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From: Brenda Lawless Daniel <>
Subject: Re: [INKOSCIU] 1870 Census Films Review Coming Up + Question to the List
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 19:43:33 -0600


I don't know what others do but I only charge if it costs me. Photocopies etc. I am like you....how do you charge that many people? I
host two counties in Nebraska. Hayes and Hitchcock Counties and I have found a lot of surnames that duplicate from Kosc. County to
Nebraska. Would love to have lookups done for my Daniel family and related in the 1870 census. Would help me a lot on childrens names
that I haven't gotten to as of yet. Would be glad to help anyone needing lookups in southwest Nebraska where I live.

Brenda Daniel

Kerry Butler wrote:

> Hello-
>
> I now have the two 1870 Kosciusko Cnty Census films on order. They will
> arrive in about three weeks.
>
> With the 1880 Wabash, Noble and Steuben county census last month, I
> performed free look ups for people who emailed me. So far this has amounted
> to around fifty heads of households plus the members within the house.
>
> I used a day of annual leave, over a few weeks, plus paid the loaner fees of
> $3.50 each film (around $20 so far), to do this.
>
> I have a question for the discussion lists - Am I suppose to charge
> (nominally) for this, or is it acceptable to offer these things for free? I
> have no problem doing free lookups generally. If it becomes too much, I
> don't do them. I look up my stuff first, then others'. As for the rental
> fees, I don't know of any way to ask for people who want lookups for a share
> of the cost - it is too small an amount of money for each person. A stamp
> would exceed their share! Besides, I wanted to rent the film for my own
> purposes anyway, not because anyone requested it of me. I would not of spent
> less money, and only perhaps four hours of time less, if no one at all had
> requested anything of me.
>
> However - am I undermining other people who do lookups for a fee as their
> "side" or primary business? Should I ask for a share cost of the rental fee
> for the films if I do other lookups in them?
>
> My inclination is to charge nothing, do whatever I have time for, and keep
> an "account" of names to email in case I have a lookup favor they can do for
> me in return some day in the future. I have no desire to bring money issues
> into this hobby of mine.
>
> Please chime in with an opinion - I suppose to my private email address
> below unless anyone thinks this is a wider discussion list topic - in which
> case post to the list.
>
> Thanks. Kerry Butler.
>
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