And like you should anyway before going on a trip, check things on line. The National Archives is closed due to flooding. ----- Original Message ----- From: <Shadonkd35@aol.com> To: <PA-OLD-CHESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [PaOldC] Visiting PA for research purposes, specifically Philadelphia & D... > Laurie and other list members, what dates are you planning to visit the > Philadelphia and Delaware County area? If it happens to be in the very near > future, please keep in mind that we have a major flooding situation on our hands > which will be many weeks to clean up. Currently some Septa trains are not > running. Many roads are closed due to major flooding. I just wanted to for > warn you of what you might be coming into if you are coming soon. > > Sharon > > > ==== PA-OLD-CHESTER Mailing List ==== > > " Unsubscribing. To leave PA-old-chester-l, send mail to > PA-old-chester-l-request@rootsweb.com > with the single word unsubscribe in the message or subject slot." > > > NO VIRUS WARNINGS - if you are concerned contact me PERSONALLY ferg@ntelos.net > > Visit the archives for this list to view old postings > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=PA-OLD-CHESTER > (this site allows you to search for names, place, etc...... > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/pa-old-chester > this site allows you to browse by month.. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

The DAR library is also closed, due to flooding......I have a friend in DC as we speak, and she is having to just use the LOC, which is still open......being on Capitol Hill, it hasn't flooded. This is a good entree into the importance of doing your homework before visiting an area to research (although, this flooding is above and beyond). Here are some things I do, before visiting any area. Mainly, I do my homework.....I check to see what sort of libraries, historical societies, etc there are, in the area I'm going to visit....most of this sort of information is readily available online. Then, be sure to check the days and hours each are open....all you have to do is go somewhere ONCE, and discover the library is closed on Tuesdays and this is Tues....to learn the wisdom of checking BEFORE you arrive! Many places, including the DAR Library and the LOC, in DC, and many others, including historical societies, have their card catalogues online, so you can go through them and find books you want to see before you get there......I never have unlimited time when I research, so I need to make the most of what time I DO have.......arriving with a list of titles and #s is one way to do this. Be prepared that many larger libraries do not allow you to take in 1) cameras 2) computers 3) backpacks and bags of notebooks, etc...check with each one so you'll know to leave behind whatever it is you can't take in. I always prepare, to take with me, a list of the books they have that I want to see, along with pertinent #s.....I leave my purse behind and have money (take change for copy machines), picture ID (drivers license), in a small change purse I can keep in my pocket....otherwise you either have to drag your purse with you everywhere...into the stacks, etc..... or leave it on a table, which isn't safe. I also have a list I've made of what it is I want to find...and, I itemize. Believe me, when you get in there, it's very easy to forget something...so, write them down. There isn't a library that won't allow you to take in a tablet...keep your lists there and you'll be fine. Sometimes libraries have lockers you can rent, to keep your disallowed stuff in, but why bother, or depend on them to not all being in use? Leave stuff where you're staying. (It is also NOT good to leave them in your car. I had a friend researching in NY, and she left notebooks, etc, in her car, only to discover someone had broken in and taken everything....this included family photos....originals....and she had no copies. So, don't leave things anywhere they can be stolen or vandalized.) These are a few things I always do......there are probably others...but, if you do just these you'll be ensuring you get to see the places you want, and maximize the time you have there. "And like you should anyway before going on a trip, check things on line. The National Archives is closed due to flooding." -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.6/378 - Release Date: 6/28/2006