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Subject: Re: [APG] Samford University Institute
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2000 08:48:10 EDT

In a message dated 7/8/2000 8:51:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
writes:

> Gee, Annette, can the IGHR sign you on as a publicity agent? <G>

It appears they already have.... free of charge! <g>

>
> > Something else I enjoyed was, since Ms. Mills is from Natchitoches
> Louisiana . . . >
>
> Ahh, would that I could claim Natchitoches as my own, but fate has
> never allowed it. For years, I've had to content myself with saying I could
> claim it because I married well <g>.

I suppose I equate you with being from Natchitoches because you know so much
about the families.... which doesn't happen often because of the 300 year
span of research. I was born 30 miles away and lived there 20 years and
until 1852, my parish was part of Natchitoches but none of my bloodlines are
from there! My families came from Mississippi, Alabama, etc. shortly after
1852 <g>
>
> > The things that all the instructors stressed were:
> > 1. Documentation for "every" fact
> > 2. The use of original records vs. books and other secondary
> [derivative] sources
> > 3. The use of the Family History Centers for those original records
> > 4. The "Cluster research" technique or the "N" word.
> > (Who were their Neighbors!)
> > 5. Set up a "to-do" list or plan your research BEFORE you go.
>
> Can I tweak this just a bit? Specifically point 3? Both the Family History
> Library and its Family History Centers are immensely important resources;
> and -- yes, indeed -- many original resources can be found there. But
before
> Point 3 gets the IGHR instructors into trouble with a lot of other research
> facilities who feel left out <g>, let me interject that the only
> repositories we intend to *stress* are (1) the National Archives and local
> government document libraries; and (2) law libraries.
>
> In fact, some folks who read point 3 above could accuse me of changing my
> rowboat in midstream -- given my long history of telling audiences that FHL
> and FHC *are* wonderful BUT that in virtually every courthouse and town
hall
> in
> America, researchers will find materials that *aren't* yet filmed.
> Hence, my lectures are more likely to harp that no problem can be
considered
> "thoroughly researched" until one has combed the local repositories.
>
> If I stayed up too late grading student assignments and slept through
> something I should have said in class, do let me clarify the point now <g>.

I'll change it to show the above repositories "or" the use of FHCs when
necessary although not everything was filmed and much information may be
missed unless the local courthouse etc. is personally searched. I know for a
fact that much was missed in the Natchitoches courthouse when it was filmed.
The local genealogy organization worked for almost 10 years repairing, etc.
records found in the basement of the local courthouse several years after the
filming was completed.

I plan to write an article for my newspaper column on attending workshops,
etc. next week and will point out the trip I made to IGHR and etc. (Free
publicity!)
>
> On the other hand . . . yes! That "nice N-word" I definitely do invoke a
> lot. Guilty as charged!

Maybe if we hear it enough, we'll start to automatically use it... but I
personally prefer the term "cluster" as in "Neighbors tend to cluster in
communities and travel together", etc. <g>

I do have one question: I need a township map of Fayette Co. Alabama and a
few other counties in Alabama. What would be the best/easiest way of
acquiring maps of Alabama areas?

Who has charge of these type of maps is a guessing game at times? <g> In
Louisiana, you can usually get them for a small fee ($1-3) from the local
Clerk of Court, or many times copies are available free from local merchants
or the Chamber of Commerce, the latter have advertising for the local
merchants. I also used to have the address of the govenment department in
Baton Rouge, but since they are available locally, misplaced it.

And, I meant to ask before the class was over, is there any way of finding
out which items listed in the "preliminary inventories" that have been
microfilm and/or published? And how to get copies of what you need without
going personally to the National Archives? (The NA is a long way from
Louisiana and my fibromylga does not travel well. It has this habit of
sneaking up with a double whammy without notice. <g>)

Annette


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