Note to Ashley + other WI wildlife, relocated state birds, etc.-- I hope, Ashley, that you had a nice visit in Independence, MO. But if you were essentially looking for the BIG Mormon genealogy library, I wonder whether someone gave you some bum driving directions. The Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints is now headquartered in Independence, MO (formerly Plano, IL), and their main library, I think, is still in Independence at 1001 W. Walnut Street. But, if you were trying to find the really BIG Mormon library, you made a few wrong turns. Instead you should have gone somewhat farther west---> to Salt Lake City, UT, the home of the other (and bigger) Church of Latter Day Saints and their very BIG genealogy library. Here in Illinois we are actually BETTER auto drivers partly because we generally abstain from driving, drunk or sober, while trying to balance large chunks of cheese on our heads. Also, compared to you cheeseheads, we spend more time driving autos than snowmobiles. We also tend to guzzle less Blatz, Pabst, Millers (oder die Müller?), etc., while driving ANY vehicle. US President Harry S Truman, "the Man from Independence" (and formerly a somewhat unsuccessful haberdasher there, reportedly), once wisely stated that: <<the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.>> .........John (in Chicago) _______________________________________________________ > Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] avoiding the scary G word! > Date: 7/24/01 3:03:27 PM Central Daylight Time > From: grubisic@netwurx.net (Ashley Tiwara) > Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > Maxine, John, and the list, > A recommendation for library research: the Mid-Continental library in > Independence, MO..... Should you be there at the G*E*N*E*A*L*O*G*Y > library, the librarians actually expect you to ask questions..... _______________________________________________________

John and the list, The Mormon library is not the one I was at. The PUBLIC library is the one that zeroxes its collection of obituaries and does genealogy workshops. Oooh, for a sympathetic library system, or indeed, public records system, in Wisconsin. Some states are putting births, deaths, and marriages on line. Illinois, John, has started a web site, as has Pennsylvania, but you haven't got anyone there to look up, have you. Transplanted Wisconsin families ought to keep their puny, withered cheeseheads quiet about their former state, which appears to still be locked into the 20th century record keeping system. To the dismay of family researchers who want their answers NOW, and want them cheap, too. Ashley JQMagie@aol.com wrote: > Note to Ashley + other WI wildlife, relocated state birds, etc.-- > I hope, Ashley, that you had a nice visit in Independence, MO. But if > you were essentially looking for the BIG Mormon genealogy library, I wonder > whether someone gave you some bum driving directions. > The Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints is now headquartered in > Independence, MO (formerly Plano, IL), and their main library, I think, is > still in Independence at 1001 W. Walnut Street. But, if you were trying to > find the really BIG Mormon library, you made a few wrong turns. Instead you > should have gone somewhat farther west---> to Salt Lake City, UT, the home of > the other (and bigger) Church of Latter Day Saints and their very BIG > genealogy library. > Here in Illinois we are actually BETTER auto drivers partly because we > generally abstain from driving, drunk or sober, while trying to balance large > chunks of cheese on our heads. Also, compared to you cheeseheads, we spend > more time driving autos than snowmobiles. We also tend to guzzle less Blatz, > Pabst, Millers (oder die Müller?), etc., while driving ANY vehicle. > US President Harry S Truman, "the Man from Independence" (and formerly a > somewhat unsuccessful haberdasher there, reportedly), once wisely stated > that: <<the only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.>> > .........John (in Chicago) > _______________________________________________________ > > > Subj: Re: [WiMilwau] avoiding the scary G word! > > Date: 7/24/01 3:03:27 PM Central Daylight Time > > From: grubisic@netwurx.net (Ashley Tiwara) > > Reply-to: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Maxine, John, and the list, > > A recommendation for library research: the Mid-Continental library in > > Independence, MO..... Should you be there at the G*E*N*E*A*L*O*G*Y > > library, the librarians actually expect you to ask questions..... > _______________________________________________________ > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog