This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_913044957_boundary Content-ID: <0_913044957@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi everyone, This sounded like an awesome site. I did check it out and found some really good stuff on a couple of my families! Just wanted to pass on the info! Cheryl Hawley In a message dated 12/6/98 9:07:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, mikeandcindy@stratos.net writes: << Subj: [OHCUYAHO-L] [Fwd: Fw: A website with immense research potential] Date: 12/6/98 9:07:43 AM Pacific Standard Time From: mikeandcindy@stratos.net (Cindy Gant Sopko) To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com Ben Gantt wrote: > A website with immense research potential is online ... and the wonderful > Cynthia Van Ness explains it below ... > -------- > > ... I just learned about an underpublicized website that has great > potential for genealogists. Those of you who know the Library of Congress's > website inside and out are already way ahead of me on this one, so I beg > your patience. > > I heartily recommend visiting the "National Union Catalog of Manuscript > Collections," also known as NUCMC, at: > <http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html> > > The print version, which we librarians call "nuck-muck," has been a > reference standby for years. I didn't know it was available online, and > boy, did I print out reams of records from it. > > So why should you be interested in NUCMC? First of all, let me explain > what a "union catalog" is. A union catalog is what you call the result > (whether in print, microform, or online) of recording and describing the > holdings of multiple libraries, archives, or similar repositories. For > example, I worked in a public library that had a county-wide union list of > periodicals, which enabled us to refer patrons to another local institution > (college, university, historical society, etc.) if our library happened not > to subscribe to a certain periodical (magazine, journal, etc.) and someone > else did. > > Now, most of you know that the colleges, universities, historical > societies, archives, and libraries across this country have all sorts of > one-of-a-kind items, usually from people, places, and things that aren't > there anymore. People who are deceased, companies that are defunct, > charities that folded, and so on. Items such as: > > * family bibles > * family papers > * business records > * church records > * charity records > * ethnic organization records > * arts & cultural organization records > * photographs > * political and advocacy organization records > * maps, posters, charts > * architectural plans > * letters, correspondence, diaries > > What NUCMC did was survey these repositories large and small--across the > entire US--and publish the results in many, many large volumes, which are > still available in libraries. And now NUCMC is online, meaning that you can > do a search on your family names, place names, and institutions connected > with the people you are researching. You can search the companies they > worked for, the clubs, societies, and fraternal organizations they belonged > to, the churches they attended, and so on. > > Now, there's *never* any guarantee that the records you seek were given to > a proper repository instead of going in the furnace or dumpster, or that an > ancestor left important papers, but try a simple search on your (US) > hometown and see if you were familiar with half of the stuff that turns up. > Then try a search on "_______ family" (your surname). Those with Anglo > names will probably have the most success. > > I did an easy word search on "Buffalo, New York" and got over 500 hits, > several of which told me that some religious charities' records are now held > by an archive elsewhere in the state; that the papers of a few prominent > Buffalo citizens are likewise in out-of-town repositories. > > Every record in NUCMC gives a detailed description of the item and > identifies the institution that owns it, either using a code or, in most > cases, giving the full name and address. The institutional ("RLIN") codes > are available on the site. > > IMPORTANT distinction to keep in mind: the original documents (letters, > diaries, photographs, maps, etc.), are NOT online at NUMCMC--just a > detailed, written descriptions. What we in the library biz call catalog or > bibliographic records. To get copies of original documents, you must > contact the institution that owns them or, if you hit a gold mine, plan a > research trip. > > Other goodies at NUCMC include links to conservation and preservation > information, a perennial question on the genealogy newsgroups. > > Happy digging! >> --part0_913044957_boundary Content-ID: <0_913044957@inet_out.mail.stratos.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <OHCUYAHO-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from relay27.mx.aol.com (relay27.mail.aol.com [172.31.109.27]) by air09.mail.aol.com (v53.20) with SMTP; Sun, 06 Dec 1998 12:07:43 -0500 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by relay27.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id MAA19263; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 12:07:36 -0500 (EST) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA29166; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 09:01:11 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 09:01:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <366AB9A9.3CEAFF31@stratos.net> Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 12:06:50 -0500 From: Cindy Gant Sopko <mikeandcindy@stratos.net> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en]C-DIAL (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en Old-To: Cuyahoga List <ohcuyaho-l@rootsweb.com> Subject: [OHCUYAHO-L] [Fwd: Fw: A website with immense research potential] Resent-Message-ID: <"nhi3sD.A.3FH.Uhra2"@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/670 X-Loop: OHCUYAHO-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: OHCUYAHO-L-request@rootsweb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Ben Gantt wrote: > A website with immense research potential is online ... and the wonderfu= l > Cynthia Van Ness explains it below ... > -------- > > ... I just learned about an underpublicized website that has great > potential for genealogists. Those of you who know the Library of Congre= ss's > website inside and out are already way ahead of me on this one, so I beg > your patience. > > I heartily recommend visiting the "National Union Catalog of Manuscrip= t > Collections," also known as NUCMC, at: > <http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html> > > The print version, which we librarians call "nuck-muck," has been a > reference standby for years. I didn't know it was available online, and > boy, did I print out reams of records from it. > > So why should you be interested in NUCMC? First of all, let me explai= n > what a "union catalog" is. A union catalog is what you call the result > (whether in print, microform, or online) of recording and describing the > holdings of multiple libraries, archives, or similar repositories. For > example, I worked in a public library that had a county-wide union list = of > periodicals, which enabled us to refer patrons to another local institut= ion > (college, university, historical society, etc.) if our library happened = not > to subscribe to a certain periodical (magazine, journal, etc.) and someo= ne > else did. > > Now, most of you know that the colleges, universities, historical > societies, archives, and libraries across this country have all sorts of > one-of-a-kind items, usually from people, places, and things that aren't > there anymore. People who are deceased, companies that are defunct, > charities that folded, and so on. Items such as: > > * family bibles > * family papers > * business records > * church records > * charity records > * ethnic organization records > * arts & cultural organization records > * photographs > * political and advocacy organization records > * maps, posters, charts > * architectural plans > * letters, correspondence, diaries > > What NUCMC did was survey these repositories large and small--across t= he > entire US--and publish the results in many, many large volumes, which ar= e > still available in libraries. And now NUCMC is online, meaning that you= can > do a search on your family names, place names, and institutions connecte= d > with the people you are researching. You can search the companies they > worked for, the clubs, societies, and fraternal organizations they belon= ged > to, the churches they attended, and so on. > > Now, there's *never* any guarantee that the records you seek were give= n to > a proper repository instead of going in the furnace or dumpster, or that= an > ancestor left important papers, but try a simple search on your (US) > hometown and see if you were familiar with half of the stuff that turns = up. > Then try a search on "_______ family" (your surname). Those with Anglo > names will probably have the most success. > > I did an easy word search on "Buffalo, New York" and got over 500 hits= , > several of which told me that some religious charities' records are now = held > by an archive elsewhere in the state; that the papers of a few prominen= t > Buffalo citizens are likewise in out-of-town repositories. > > Every record in NUCMC gives a detailed description of the item and > identifies the institution that owns it, either using a code or, in most > cases, giving the full name and address. The institutional ("RLIN") cod= es > are available on the site. > > IMPORTANT distinction to keep in mind: the original documents (letters= , > diaries, photographs, maps, etc.), are NOT online at NUMCMC--just a > detailed, written descriptions. What we in the library biz call catalog= or > bibliographic records. To get copies of original documents, you must > contact the institution that owns them or, if you hit a gold mine, plan = a > research trip. > > Other goodies at NUCMC include links to conservation and preservation > information, a perennial question on the genealogy newsgroups. > > Happy digging! -- Our Ged-Com is online at: http://members.stratos.net/mikeandcindy/cindy.ht= m OR also at http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1174/ Links to Barbie, Patented Tools etc at that site also. The ReFUNding Ring at http://www.geocities.com/heartland/plains/1174/refring.htm Cuyahoga CO., OHGenWeb Coor. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyaho/cuyaoh.htm ICQ # 1178520 AOL Instant Messenger DoUReFUNd and AreUACousn On Microsoft NetMeeting. Call me at mikeandcindy@stratos.net I'm on server - ils.microsoft.com (usually =DC ) =3D=3D=3D=3D OHCUYAHO Mailing List =3D=3D=3D=3D Remember, do not send GEDCOM's or large files to the list. 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