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From: "harrison" <>
Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] Reunion
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:20:56 -0500
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I think DC is a good idea because there is so much to do for family who
would not be attending reunion activities. One observation--a two inch
snowfall can cripple the DC area. The area is not accustomed to snow and
nobody seems to know what to do with it, unlike us hardy New Englanders who
certainly know now if they didn't before last winter. Eugenia Whitney
Harrison
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From: "Carolyn Mitchell" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 8:08 PM
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Reunion


> If the reunion is held in Washington, I recommend the Hotel Harrington at
11th and E Sts NW. Centrally located for all tourist sites,easy walk to the
National Archives., etc. They have a group rate for minimum ten rooms of $85
plus tax. Parking is $10 a day. This is cheap for downtown DC . Meeting
rooms available. Used for a lot of groups and school trips. See their web
site www.Hotel-Harrington.com
>
> I visit the DAR library regularly and would be glad to show researchers
where to find things. Outside of Salt Lake City, this library is the best.
Open stacks, self-service photocopying,. In addition to books, there is a
microfilm center with the Federal censuses, Rev. War pension records and
many other documents. A large collection of unpublished records in the
Genealogical Records Committee books sent in by DAR chapters in the states.
The library catalog is on-line http://dar.library.net Open Mon-Fri
8:30-4.00 .Sat 9-5. Closed Sunday. Fee for non-DAR/SAR members is now $6
per day.
>
> I find the Library of Congress much harder to use, since there is usually
a long wait after you request a book, and then often the slip comes back
"not on shelf"
>
> Don't come to Washington for research mid July . You will run into the
annual DAR Continental Congress and the library is closed to non-members.
>
> Carolyn Mitchell
> Bethesda, Maryland
>
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