oops! I meant to say "I've NOT contacted the library." Sorry. Jacquie Jacqueline Baral wrote: > Hi Peggy, > > I've [not] contacted the library. It was the Akron Beacon Journal itself that I > tried and wasn't met with interest in my investigation, because the info I > was looking for concerned a family "story" I'd been told and thought > something might have been published about an abandoned vehicle and a person > being missing. As for the phone/address directories, I'm hunting a specific > address for a specific time frame for my g-grandfather Howard E. Bishop so I > can do (an expensive) census hunt. > > But perhaps now with the library being put back together, I will have to ask > for research help into articles relating to published disappearances of the > 1930s. Do you have the email addie for the research librarian? > > Thanks for the info. > Jacquie > > Margaret H Foight wrote: > > > Jacquie - > > > > I was in Akron at the library's temp quarters last July, and it was still > > in upheaval. However, I sent them a letter (twice) requesting obits for > > my family and found them to be very helpful. They provided the > > information by return mail within 4 weeks. They also now have an e-mail > > address for a research librarian. > > > > You might want to try them again as you probably hit them during their > > worst time. > > > > Peggy Foight > > South Carolina > > > > > > ==== OHSUMMIT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb Data Cooperative provides free space for the USGenWeb project, which includes the Summit County OHGenWeb site and this mailing list. Visti thier site at http://www.rootsweb.com/