >history, and tips for genealogy research. We released our first issue, >November-December 2002, last November. Our next issue, January-February >2003 issue, will be released on the 15th of January. > >If you would like to subscribe, please email us at >speccollections@ascpl.lib.oh.us <mailto:speccollections@ascpl.lib.oh.us> or >phone us at 330-643-9030. > >If you have a local history or genealogy event for us to post, please >contact me directly at mherlevi@ascpl.lib.oh.us ><mailto:mherlevi@ascpl.lib.oh.us> or 330-643-9041. > > >Thank you! > >Marie Karas Herlevi >Librarian, Special Collections >Akron-Summit County Public Library _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try it free* for 2 months http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup