Afternoon Nancy, I went straight to those who would know...I called my library here in RI. The general statewide rule is that you have to be a state resident to obtain a library card however there are libraries that make exceptions. Libraries that see an influx of seasonal residents such as Charlestown, Block Island, Newport have summer resident cards. I haven't checked these out but it sounds like the cards may have some sort of restrictions such as a fixed period of time during which they are valid or maybe a fee attached. Bordering towns/cities also sometimes have policies to accommodate residents from just over the state line. As Lisa found for you, Pawtucket has this policy for nearby MA residents but also charges a $25 fee. And as Lisa discovered, the policies that are an exception to the "must be a RI resident" are at the discretion of the libraries. So I guess the answer is you have to be a RI resident unless you fall into one of the exceptions categories. I suppose then, the best you can do if out of state and needing an obit or article from the Providence Journal aka Projo, is to post and hope someone picks it up. For future reference, the Projo on line at ProQuest...what you access with the library bar code...covers 1983 to the present. Anything prior to 1983 and you will have to have a search of the Projo on microfilm. The Providence Public Library aka PPL has the complet Projo from issue 1; other libraries including some of the colleges/universities have a more limited collection of years on microfilm but there are also libraries that have no Projo on microfilm such as my small local library. The PPL can look-up and copy obits for you however they can't do research. There is a fee...$5 service fee and $0.20 per page copy pulled from the microfilm so you do get the obit or article such as a wedding announcement as it appeared in the newspaer and therefore any photos which may have been with the obit/article. As I understand the service fee it's the same whether you want 1 obit or several so it might be best to save-up the obits wanted and submit at once so as to save on the service fee. To get a look-up and copy you need at least month and year. Joe Doe died May 1962 they could do. Joe Doe died sometime in 1962 or Joe Doe died sometime between 1960 - 1963 they couldn't do for you. Here is the information for the PPL for this: PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Photocopies from microfilm of the Providence Journal from the beginning in the 1800's to the present: (1983 - present on line at ProQuest with a RI Library card) Providence Public Library Reference Services 150 Empire Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Phone:401-455-8005. Main number is 401-455-8000. http://www.provlib.org/default.html Email at pplref@provlib.org You might also try Googling some of the local papers. I know the Warwick Beacon is on line but I don't know for how far back. I have found some of my obits for "recent" Kent Co. ancestors there: http://warwickonline.com/warwickonline/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=92 ~~ Warwick & West Warwick; links here to Johnston, Cranston and the RI Newspaper Group http://www.valleybreeze.com/index.php ~~ this seems to be for fairly recent and for limited time on obits. Covers Smithfield, Johnston, North Providence, Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Cumberland & Lincoln....maybe North Smithfield or Burrillville - not sure. http://www.warwickdailytimes.com/ ~~ Warwick Linda --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> wrote: From: Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? To: rigenweb@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 8:47 PM OK, thank you Lisa. I appreciate it. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? > Hi Nancy - > > I think each library has their own rules, > but here's the info page from the Providence > Public > http://www.provlib.org/about/cards/gettingacard.html > > I looked at Pawtucket also, but they didn't mention > out of state. I live in Massachusetts, and when I asked > at Woonsocket, RI a few years ago, they told me > it would be $25.00 a year, but I think you have to > apply in person. > > Lisa > llepore@comcast.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seamus" <nanonine@roadrunner.com> > To: <RIGENWEB@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:07 PM > Subject: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? > > > | Can anyone who lives out of state obtain a RI library card? If so, how > does one go about getting one? 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WOW! Linda, you have been one busy person researching that for me. Thank you so much for all that leg work (or rather should I say finger work). I wondered if they would have some kind of reciprocal agreement with other cities and states if one was a card holder at their local library. I also wondered if they would make an exception for a natural-born Rhode Islander whose fault it wasn't that she had to move out of state. <smile> :-( I have contacted the PPL in the past with requests and I did get them then so I guess I'll continue to do that in the future. I only get home once a year for a week so I wouldn't fall under those categories you listed. Thank you so much for checking all that out for me. I really appreciate it. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Peloquin" <miyukichan0987@yahoo.com> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:54 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? Afternoon Nancy, I went straight to those who would know...I called my library here in RI. The general statewide rule is that you have to be a state resident to obtain a library card however there are libraries that make exceptions. Libraries that see an influx of seasonal residents such as Charlestown, Block Island, Newport have summer resident cards. I haven't checked these out but it sounds like the cards may have some sort of restrictions such as a fixed period of time during which they are valid or maybe a fee attached. Bordering towns/cities also sometimes have policies to accommodate residents from just over the state line. As Lisa found for you, Pawtucket has this policy for nearby MA residents but also charges a $25 fee. And as Lisa discovered, the policies that are an exception to the "must be a RI resident" are at the discretion of the libraries. So I guess the answer is you have to be a RI resident unless you fall into one of the exceptions categories. I suppose then, the best you can do if out of state and needing an obit or article from the Providence Journal aka Projo, is to post and hope someone picks it up. For future reference, the Projo on line at ProQuest...what you access with the library bar code...covers 1983 to the present. Anything prior to 1983 and you will have to have a search of the Projo on microfilm. The Providence Public Library aka PPL has the complet Projo from issue 1; other libraries including some of the colleges/universities have a more limited collection of years on microfilm but there are also libraries that have no Projo on microfilm such as my small local library. The PPL can look-up and copy obits for you however they can't do research. There is a fee...$5 service fee and $0.20 per page copy pulled from the microfilm so you do get the obit or article such as a wedding announcement as it appeared in the newspaer and therefore any photos which may have been with the obit/article. As I understand the service fee it's the same whether you want 1 obit or several so it might be best to save-up the obits wanted and submit at once so as to save on the service fee. To get a look-up and copy you need at least month and year. Joe Doe died May 1962 they could do. Joe Doe died sometime in 1962 or Joe Doe died sometime between 1960 - 1963 they couldn't do for you. Here is the information for the PPL for this: PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Photocopies from microfilm of the Providence Journal from the beginning in the 1800's to the present: (1983 - present on line at ProQuest with a RI Library card) Providence Public Library Reference Services 150 Empire Street Providence, Rhode Island 02903 Phone:401-455-8005. Main number is 401-455-8000. http://www.provlib.org/default.html Email at pplref@provlib.org You might also try Googling some of the local papers. I know the Warwick Beacon is on line but I don't know for how far back. I have found some of my obits for "recent" Kent Co. ancestors there: http://warwickonline.com/warwickonline/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=92 ~~ Warwick & West Warwick; links here to Johnston, Cranston and the RI Newspaper Group http://www.valleybreeze.com/index.php ~~ this seems to be for fairly recent and for limited time on obits. Covers Smithfield, Johnston, North Providence, Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Cumberland & Lincoln....maybe North Smithfield or Burrillville - not sure. http://www.warwickdailytimes.com/ ~~ Warwick Linda --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> wrote: From: Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? To: rigenweb@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2008, 8:47 PM OK, thank you Lisa. I appreciate it. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? > Hi Nancy - > > I think each library has their own rules, > but here's the info page from the Providence > Public > http://www.provlib.org/about/cards/gettingacard.html > > I looked at Pawtucket also, but they didn't mention > out of state. I live in Massachusetts, and when I asked > at Woonsocket, RI a few years ago, they told me > it would be $25.00 a year, but I think you have to > apply in person. > > Lisa > llepore@comcast.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seamus" <nanonine@roadrunner.com> > To: <RIGENWEB@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 5:07 PM > Subject: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? > > > | Can anyone who lives out of state obtain a RI library card? If so, how > does one go about getting one? 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Hi Nancy - Perhaps you didn't look at the PPL web page I sent. You CAN get a card there for a fee. http://www.provlib.org/about/cards/gettingacard.html "Other out-of-state residents may obtain a Ocean State Libraries card for a $25 annual fee." Lisa llepore@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Seamus" <nanonine@roadrunner.com> | WOW! Linda, you have been one busy person researching that for me. Thank you | so much for all that leg work (or rather should I say finger work). I | wondered if they would have some kind of reciprocal agreement with other | cities and states if one was a card holder at their local library. I also | wondered if they would make an exception for a natural-born Rhode Islander | whose fault it wasn't that she had to move out of state. <smile> :-( | | I have contacted the PPL in the past with requests and I did get them then | so I guess I'll continue to do that in the future. I only get home once a | year for a week so I wouldn't fall under those categories you listed. | | Thank you so much for checking all that out for me. I really appreciate it. | | Nancy | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Linda Peloquin" <miyukichan0987@yahoo.com> | To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> | Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:54 PM | Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? | | | Afternoon Nancy, | | I went straight to those who would know...I called my library here in RI. | | The general statewide rule is that you have to be a state resident to obtain | a library card however there are libraries that make exceptions. Libraries | that see an influx of seasonal residents such as Charlestown, Block Island, | Newport have summer resident cards. I haven't checked these out but it | sounds like the cards may have some sort of restrictions such as a fixed | period of time during which they are valid or maybe a fee attached. | | Bordering towns/cities also sometimes have policies to accommodate residents | from just over the state line. As Lisa found for you, Pawtucket has this | policy for nearby MA residents but also charges a $25 fee. | | And as Lisa discovered, the policies that are | an exception to the "must be a RI resident" are at the discretion of the | libraries. | | So I guess the answer is you have to be a RI resident unless you fall into | one of the exceptions categories. | | I suppose then, the best you can do if out of state and needing an obit or | article from the Providence Journal aka Projo, is to post and hope someone | picks it up. For future reference, the Projo on line at ProQuest...what you | access with the library bar code...covers 1983 to the present. | | Anything prior to 1983 and you will have to have a search of the Projo on | microfilm. The Providence Public Library aka PPL has the complet Projo from | issue 1; other libraries including some of the colleges/universities have a | more limited collection of years on microfilm but there are also libraries | that have no Projo on microfilm such as my small local library. | | The PPL can look-up and copy obits for you however they can't do research. | There is a fee...$5 service fee and $0.20 per page copy pulled from the | microfilm so you do get the obit or article such as a wedding announcement | as it appeared in the newspaer and therefore any photos which may have been | with the obit/article. As I understand the service fee it's the same whether | you want 1 obit or several so it might be best to save-up the obits wanted | and submit at once so as to save on the service fee. | | To get a look-up and copy you need at least month and year. Joe Doe died May | 1962 they could do. Joe Doe died sometime in 1962 or Joe Doe died sometime | between 1960 - 1963 they couldn't do for you. Here is the information for | the PPL for this: | | PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY: | | Photocopies from microfilm of the Providence Journal from the beginning in | the 1800's to the present: | (1983 - present on line at ProQuest with a RI Library card) | | Providence Public Library Reference Services | 150 Empire Street | Providence, Rhode Island 02903 | Phone:401-455-8005. | Main number is 401-455-8000. | http://www.provlib.org/default.html | Email at pplref@provlib.org | | | You might also try Googling some of the local papers. I know the Warwick | Beacon is on line but I don't know for how far back. I have found some of my | obits for "recent" Kent Co. ancestors there: | | http://warwickonline.com/warwickonline/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=92 | ~~ Warwick & West Warwick; links here to Johnston, Cranston and the RI | Newspaper Group | | http://www.valleybreeze.com/index.php ~~ this seems to be for fairly recent | and for limited time on obits. Covers Smithfield, Johnston, North | Providence, Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Cumberland & Lincoln....maybe North | Smithfield or Burrillville - not sure. | | http://www.warwickdailytimes.com/ ~~ Warwick | | Linda | | --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> wrote: | From: Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> | | OK, thank you Lisa. I appreciate it. | | Nancy | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> | > Hi Nancy - | > | > I think each library has their own rules, | > but here's the info page from the Providence | > Public | > http://www.provlib.org/about/cards/gettingacard.html | > | > | > Lisa | > llepore@comcast.net | > | > | > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Seamus" <nanonine@roadrunner.com> | > | > | Can anyone who lives out of | state obtain a RI library card? If so, how | > does one go about getting one? Thanks. | > | | > | Nancy | > | ------------------------------- | > | > ------------------------------- | >
I did look at it Lisa, but I guess I couldn't justify the amount of the fee for the few things I would need right now. I definitely will consider it in the future when I have a longer list. I do appreciate your thoughtfulness though for pointing that option out. Thanks once again. Nancy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:19 PM Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? > Hi Nancy - > > Perhaps you didn't look at the PPL web page > I sent. > > You CAN get a card there for a fee. > > http://www.provlib.org/about/cards/gettingacard.html > > "Other out-of-state residents may obtain a Ocean State Libraries card for > a > $25 annual fee." > > Lisa > llepore@comcast.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Seamus" <nanonine@roadrunner.com> > > > | WOW! Linda, you have been one busy person researching that for me. Thank > you > | so much for all that leg work (or rather should I say finger work). I > | wondered if they would have some kind of reciprocal agreement with other > | cities and states if one was a card holder at their local library. I > also > | wondered if they would make an exception for a natural-born Rhode > Islander > | whose fault it wasn't that she had to move out of state. <smile> :-( > | > | I have contacted the PPL in the past with requests and I did get them > then > | so I guess I'll continue to do that in the future. I only get home once > a > | year for a week so I wouldn't fall under those categories you listed. > | > | Thank you so much for checking all that out for me. I really appreciate > it. > | > | Nancy > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Linda Peloquin" <miyukichan0987@yahoo.com> > | To: <rigenweb@rootsweb.com> > | Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:54 PM > | Subject: Re: [RI] Who can get a RI Library card? > | > | > | Afternoon Nancy, > | > | I went straight to those who would know...I called my library here in > RI. > | > | The general statewide rule is that you have to be a state resident to > obtain > | a library card however there are libraries that make exceptions. > Libraries > | that see an influx of seasonal residents such as Charlestown, Block > Island, > | Newport have summer resident cards. I haven't checked these out but it > | sounds like the cards may have some sort of restrictions such as a fixed > | period of time during which they are valid or maybe a fee attached. > | > | Bordering towns/cities also sometimes have policies to accommodate > residents > | from just over the state line. As Lisa found for you, Pawtucket has this > | policy for nearby MA residents but also charges a $25 fee. > | > | And as Lisa discovered, the policies that are > | an exception to the "must be a RI resident" are at the discretion of the > | libraries. > | > | So I guess the answer is you have to be a RI resident unless you fall > into > | one of the exceptions categories. > | > | I suppose then, the best you can do if out of state and needing an obit > or > | article from the Providence Journal aka Projo, is to post and hope > someone > | picks it up. For future reference, the Projo on line at ProQuest...what > you > | access with the library bar code...covers 1983 to the present. > | > | Anything prior to 1983 and you will have to have a search of the Projo > on > | microfilm. The Providence Public Library aka PPL has the complet Projo > from > | issue 1; other libraries including some of the colleges/universities > have > a > | more limited collection of years on microfilm but there are also > libraries > | that have no Projo on microfilm such as my small local library. > | > | The PPL can look-up and copy obits for you however they can't do > research. > | There is a fee...$5 service fee and $0.20 per page copy pulled from the > | microfilm so you do get the obit or article such as a wedding > announcement > | as it appeared in the newspaer and therefore any photos which may have > been > | with the obit/article. As I understand the service fee it's the same > whether > | you want 1 obit or several so it might be best to save-up the obits > wanted > | and submit at once so as to save on the service fee. > | > | To get a look-up and copy you need at least month and year. Joe Doe died > May > | 1962 they could do. Joe Doe died sometime in 1962 or Joe Doe died > sometime > | between 1960 - 1963 they couldn't do for you. Here is the information > for > | the PPL for this: > | > | PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY: > | > | Photocopies from microfilm of the Providence Journal from the beginning > in > | the 1800's to the present: > | (1983 - present on line at ProQuest with a RI Library card) > | > | Providence Public Library Reference Services > | 150 Empire Street > | Providence, Rhode Island 02903 > | Phone:401-455-8005. > | Main number is 401-455-8000. > | http://www.provlib.org/default.html > | Email at pplref@provlib.org > | > | > | You might also try Googling some of the local papers. I know the Warwick > | Beacon is on line but I don't know for how far back. I have found some > of > my > | obits for "recent" Kent Co. ancestors there: > | > | > http://warwickonline.com/warwickonline/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=92 > | ~~ Warwick & West Warwick; links here to Johnston, Cranston and the RI > | Newspaper Group > | > | http://www.valleybreeze.com/index.php ~~ this seems to be for fairly > recent > | and for limited time on obits. Covers Smithfield, Johnston, North > | Providence, Scituate, Foster, Glocester, Cumberland & Lincoln....maybe > North > | Smithfield or Burrillville - not sure. > | > | http://www.warwickdailytimes.com/ ~~ Warwick > | > | Linda > | > | --- On Tue, 8/19/08, Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> wrote: > | From: Seamus <nanonine@roadrunner.com> > | > | OK, thank you Lisa. I appreciate it. > | > | Nancy > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: "Lisa Lepore" <llepore@comcast.net> > | > Hi Nancy - > | > > | > I think each library has their own rules, > | > but here's the info page from the Providence > | > Public > | > http://www.provlib.org/about/cards/gettingacard.html > | > > | > > | > Lisa > | > llepore@comcast.net > | > > | > > | > ----- Original Message ----- > | > From: "Seamus" <nanonine@roadrunner.com> > | > > | > | Can anyone who lives out of > | state obtain a RI library card? If so, how > | > does one go about getting one? Thanks. > | > | > | > | Nancy > | > | ------------------------------- > | > > | > ------------------------------- > | > > > ------------------------------- > > RIGENWEB MAILING LIST > > LIST TOPIC: The discussion, exchange, and research of genealogy and > history information pertaining to Rhode Island. Despite the list name, > the list topic is not related to GenWeb in any way. > > Contact the List Admin at rigenweb-admin@rootsweb.com, or to search the > list archives or find other useful information to help you use the list > more effectively, please click on the following link: > > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/USGenWeb/RIGENWEB.html > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > RIGENWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message