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Subject: Rundel library resources
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:45:24 EDT

I spent two wonderful days in this Rochester library on my only visit to my
father's hometown. It had the best local genealogy collection I have ever
seen.

In addition to compiled genealogies of local families and a complete run of
city directories, some of the most useful resources I found were:

Unit histories of New York Civil War military organizations

Index to the local newspapers (where else could I have learned that my
grandmother had been shot in the knee by a stray bullet back in 1895?)

Local maps -- one of the more interesting sets of maps showed the actual
footprints of buildings early in this century. That provoked some
interesting talks with my father as he reminisced about things that had
happened on this porch, in the bend of that building, between the facing
windows of his home and the house next door. These maps also were a quick
and easy way to get an idea of the churches, schools, and businesses in his
neighborhood.

Ardis Parshall

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