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
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 >