<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> Rev. McDonald's comments are on the mark. On site visits to a county archive and subsequent contacts with the helpful staff have been invaluable to me in solving problems and obtaining clues for future research. I have the highest regard for the Family History Library.  However, it does have its limits.   In addition to using a county archive, I have used the National Archives, a university manuscript collection, a state archive and several other sources that have documents that have not been filmed by the Family History Library.   Ruth Randall    > Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:33:30 -0800 > From: strude86@charter.net > To: apgpubliclist@apgen.org > Subject: [APG Public List] RE: Building FAN clubs in rural areas > > And as many of us who work outside of SLC know, there's a lot of useful material that is not filmed, in the counties that have been covered; and there are a lot of counties that haven't been covered at all from among the venues to which our work takes us. > -- > Rev. Dr. David McDonald, CG(sm)* > Old Northwest Research, LLC > > *"CG" & "Certified Genealogist" are service marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists (R), and are used by authorized associates following periodic, peer-reviewed competency evaluations. Certificate No. 452, renewed, expires 19 April 2014. > > ---- Jeanette Daniels <jeanettedaniels8667@yahoo.com> wrote: > > ============= > Craig, > > I'm spoiled here in Salt Lake City with the Family History Library. Such a search takes only a few hours if the courthouses I need have been microfilmed. > > Jeanette > > </body> </html>