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 > >