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From: "ctm 007" <>
Subject: Re: [Godfrey Lib-H] The Handy Book
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:36:43 -0500
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What is the "Handy Book"? When one does a search on google there are
38,500,000 hits and the websites range from computers to cars to maps, etc.

Carl


On 6/11/06, WRidge <> wrote:
>
> Oh, my! I STILL use the Handy Book! Mine is dog-eared and well worn.
> Don't know how any serious researcher does without one.
>
> I had to suppress a grin when talking with a self-described "professional"
> genealogist about a particular problem. I mentioned the Handy Book and
> she
> wanted to know what it was! Don't believe I would have wanted to hire
> her.
>
> WR
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karen Wofford" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 6:42 PM
> Subject: [Godfrey Lib-H] Re: GODFREY-LIBRARY-HELP-D Digest V06 #167
>
>
> > Hi Folks, Any of you guys remember tracking counties with the "Handy
> book
> > of Genealogy".. in those days there was no www.usgenweb.org
> > Yes costs have gone up doing genealogy, but really.. can any of you guys
> > remember the old days.. as an old Aretha Franklin song says "Think!"
> > I remember going to the public library, finding parking, hoping the book
> I
> > needed was there, doing interlibrary loan requests and paying for them,
> > xeroxing, etc..
> > I still remember the thrill of looking at a original record with old
> time
> > handwriting and thinking.. my ancestor signed this!!...
> > I remember ordering many films from the local family history center,
> > working there and helping others and most of the time getting help from
> > people..
> > We have become a instant gratification society, and things don't
> > necessarily happen this way..
> > I still remember using a typewritter and carbon paper.. I guess I am
> > dating myself here..
> > There are still countless websites out there for free that put up quite
> a
> > few goodies..
> > For instance Monmouth County Archives just put up their marriage index
> and
> > the New Jersey state Archives did too.. That's online and for
> nothing..If
> > you want the cert in new jersey the cost is a lot cheaper then ordering
> a
> > FHC film now..but at $5.50 now for a microfilm, it's still a good buy.
> > Dick Eastman has a whole bunch of goodies out there to check.. and I
> still
> > am finding stuff on rootsweb..
> > Familysearch.org is getting ready to launch a new genealogy program to
> > replace PAF but I have no idea when that will be released..
> > BYU has a library that has a genealogical collection but I don't have
> the
> > website handy, and that is for free..
> > You can't beat the resource information at familysearch to check for
> > records.
> > And let's not forget the NYC folks and their fantastic websites found on
> > the Italian genealogy site.. I don't work and have a income and if I did
> I
> > would contribute..
> > I remember the days when I was thrilled to get a package from a second
> > cousin who took the time to send what her mother had compiled to me..and
> > some old family pictures.. nobody can give you that.. and to call them
> and
> > hear the stories.. Now my second cuz has passed on and I still have her
> > letters to me, as well as my grandma's letters many years ago..and
> > sometimes I pull them out and read them..
> > So quit complaining.. there are solutions to these problems and
> eventually
> > I truly believe it will all work out. I believe in genie angels, they
> are
> > there and they care.
> > And another thing.. godfrey is still a good buy for my money.. it makes
> > searching much easier..
> > You have to remember to give technology and bureaucracy a chance to
> catch
> > up with each other..
> > Eventually I think that the state archives etc will have much more
> > online..and with that they will probably charge more to keep it there..
> > Kind regards to all, Karen
> >
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