Evening All For those of you wondering whats going on with the library, I've uploaded a scan of the front page of the Perry County Tribune from last Wednesday here http://www.perrycofamilies.org/pcdlpage.jpg Interesting reading. Tim Cheryl J Skinner wrote: > Has anyone heard any more about the Perry County Chapter? > > > > Cheryl J Skinner > > <http://www.connectingfamilydots.com> Connecting Family Dots > > > > Make a Genealogist happy with books from the Belmont County Genealogical > Society <http://www.bccogs.org> > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I have looked up the definition of the word "LIBRARY" in six different dictionaries and in every single one it says that a library is a place to house reference materials for the purpose of study and/or entertainment. Here is how Mr. Webster defines the word "LIBRARY": 1 a: a place in which literary, musical, artistic, or reference materials (as books, manuscripts, recordings, or films) are kept for use but not for sale b: a collection of such materials How can the Perry County Public Library consider getting rid of the Genealogy room and still call themselves a "LIBRARY"? If the purpose for ousting the genealogy collection is to provide a room for children, as was stated in the newspaper, then why is there so much talk about this room not being available as a conference or meeting room? It sounds to me like it won't be available as a meeting room at all, but will be more or less a "play room" for children, which Is not in the definition of "LIBRARY" anyplace I've looked. Just for clarity, I've included Roget's take on what a "LIBRARY" is: Main Entry: library Part of Speech: noun Definition: book repository Synonyms: athenaeum, atheneum, bibliotheca, book collection, book room, information center, media center, reference center, study Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.3.1) Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Sounds to me like the head honchos over at the library need to bone up on what a "LIBRARY" really is. What is the motivation to removed this valuable collection from the public library? Preserving history certainly isn't it. Elaine Tim Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: Evening All For those of you wondering whats going on with the library, I've uploaded a scan of the front page of the Perry County Tribune from last Wednesday here http://www.perrycofamilies.org/pcdlpage.jpg Interesting reading. Tim Cheryl J Skinner wrote: > Has anyone heard any more about the Perry County Chapter? > > > > Cheryl J Skinner > > Connecting Family Dots > > > > Make a Genealogist happy with books from the Belmont County Genealogical > Society > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Elaine Tipton