Sue, Please give me the address of where you catch the bus from College Park to the downtown Archieves. I will be in DC in August and coming from Laurel. Eileen Sue Dotson wrote: > My husband and I use the free shuttle any time we ever go downtown to the DC > location because there is free, guarded parking at the College Park location > and the ride is free. The buses are nice and clean, and there is almost > always an almost empty bus unless you are the first or last bus of the day. > As long as you avoid those, you'll be fine. > > Of course, for your purpose, you are coming from DC and you want the MD > State Archives in Annapolis, not the NARA in College Park. You could still > take the free shuttle from downtown to College Park. Once there you'd be > closer to Annapolis than when you were in DC, but once in College Park I > don't know what you'd do. It's pretty secluded and in a residential area. > About all I know you could do from there is call a cab to get you to > Annapolis. That would probably undo all the good your free shuttle just did > you. > > Sue Dotson > Buzzybee@prodigy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. Strong" <strongj@pacbell.net> > To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Re: Transport to MD Archives > > > I also like to see answers sent to the whole list. That's why I > subscribe - so I > > can learn about D.C. research. > > > > If you look at this NARA site > > http://www.nara.gov/nara/dc/Archives1_directions.html > > down near the end there is a section about a staff shuttle bus. It seems > to run > > between the NARA in D.C. and the NARA in MD and is free and can be used by > > researchers on a space available basis. Since you have a little time you > might > > call or e-mail NARA and ask if there is "usually space available". My > guess is > > that is would be a good way to travel between the two libraries. > > > > Judy Mott Strong > > Orange, CA > > Researching TYRRELL in D.C. > > > > > > Ronbatiste@aol.com wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 7/27/2001 5:02:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > > > WashingtonDC-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > > > << > > > I will be in DC in November. Unfortunately I won't have a car. Does > anyone > > > know if there is any affordable transportation to Annapolis to the MD > State > > > Archives other than renting a car for the day? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Brenda > > > >> > > > Please post any suggestions to the list...I will be in WDC in October > and > > > have the same problem. > > > Thanks, > > > Ron Batiste > > > (Ronbatiste@aol.com) > > > > > > ============================== > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > ============================== > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!

Eileen, National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 There are directions and a map at this URL: http://www.nara.gov/nara/dc/Archives2_directions.html Sue Dotson Buzzybee@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eileen Marquis" <eileenmm@dycon.com> To: "Sue Dotson" <buzzybee@prodigy.net> Cc: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 8:08 AM Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Re: Transport to MD Archives > Sue, > Please give me the address of where you catch the bus from College Park to the > downtown Archieves. I will be in DC in August and coming from Laurel. > Eileen > > Sue Dotson wrote: > > > My husband and I use the free shuttle any time we ever go downtown to the DC > > location because there is free, guarded parking at the College Park location > > and the ride is free. The buses are nice and clean, and there is almost > > always an almost empty bus unless you are the first or last bus of the day. > > As long as you avoid those, you'll be fine. > > > > Of course, for your purpose, you are coming from DC and you want the MD > > State Archives in Annapolis, not the NARA in College Park. You could still > > take the free shuttle from downtown to College Park. Once there you'd be > > closer to Annapolis than when you were in DC, but once in College Park I > > don't know what you'd do. It's pretty secluded and in a residential area. > > About all I know you could do from there is call a cab to get you to > > Annapolis. That would probably undo all the good your free shuttle just did > > you. > > > > Sue Dotson > > Buzzybee@prodigy.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "J. Strong" <strongj@pacbell.net> > > To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [WashingtonDC'' ] Re: Transport to MD Archives > > > > > I also like to see answers sent to the whole list. That's why I > > subscribe - so I > > > can learn about D.C. research. > > > > > > If you look at this NARA site > > > http://www.nara.gov/nara/dc/Archives1_directions.html > > > down near the end there is a section about a staff shuttle bus. It seems > > to run > > > between the NARA in D.C. and the NARA in MD and is free and can be used by > > > researchers on a space available basis. Since you have a little time you > > might > > > call or e-mail NARA and ask if there is "usually space available". My > > guess is > > > that is would be a good way to travel between the two libraries. > > > > > > Judy Mott Strong > > > Orange, CA > > > Researching TYRRELL in D.C. > > > > > > > > > Ronbatiste@aol.com wrote: > > > > > > > In a message dated 7/27/2001 5:02:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > > > > WashingtonDC-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > > > > > > > > << > > > > I will be in DC in November. Unfortunately I won't have a car. Does > > anyone > > > > know if there is any affordable transportation to Annapolis to the MD > > State > > > > Archives other than renting a car for the day? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brenda > > > > >> > > > > Please post any suggestions to the list...I will be in WDC in October > > and > > > > have the same problem. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Ron Batiste > > > > (Ronbatiste@aol.com) > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Create a FREE family website at MyFamily.com! > > > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST2 > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >