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From: "J.M. \(Jay\) Ingalls" <>
Subject: [NYGENESE] Re: Holland Land Grant Library Funding
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 17:22:12 -0400


List Members,

I wrote to the Genesee county site and received a very nice reply. I
hope my message helps continue the county funding for the library. My
message and the reply I received are included below.

Jay
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From: "Genesee County Legislature Office" <>
To: "J.M. (Jay) Ingalls" <>
Subject: Re: Holland Land Grant Library Support
Date: Friday, June 22, 2001 9:27 AM

Thank you for your email addressed to the Genesee County Legislature.
I
will make sure that each member receives a copy. I have also taken
the
liberty of copying the Budget Officer, County Historian, and the
Genesee
County Chamber of Commerce.

We appreciate your input and it will be taken into consideration as we
consider the 2002 Budget.

Thank you for your interest.

Sincerely
Carolyn P. Pratt, Clerk
Genesee County Legislature

At 12:16 AM 6/22/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Please give a copy of this to each of the Genesee NY County
>Legislators.
>
>My wife and have made two trips from Orlando Florida to Genesee
>County NY to use the Holland Land Grant Library and the county court
>house records for genealogy research. We also went to nearby towns
and
>cemeteries to do research over a number of days.
>
>Do you realize that genealogy is the 2nd or 3rd most popular hobby in
>the U.S.A.? During the search for information about our ancestors and
>their siblings, we and many other genealogists travel many miles and
>spend a number of days in towns across the country, staying in
motels,
>eating in restaurants, and buying food and supplies and gasoline.
>
>We, and other researchers, spend money in the communities where we
>research. Some of that money will not be spent in your community if
>you destroy the Holland Land Grant Library, or do not fund it
>adequately to maintain the records stored there, and the great
support
>of the employees and volunteers.
>
>Please continue to support the library with county taxes, and
>encourage the library personnel, the local chamber of commerce, and
>other local groups, to "advertise" the library as a major local
>attraction and source of community pride.
>
>If you, the local legislators, have not started researching your
>ancestry, I suggest that do. It is a great family hobby, and helps
>children and adults understand history and geography. You may find
>out things about your ancestors that make you proud, make you laugh;
>or feel sad, or embarrassed, but it will help you understand why you
>are the person you are now, and live where you do.
>
>Jay

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Carolyn P. Pratt, Clerk
Genesee County Legislature
http://www.co.genesee.us.ny
716-344-2550 x2202




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