-----Original Message----- From: RUBYdakoda@aol.com <RUBYdakoda@aol.com> To: WASHINGTON-L@rootsweb.com <WASHINGTON-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, December 05, 1998 3:55 AM Subject: [WASHINGTON-L] ANYONE....ever use the PARSI files! > >>PERSI, name of index of historical societies throughout the >> years....some library should have the collection...takes up >> 5-6 shelves. > >The above is from my cousin in WA State who is a pretty good >researcher.....and she say's she's never used these files. Another cousin >said she had access to them for a week on Ancestry Com. and found tons of >names....but didn't know how to access them. >Has anyone ever seriously used these files and found any good information? > >Thanks in advance, >xxxxoooo >Louise King >La Jolla, CA Louise and all, I haven't actually tried to retreive the publication(s) that are listed in PERSI, but have noted that the information (at least on Ancestry.com) includes call number and some libraries that have those issues. What I thought I'd try to do is request them on interlibrary loan, and if that failed, as a local researcher or librarian if they would copy the cited articles for me. Don't know if either idea would work, but it's a thought. Susan in Spokane, WA Searching for Bain/Bayne, Bennett, Bullock, Bussert, Evans, Helms, Hensley, Jones, Leinart, Loschen, Mason, Miller, Murry/Murray,Sadler/Saddler, Seiber, Shane, and Trauernicht.