Karen, I own alot of the books that they have in the Historical Society and have had MANY ask for my help and, I have helped. I love genealogy ! At the present my Daughter in law works ALL day time hours at one of our local Dr's offices.....she is doing her family (just started) I have given her my books to use so that she can do some look ups in the evenings......I also have told her once she gets dates there is nothing like getting a list ready put all dates down and then going to the Historical Society to gather up her verification.......again, she works ALL daylight Monday - Friday.......... Bea ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McKellar" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 6:34 AM Subject: Re: [PAMIFFLI] Historical Society ! > > > Can someone tell me why our local Historical Society is not open in the > > evenings ? > > > I believe this is a recurring problem whenever genealogical research > materials are housed remotely from a public library. > > Many years ago we had a similar problem -- A town of about 35,000, beautiful > library and a beautiful center for the arts where the Historical Society had > a lovely room. Problem was that the materials were seldom available for use > even by our members. > > We finally persuaded the powers-that-be to move the general genealogical > materials (reference books) to the library. The collection has grown > immensely and the number of volunteers increased significantly. We moved > from that community about 13 years ago but when going back I have talked > with a number of people and they tell me I should go check out the library > for all the new materials that both the library and the members of donated. > > Now, I have the same situation here in the village where I live. The Museum > has a wonderful collection (I have been told -- never been there because of > the limited hours they are open) and the library is new with lots of space. > > I will be donating my extensive collection of materials (over 30 years > worth) with some very valuable rare books when we finally move from our home > to a retirement place, but I will be sure to select a place where they will > be accessible to those who will benefit from them. I would hope that the > rare books are digitally imaged for use. > > Karen > > > > > > > > ==== PAMIFFLI Mailing List ==== > Mifflin County Lookup Volunteers > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamiffli/lookups.html > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > >