Clayton Library has a website at http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/cla_c.html that lists all their holdings. I found it helped to know exactly what I was looking for before going each time, and try to work on only one family line at a time. Actually, I figured this out after my first trip to Salt Lake, where I was so overwhelmed with the amount of information that I didn't feel I used my time well. They have another page at http://www.hpl.lib.tx.us/clayton/ with instructions for using the library. There is another treasure is in the other building at Clayton, the family histories. And be sure to check the verticle files. This is where people have donated their research, so there are files full of family group sheets, diaries, bible transcriptions, etc. for families. Before moving to the big, modern building that currently houses these records, the old "home" next door was the entire library. You had to reserve a microfilm reader when you first got there, then only use it for 1 hour at a time, since others were waiting patiently for their turn. Now there's more room and almost no wait, and the microfilm collection is outstanding. Sorry to keep this subject going, but Summer is coming, and I know others will be traveling to Houston to do research at the premier genealogical research center of the South! Cindy Harvey Texas City, TX Wichita & Caddo Tribes http://www.rootsweb.com/~itwichit/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [OK-Coordinators] off-topic post > Personally I was very disappointed in the Clayton, spent a day there, my > husband dropped me off in the morning and picked me up that evening. No one > was very helpful and I found only ONE thing at the library that I couldn't > find on the internet. However, it does help thousands of people and I would > hate to see that Mayor Brown, gets the word on this and cuts back. I didn't > get to go to the other building where all the periodicals are held, I was too > busy searching :) I have always wanted to go back and go to the other > building... if you have never gone you are missing out, it has a plethera of > information to research, I just didn't know where to start first and I guess > I started in the wrong place...thanks for posting this, reminds me I should > pick up a newspaper occasionally, lol. > > >