$10.00 for three obits and $5.00 for shipping seems rather cheap. I could not charge less. I think they priced themselves very competively with those folks who do obit lookups. The city is strapped for cash, the state is a month late with a budget  and the library system in particular is very strapped for cash. They are closing some branch libraries and others are having their hours cut back. A number of swimming pools are not opened this summer. Granted when you go to the newspaper room at the Main Branch there is always three people sitting behind the desk reading newspapers or books, they should unload one of these folks and probably will. Ken Milano ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Callen" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 7:17:07 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [Phly-Rts] Obits from "Free" Library OUTRAGEOUS! I received this notice today from the Free Library of Philadelphia, times are achanging. Marian in Virginia Beach  Effective July 27, 2009 the Free Library changed its service fee policy.  Our new fee structure is as follows for the Newspaper Department:       $10 for up to 3 "look up" requests (whether or not staff can find the obituaries) plus $5 for shipping/handling for all photocopy requests sent through U.S. Post.        We are currently in the process of editing our web page to reflect these changes.   In the interim, there will be a grace period during which we will continue to charge the $1.00 fee for two searches. The Newspaper Department   ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message