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Kelly Robinson
Detective Sergeant
Username: Kelly
Post Number: 53
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 12:19 pm: |       |
Hi. I'm going to be doing research at the National Archives next week, and thought I'd ask if anyone here has used their facilities. I've heard it can be a daunting task. Anyone who's been there have any basic guidance {or moral support for that matter}?
Thanks!
Kelly
"The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
William Faulkner |
Christopher T George
Chief Inspector
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 797
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 12:50 pm: | |
Hi, Kelly
I have been to the National Archives on a number of occasions and I don't think the experience is any more daunting than at other manuscript archives around the world that I have visited (mainly admittedly US, UK, and Ireland).
I think you will find that in the manuscript rooms they will not allow you to use pen, but you can use pencil. Also you can't use your own notepad but paper will be provided. Most of your belongings go into a locker and you keep the key to the locker while you are at work on the material. Similar arrangements pertain to the manuscripts room of the Library of Congress. On the other hand, I think in the rooms at the Archives where you will be using microfilm the rules are less stringent about using pen and notepads.
Kelly, e-mail me if you have other concerns about your proposed visit to the National Archives. Depending what you are looking for, for example, you may need to go either the main branch of the Archives in downtown Washington, D.C., or to the new annex in College Park.
All the best
Chris George
Christopher T. George
North American Editor
Ripperologist
http://www.ripperologist.info
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Kelly Robinson
Detective Sergeant
Username: Kelly
Post Number: 54
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 4:03 pm: | |
Thanks.
I guess I meant that genealogical research itself is a daunting task, and I may end up being in over my head. I'll e-mail you if I think of anything specific.
Kelly
"The past isn't over. It isn't even past."
William Faulkner |
Christopher T George
Chief Inspector
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 800
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 6:57 pm: | |
Hi, Kelly
The best of luck to you. I think that one of the most frustrating things about genealogical research is that so many people have exactly the same name and you can easily get on the wrong track.
All my best
Chris
Christopher T. George
North American Editor
Ripperologist
http://www.ripperologist.info
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davidpishock
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 3:54 am: | |
hosewife in us/sametime/murdered/week after the last in whitecha/find the dups and you have the answer//just find someone to beleive/ its all crossref |
dapish
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 3:30 am: | |
if you want to find who jtr is look in the archives posted artistic sucides. he`s there if someone beleives you......... |
Jason Scott Mullins
Inspector
Username: Crix0r
Post Number: 313
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 9:29 am: | |
Not only are we trolling, we're doing it at 3:30 AM?
Damn.. and I thought _I_ had no life :P
crix0r
"I was born alone, I shall die alone. Embrace the emptiness, it is your end." |
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