RE: [Genealib] Genealogy questions asked at the reference desk

[Brannan, Joyce A.]

Just recently we had a woman come in and say her family reunion is in a
month.  She can only come at four on Fridays (when we close at 5).  She
had a reasonably good tree back to 1880, but wanted to go back at least
before the civil war.  I found the family on the 1870 census and told
her that the gggrandmother's name had to be wrong unless she started
having children when she was only 9.  We found the family again in the
1860 census with a different mother.  When we couldn't find any vital or
church records, I she search the local cemeteries to try to find a
headstone for the correct gggrandmother.  

Joyce Adams Brannan
Technical Services Librarian
Julia Tutwiler Library, Station 12
University of West Alabama
(205) 652-3677
jbrannan at uwa.edu
 

-----Original Message-----
From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Naukam
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 12:54 PM
To: 'Librarians Serving Genealogists'
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Genealogy questions asked at the reference desk

In a light hearted vein, one of my favorites is: can I swing by and pick
it
up on the way to the reunion? 

 

Or

 

I'm double parked. I need it right away.

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