Hi Everyone: The Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library publishes a small newspaper every two months and this is where the following came from...current edition Feb/March 2000, thought it would be of value to many of us... There are two more articles that I still need to copy that should be of value to all of us who are researching the US census. Take care... Bev Sumpter DAR Library is now online! The Daughters of the American Revolution is now online as near as your computer at www.dar.library.net This library is one of the nations premier genealogical research centers and was ranked the third most important of national institutions based on the uniqueness of sources in a listing by the publisher of Heritage Quest. In late 1998, the library's book collection numbered some 150,000 volumes. About 5,000 new titles enter this library each year. Many thousands of volumes of genealogical complications, record abstracts and other materials are available only at the DAR library. DAR members and the public have contributed to these sources, building a collection of great research depth covering all periods of American history. The DAR Library is one of several departments at DAR National Headquarters in downtown Washington, DC. Library of Congress Website Offers Much Information Through the Library of Congress' Local History and Genealogy Reading Room on the Internet you can access the holdings of the largest library in the world, which has a collection of over 250,000 local history and genealogy books available for researchers. There is also a large repository of microfilm holdings from the LDS Library in Salt Lake City. http://lcweb.loc.gov.rr.genalogy/ You may also access the National Union Catalog of Manuscripts Collection (NUCMC) at http://lcweb.loc.gov/coll/nucmc/nucmc.html which indexes millions of unpublished documents and contains much valuable genealogical information. Last but not least, from this same publication... National Archives Building in Washington to undergo renovations... The National Archives Building in Washington, DC will undergo a major renovation beginning in February 2000. A new genealogy and family history center and a significant improvement in the microfilm reading room, updated displays and exhibits of the the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights and millions of other historically valuable documents are some of the improvements planned. The research side of the building, located on Pennsylvania Ave between 7th & 9th Streets, NW will remain open for business throughout the renovations. The exhibition side on Constitution Avenue will close for renovation on July 5, 2001 and will not reopen until 2003.