Rod, You can ride the bus from HOmestead, which is on the way through Oakland, where the University if Pittsburgh, & the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial is. I'm thinking the latter is on Fifth Avenue or Forbes Avenue which are next to the other. And also the Carnegie Museum Library. And the the famous Dinosaur Museum also on either side of the building, & the W PA Genealogical society is there also! Downtown is less than half an hour bus ride, but not sure there's a hotel there. I was pretty sure, but check with a Travel agent. Does anyone know of a hotel there? I used to live in Squirrel Hill which is a hop-skip & Jump from both places! All the places you mention are on the net, so you can probably find an address for them. Does the YMCA have places, or is there any in town, anybody? Downtown PGH? Might check there or I know there's one in East Liverpool, OH an hour away from Pgh? It's only an hour from downtown PGH> Need more info, let me know. Cathy Raber > [Original Message] > From: Rod's Account <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 5/15/2004 1:02:05 PM > Subject: [PITTSBURGH] Visit suggestions > > A colleague and I are talking about doing a research trip in the Fall to > Pittsburgh - focus on the various library collections (Heinz, Carnegie > Mellon, Univ. of Pittsburgh, etc.) and their holdings related to the Civil > War. One thing we are trying to get a grasp on is lodging options for a > stay of about a week. Anyone got any good suggestions for relatively > inexpensive boarding in Pittsburgh? > > Thanks in advance. > > Rod > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > If you need to contact the listowner, send an email to Sue* at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237