We are indeed related! I'll forward this to my home e-mail and touch base with you. Brenda J Scott -----Original Message----- From: Janice M. Parker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives Yes Maam Sarah Lucetia Mossburg is my g-grandmother and Anne Elizabeth Benson my gg-grandmother and Mary Ann Talbott daughter of Lewin my ggg-grandmother. Jan in FL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott, Brenda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:33 AM Subject: RE: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives > Ms Janice > Are you related to the Benson, Talbotts, Mossburgs? > > Brenda J Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Janice M. Parker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 10:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives > > I would think that you should get some response from your congressman. > At > least express your concerns. Sounds like the funding for the Maryland > Archives has been cut to the bone. This has just happened over the last > few > years. I remember being able to get wills and documents through the > mail. > Seems as if we are going backward instead of forward. > > Jan in FL > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sue Dotson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 9:52 AM > Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives > > > > Speaking of being "short-staffed and underbudgeted," I went to the MD > Archives in Annapolis yesterday. I am not local so it has been several > years since I've been there, and have only been there twice before, so I > am > still unsure of myself. I figured out how to use the card file and > found a > file card on a marriage I have been looking for, but then did not know > what > to do with that information (i.e. does finding a card mean they have > more > information on this marriage?) I was never able to get any help > whatsoever. > There were only two employees behind the counter, and both had lines of > people waiting the remaining 2 hours I was there. They even had a sign > posted on the counter saying "Due to budget constraints we are > understaffed. > Please be patient." > > > > Back at the card file I saw a couple looking in a drawer so I asked > them > if they knew what to do if you find a card of interest in the drawer. > They > didn't either, and were complaining that they had driven all the way > from > Indiana and were extremely discouraged and disgusted that they couldn't > get > any help either. Another woman heard us and voiced her complaints also. > So > I was not alone with my disappointment over the experience there > yesterday. > > > > Sue Dotson > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 10:09 PM > > Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] Coroner's Inquest > > > > > > Can anyone on the list tell me if you can obtain the results of a > coroner's > > inquest held in 1937. My grandfather was struck by a trolley car > and, > > according to a Washington Post article, there was to be a coroner's > inquest held > > the following day. I could not find an article in the Post showing > the > results > > of the coroner's inquest. > > > > Also, has anyone on the list had any luck in obtaining requested > documents > > from the DC Archives. I've read on the list in the past of people > having > > difficulty with requests. I need to obtain some marriage records > for > the late > > 1800's and early 1900s and wonder if the DC Archives is responding > to > requests. > > I understand they have been short-staffed and underbudgeted > although I > had > > any requests I made a couple of years ago answered shortly after I > submitted > > them. > > > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx