Barbara,
I also had difficulty doing research in Logansport but
I didn't experience those problems in the library
because when I went there was no one there at all and
I wasn't able to find a single thing - locked or not.
I also went to the health department for a death
record and was made to pay a $5 look up fee even
though I had to show the woman working there where the
book was because she couldn't find it on the shelf.
Unfortunately this isn't limited to Cass County.
Tippecanoe County has gotten so bad there was actually
a letter to the editor in the paper recently about
someone's terrible experience there. Carroll County is
shutting down their museum with all the genealogy
records effective Jan. 1 due to budget cuts.
I like someone else's suggestion to contact Fort Wayne
library with your questions. They have a huge Indiana
collection and genealogy is their main focus so you
don't have the service issues there that you have
elsewhere. Granted they don't have the originals but
they have indexes of everything and perhaps ordering a
copy would be easier if you were able to give them a
book number and page number- or perhaps I give them
too much credit!
Here's the Allen County library link:
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html
I'm sorry you had a bad experience and I hope you're
able to crumble that brick wall!
Lena
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:03:06 -0700
From: "Paradise Gal" <searcher_22(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: [INCASS] Cass Co. Records
To: INCASS(a)rootsweb.com
Hi Listers,
I guess it's finally my time to state my mind about
assistance with Cass Co. records.
A few years ago I traveled from No. California to
Logansport after years of
struggling with genealogical requests from Cass Co.
I sent funds, donations,
and nice letters. I made telephone calls and still
struggled. I hired
someone to help me and her letters were full of
grumbles and complaints of these same problems.
Well, when I visited in person I witnessed the
difficulty folks go through
first hand. It was horrible!
I have volunteered at my local genealogical library
for years. We allow
most of our material to be freely researched,
handled, and read by members
and visiting researchers. Our only lock is on the
front and back door. We
have a special collections room with very fragile
rare maps and books that
we do not allow to be removed from the library but
are still fully accessible to researchers.
I truly enjoyed my visit to the town of many of my
ancestors. Everywhere
else in Logansport I visited the folks were
pleasant, friendly, and helpful.
What is sad, is evidence to solve my 5 year
genealogy brick wall is probably
in that locked cabinet.
Barbara
Paradise, California
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