To be fair, the budget cuts started before the current administration. It hit the archives hard in the summer of 2002... Being a regular week- end visitor at that time, I remember that time frame quite well... It forced them to close on Mondays and Tuesdays... The microfilm readers began remaining broken for long periods of time... Before you make a trip to the archives in Annapolis, thoroughly check out their web site to plan ahead at what you want to search for and write down the microfilm numbers that may have the information ... All their microfilm resources are listed on the web pages (http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us)... Also, they usually have more volunteer help available on Saturdays... Also, if going there, it is very worthwhile to go directly across the street to the Law library... They have a large collection of Maryland genealogy books divided by county, as well as a vast collection of other genealogy-related books... They also have the Baltimore Sun on microfilm... It is well worth your time... Chuck

Chuck, Thanks very much for your suggestions. Checking their web page first is a good idea, though I think that will probably only help if what you are after is on microfilm. Several years ago I went to some public libraries in the Annapolis area and was amazed by the lack of genealogy references. It's really good to know about the Law Library! Thanks for sharing. Btw, someone said they are open Tu & Thur evenings....but do you know their regular hours, including weekends? Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives To be fair, the budget cuts started before the current administration. It hit the archives hard in the summer of 2002... Being a regular week- end visitor at that time, I remember that time frame quite well... It forced them to close on Mondays and Tuesdays... The microfilm readers began remaining broken for long periods of time... Before you make a trip to the archives in Annapolis, thoroughly check out their web site to plan ahead at what you want to search for and write down the microfilm numbers that may have the information ... All their microfilm resources are listed on the web pages (http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us)... Also, they usually have more volunteer help available on Saturdays... Also, if going there, it is very worthwhile to go directly across the street to the Law library... They have a large collection of Maryland genealogy books divided by county, as well as a vast collection of other genealogy-related books... They also have the Baltimore Sun on microfilm... It is well worth your time... Chuck

And don't forget that the Anne Arundel Gen Soc., whose holdings are located at the Kuethe Library in Glen Burnie, allows non-members to research there for $2/day (free for members). Although the focus is A. A. Co., they have lots of stuff for other MD counties and even for surrounding states. Here is their web site: http://www.aagensoc.org/ A call to them with your research ideas may result in a quick review to see if they can assist you~ Kathleen Bowen Gambrills, Maryland [email protected] or [email protected] FTM pages: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/b/o/w/Kathleen-E-Bowen Folk Alley.com - All Music. All The Time: http://www.folkalley.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Dotson To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives Chuck, Thanks very much for your suggestions. Checking their web page first is a good idea, though I think that will probably only help if what you are after is on microfilm. Several years ago I went to some public libraries in the Annapolis area and was amazed by the lack of genealogy references. It's really good to know about the Law Library! Thanks for sharing. Btw, someone said they are open Tu & Thur evenings....but do you know their regular hours, including weekends? Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives To be fair, the budget cuts started before the current administration. It hit the archives hard in the summer of 2002... Being a regular week- end visitor at that time, I remember that time frame quite well... It forced them to close on Mondays and Tuesdays... The microfilm readers began remaining broken for long periods of time... Before you make a trip to the archives in Annapolis, thoroughly check out their web site to plan ahead at what you want to search for and write down the microfilm numbers that may have the information ... All their microfilm resources are listed on the web pages (http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us)... Also, they usually have more volunteer help available on Saturdays... Also, if going there, it is very worthwhile to go directly across the street to the Law library... They have a large collection of Maryland genealogy books divided by county, as well as a vast collection of other genealogy-related books... They also have the Baltimore Sun on microfilm... It is well worth your time... Chuck ============================== Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. New content added every business day. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx