Hi Mike, Walt, Bernie, I have no objection to the fees I paid to Sandy Hornung to copy the data I wanted from the Historical Society's microfilms. My dissatisfaction was with the fact that no one in all those years would make any of them available to anyone other then her. She had them, controlled them and charges a fee to allow searchers to access them. I also have no quarms with the tight security for objects at the museum. I object to the lack of sharing of the objects, especially any ones I may have donated. AAMOF I have some things I would like to donate to them right now but I'll be darned if I will until I see that they are going to display them. Those people in the Society have preserved history by restriction of information. That is what is completely wrong! Also Bernie what you said about the Potter County Museum if completely true. Others would not believe how helpful they are. Pete Send ALL mail to: [email protected] Visit my "All American" Home Page at: http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger From: "walt" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Paying fees Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:47:09 -0800 In response to Burnie paying to join and not getting anything! About 20 years ago, I was researching my father's ancestors at Galena, JoDaviess county, Illinois Court House. At that time, I had to give them a list of people I wanted information on. They demanded $7.00 per item to look and see if they even had it. They gave me some information, but couldn't find anything for 11 names, $77.00 down the drain. A few years ago they had a computer print-out list and it is free to look up names on the list and only pay $10.00 each for a printed copy of what they have. Guess What? At least half of those names I wanted way back when have been reserected from the Dead (Files that is!). If you wanted to look up court cases on the second floor, they hand you the book and they will then let you copy by hand anything in the old records. Also the old Court House had a leaky roof and a lot of old records were stored in the attic. They were throwing the wet ones into a dumpster. A member of the Historical Society happened to see them and was trying to retrieve them to preserve those old records. A Court House Clerk threatened her with arrest if she took them. It took an emegency meeting with a Judge to rule that the Historical Society had every right to get them and dry them out and preserve those records. It was so nice in June 2002 when I was at the Emporium Court House to have them show me into the vault and then make copies at the most reasonable charge of any Court House in the U.S. and I have been to dozens of them across America. Walt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dial Broadband has arrived in California! Up to 5 times faster than traditional dialup connections from $13.33/month! See the demo for yourself at http://www.BigValley.net ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== Invite your family and friends to join us! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero _________________________________________________________________ From Beethoven to the Rolling Stones, your favorite music is always playing on MSN Radio Plus. No ads, no talk. Trial month FREE! http://join.msn.com/?page=offers/premiumradio

Like I said earlier, my intention is that this is all in the past. Turn around will not happen over night, but it will happen...they are moving in the right direction and we can be there to point the way! Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Bennett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:16 PM Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Paying fees > Hi Mike, Walt, Bernie, > I have no objection to the fees I paid to Sandy Hornung to copy the data I > wanted from the Historical Society's microfilms. My dissatisfaction was > with the fact that no one in all those years would make any of them > available to anyone other then her. She had them, controlled them and > charges a fee to allow searchers to access them. I also have no quarms > with the tight security for objects at the museum. I object to the lack of > sharing of the objects, especially any ones I may have donated. AAMOF I > have some things I would like to donate to them right now but I'll be darned > if I will until I see that they are going to display them. Those people in > the Society have preserved history by restriction of information. That is > what is completely wrong! > Also Bernie what you said about the Potter County Museum if completely true. > Others would not believe how helpful they are. > Pete > > > > Send ALL mail to: [email protected] > > Visit my "All American" Home Page at: > http://members.fortunecity.com/petee77/ > > Chat with me I'm "Petee" on Microsoft Messenger > > > > > > > > > > From: "walt" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Paying fees > Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 15:47:09 -0800 > > In response to Burnie paying to join and not getting anything! About 20 > years ago, I was researching my father's ancestors at Galena, JoDaviess > county, Illinois Court House. At that time, I had to give them a list of > people I wanted information on. They demanded $7.00 per item to look and see > if they even had it. They gave me some information, but couldn't find > anything for 11 names, $77.00 down the drain. A few years ago they had a > computer print-out list and it is free to look up names on the list and only > pay $10.00 each for a printed copy of what they have. Guess What? At least > half of those names I wanted way back when have been reserected from the > Dead (Files that is!). > If you wanted to look up court cases on the second floor, they hand you the > book and they will then let you copy by hand anything in the old records. > Also the old Court House had a leaky roof and a lot of old records were > stored in the attic. They were throwing the wet ones into a dumpster. A > member of the Historical Society happened to see them and was trying to > retrieve them to preserve those old records. A Court House Clerk threatened > her with arrest if she took them. It took an emegency meeting with a Judge > to rule that the Historical Society had every right to get them and dry them > out and preserve those records. > It was so nice in June 2002 when I was at the Emporium Court House to have > them show me into the vault and then make copies at the most reasonable > charge of any Court House in the U.S. and I have been to dozens of them > across America. > Walt > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- > Dial Broadband has arrived in California! Up to 5 times faster than > traditional dialup connections from $13.33/month! See the demo for yourself > at http://www.BigValley.net > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Invite your family and friends to join us! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > _________________________________________________________________ > From Beethoven to the Rolling Stones, your favorite music is always playing > on MSN Radio Plus. No ads, no talk. Trial month FREE! > http://join.msn.com/?page=offers/premiumradio > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Invite your family and friends to join us! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >