I received this from another list and thought I'd pass it along. Joyce To one and all; As many of you know Fort Worth was hit by a tornado this past tuesday. The Fort Worth Public Library did sustain damage. At this time the library is closed both to the public and staff. All the glass in the building was blown out; the air conditioning system was destroyed and there is water damage. The rare books section of the Genealogy/Local History/City Archives has had water damage. We have not been able to get back into the library to see if there is structural damage. Please advise one and all that if you are planning a research trip to the Fort Worth Public Library to phone before you come. We are hoping that the staff will be able to get into the building on monday. I will keep this listserv updated on the conditions of the library and collection. If anyone has any questions please have them email me at the address listed here. Sincerely, Shirley Apley, Senior Librarian Genealogy/Local History/City Archives Fort Worth Public Library 500 West 3rd Street Fort Worth, TX 76112 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From the Beautiful Texas Hill Country German/Texas Families: Mueller, Schuerg, Goene, Arlitt, Meinecke, Wirth, Sheeley Other Texas Families: Barrow, Crawford, Rumsey Missouri: Martin, Burks, Williams Kentucky: Williams & Stacy Arkansas: Crawford, Spradley, Burks Tennessee: Harrell, Burch, Good, Grimes, Ragsdale, Day, Spradley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~