College Libraries would certainly have capacity. The Universities of South Carolina and Virginia have great collections compiled from personal research. Those of us who research in the Southeast are surely familiar with the Andrea Collection. I'm sure other schools would welcome these files. Or have you considered a County or State Archives or Library? The Alabama State Archives had many, many file cabinets filled with personal research papers. The Virginia State Library has similar collections. Mickey -----Original Message----- From: paul drake [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Help from everybody To ALL: I have rec'd this letter from a fine Lady and researcher who is now all but blind. She - and all of us - would appreciate your comments, since many of us may face this very problem as the years pile up on us. PLEASE DO NOT TELL HER TO DONATE THE MATERIALS TO A LIBRARY; SHE ALREADY KNOWS THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. What she needs to know is WHICH large libraries might have vertical file capacity to have use for such a mass of materials and would preserve the same for the future. Her research is in large measure in New England, MD, and nearby states. What ideas have you about a depository for her fine and extensive work???? Thanks, for myself and this nice lady. Paul Hi Paul, I have been researching and fussing over my genealogy for some 30 years and now I think I am going to get rid of it all. Any ideas as to how to do this? I know..trash basket!!! I can no longer see to record any of my notes and compile the closets of info I have collected. Learned one thing from this going blind though... don't put off doing anything that has to do with seeing!! Anyway, every time I realize that those files of notes are just sitting there, it frustrates me something awful. Makes me feel sad and depressed AND stupid for not keeping things up to date. My son and daughter are the last of my....and neither is interested in any further research....I do hate to just chuck it all. Have you any ideas ? There is already a marvelous book on my....family that goes from the 1600s down to me, so that takes care of that bunch, but my maternal line is the unknown family....That family can NEVER be figured out as they married cousins right and left. But as much fun as all this has been and the wonderful hobby it has been, it is only frustration to me now that I can no longer do this. Anyway...what do people do with all the stuff they have collected and recorded? Maybe I should put it in a metal box and bury it ! I really am serious. That is a lot of work to just throw away when there may be somebody somewhere who could use some of it. Appreciate any ideas you may have. C... ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== USGenWeb Archives Census Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/census/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237