Hi Harry The Law Library is open on tue and thursday nights till 9:00 with not many people there. Anthony Long -------------- Original message -------------- > Chuck, > > Thank you for the information on the Law Library. I never knew that existed! > And I've been wanting to go someplace where they have the Baltimore Sun! Wow! > > Harry > > At 05:18 PM 6/23/2005 EDT, you wrote: > > 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 > > > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 >

Thanks to all for mentioning this. When I lived in Florida (and worked at a county courthouse, in the Appraiser's office), I used the law library there frequently to look up legal stuff relating to my business classes at a local college; I never even considered genealogical use. 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: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 6:27 AM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] MD Archives Hi Harry The Law Library is open on tue and thursday nights till 9:00 with not many people there. Anthony Long -------------- Original message -------------- > Chuck, > > Thank you for the information on the Law Library. I never knew that existed! > And I've been wanting to go someplace where they have the Baltimore Sun! Wow! > > Harry > > At 05:18 PM 6/23/2005 EDT, you wrote: > > 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 > > > > > >============================== > >Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > >last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > ============================== 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