Just want to say that, contrary to appearances in my email about tax records, I am not being critical of the Huntingdon County Historical Society. And if I offended the society or anybody who volunteers for them, please accept my public apology, here given. It's difficult for historical and genealogical societies to generate the income needed to keep the doors open, whether by publishing material or by offering research done by volunteers, and I know HCHS does an excellent job of providing services. Certainly, compared to the cost of traveling to PA and doing the research oneself, it's a practically miraculous bargain, as is the research service offered by the Blair County Genealogical Society. Take it from me, because each trip I make to PA costs roughly $800-$1,000, and I've been doing it for years, gathering material for Blair Archives. Whatever we can do to support the historical and genealogical societies in the counties where we do research is worthwhile, whether it's by volunteering, having research done, buying publications, or by making donations. Judy

I have to echo Judy on this. I just returned from a family/genealogical reunion I put together for my Clark cousins in Huntingdon County. We spent one afternoon at the historical society and had a great experience there. They were very helpful, and I found some wonderful information that allowed my cousins and I to walk through the original home of our fith great grandfather, Neal Clark that Saturday!!! For any of you looking to travel to Huntingdon County, I highly recommend it. It was gorgeous and I was heartbroken to have to leave. Lana Clark http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~lanaclark/> From: jbanja@comcast.net> To: PAHUNTIN@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 14:11:01 -0500> Subject: [PAHUNTIN] HCHS> > Just want to say that, contrary to appearances in my email about tax records, I > am not being critical of the Huntingdon County Historical Society. And if I > offended the society or anybody who volunteers for them, please accept my public > apology, here given.> > It's difficult for historical and genealogical societies to generate the income > needed to keep the doors open, whether by publishing material or by offering > research done by volunteers, and I know HCHS does an excellent job of providing > services. Certainly, compared to the cost of traveling to PA and doing the > research oneself, it's a practically miraculous bargain, as is the research > service offered by the Blair County Genealogical Society. Take it from me, > because each trip I make to PA costs roughly $800-$1,000, and I've been doing it > for years, gathering material for Blair Archives.> > Whatever we can do to support the historical and genealogical societies in the > counties where we do research is worthwhile, whether it's by volunteering, > having research done, buying publications, or by making donations.> > Judy> > > > > > > > > For information about subscribing, unsubscribing, and to search or browse the PAHUNTIN mailing list archived messages, visit http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/PA/huntingdon.html> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAHUNTIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews