Maynard, I agree with your assessment: that makes no sense to me either. But maybe if they knew the copying was to be done for a group (vs. an individual), and one that is likely to post the information on the web at that, maybe they could be persuaded to make an exception. Lou -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 5:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Batte Papers Carol Morrison provides reliable and bad news on the matter of accessing box # 18. The library limits the number of copies one can make from this box per day, a dread scenario likely to be undone only if or when the library digitalizes the stuff and puts it on line. As quickly as they got the Batte cards up, I would hope they would do an encore with the "papers." It's almost impossible to criticize the LVA considering the trail they have blazed and are blazing with respect to putting stuff on their site but this one sounds at least a tad dumb to this guy who merely doesn't understand the reason. I'll keep pursuing it but it appears a dead end for the moment. But it's out there and I have a hunch it's going to be big. Maynard ==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== Poythress Geneaology Research Web http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~poythress/