I have never had any problem researching from long
distance. Here is the information for long
distance researching in the Brookville Library.
http://www.wvcl.org/genealogy/default.htm
Margaret
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1. GENEALOGY RESEARCH. (iggy29)
2. Re: GENEALOGY RESEARCH. (VBanerjee(a)aol.com)
3. Re: GENEALOGY RESEARCH. (Marian Dunlap)
4. Re: GENEALOGY HELP. (BobZins(a)aol.com)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:08:20 -0500
From: "iggy29" <iggy29(a)sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [INFRANKLI] GENEALOGY RESEARCH.
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I'd say that you've been very fortunate to always
have Library help 'on the
spot'.. We've been traveling and researching for
many years, and, believe
me, it's sometimes a 'toss up' as to whether Library
Gen. Depts. are helpful
or not. The same holds true in Court Houses. That
doesn't deter me!!
Not genealogy related, however, I took an
'Assertiveness Training' Class at
Ft. Collins, Co. many years ago -- and I've
certainly had the opportunity to
use those things I was taught........smile..
Genealogy research seems to be
the 'thorn in the side' -- 'burr under the saddle',
ad nauseum -- for SOME
Libraries and Court Houses. However, the pleasant
experiences have
outweighed the unpleasant.
My first experience of being 'screened' by a law
officer at one of the
Indiana Court Houses, blew me away.. Having to check
my material at the
front counter, and using a pencil provided by the
Library only, also got my
attention.. Unfortunately, many people doing
research have the nerve to
STEAL pictures and pages of valuable information.
So they are now locked up
and we researchers are treated somewhat as thieves..
One 'bad apple' can spoil the whole barrel, as it
were. Being patient and
learning to smile will always benefit us. No kind
deed goes unnoticed!! So
don't give up.. Regards, Nancee
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From: Marian Dunlap
Date: 01/18/07 12:18:16
To: infrankli(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [INFRANKLI] GENEALOGY HELP.
"Iggy 29" -- If you received good help at the
Library in Brookville you
were in luck! We made one trip there quite a few
years ago and when I asked
for help in the genealogical section a lady came
from another room. She
said she was helping another client and just waved
around the section and
told me to look for myself! This was the first and
only time I ever tried
to research in a library that no one could be
bothered with giving more help
than that! Needless to say we didn't stay long and
tried researching at the
Court House. They were extra busy at the Court
House that day but took time
to show me the books that I could look at myself!
We had planned to stay
over that night and spend two days in Brookville,
but we left that afternoon
and headed home and never bothered to go back.
Marian
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:23:37 EST
From: VBanerjee(a)aol.com
Subject: Re: [INFRANKLI] GENEALOGY RESEARCH.
To: infrankli(a)rootsweb.com
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I have visited Franklin County repositories many
times over the years.
Generally my experiences have been positive. Yes,
there have been days when the
person in charge in the library, court house,etc.
has been, harried, not very
knowledgeable or helpful. But there have also been
times when they went out of
their way to help me locate what I needed. And there
has never been an occasion
when I was prevented from browsing and searching for
myself. It is important to
remember that clerks in court houses, for example,
are there to accomplish
today's county business and not necessarily to
assist in genealogy searches.
As genealogists, we have an obligation to come
prepared, having "done our
homework" and not expect to find a lifetime of
records in one quick trip!
Virginia Banerjee
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:27:29 -0600
From: "Marian Dunlap" <mdunlap(a)consolidated.net>
Subject: Re: [INFRANKLI] GENEALOGY RESEARCH.
To: <infrankli(a)rootsweb.com>
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Whenever possible it can pay to contact either the
library or the
genealogical/historical society in the county of
research and inquire as to
their policy of assisting researchers. In this
county our Society has
knowledgeable "helpers" on duty at the library at
some scheduled times each
week. If you can't make it at one of their
scheduled times it may be
possible for one of those "helpers" to come in when
you will be there. I
know first-hand how much more family information
researchers can find if
there is someone available to help find the right
books that contain the
needed information, as I have been one of those
"local helpers". I agree
that it behooves researchers entering libraries and
court houses to
smile.....smile.......smile.... and then remember to
say "thank you" for
every bit of assistance.
Marian
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:35:42 EST
From: BobZins(a)aol.com
Subject: Re: [INFRANKLI] GENEALOGY HELP.
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If any of you are visiting the Brookville library in
the future, you might
want to look up my book, The Zins families of
Grosrederching, France and St.
Mary's, Indiana. There is a lot of information on
other families from that
area and of Franklin County.
Bob Zins
Improve your German at:
http://www.quia.com/pages/berkeleygerman.html
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