[Genealib] Why do you rearrange your collection?

[Witt, Gretchen B.]

We have a specific cataloguing system that was designed for our local
history/genealogical room by Evelyn Stallings. 

	SEE - Arranging Roots: Classification and Subject Headings for
Genealogical Collections.   Blake, Linda; Stallings, 		Evelyn
T.; Library Resources & Technical Services, v41 n4 p335-46 Oct 1997
(EJ559844)
	
Basically, it is arranged geographically - 
	General research/genealogical research information
	Then broader immigration information like ship records, etc.; 
	A large section devoted to family history - alphabetically under
family name then author; 
	General US information geographically and time period basic
organizers - Colonial period, Revolutionary War, etc. 
	The remainder is basically States, then counties, then specific
areas or topics in each county for instance a book about the history of
St. John's Lutheran Church in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina is
catalogued NC Row.55 
	NC (for North Carolina) Row - for Rowan County, .5 for church
related topic with added 5 (.55) for a Lutheran 	church).  Then
with a Cutter - Author or Title.  Census books are NC Row.38 with year
of census (1850);  and so on.  

Takes a little while to figure it out but organized geographically works
very well for most genealogical researchers.

Sincerely,
 
Gretchen Beilfuss Witt
History Room Librarian
 
Edith M. Clark History Room
Rowan Public Library
P.O. Box 4039
Salisbury, NC  28145-4039
 
 
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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Cheryl
Smith
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 1:30 PM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: [Genealib] Why do you rearrange your collection?

Hello,

I would like to rearrange our genealogy collection.  We have it in
normal dewey call number order.  Nothing is pulled out into separate
areas.  We are going to move the collection to a bigger area.  When we
do I would like to have the collection rearranged.  I know that most of
the genealogy collections out there are rearranged in some way.  I don't
want to know how because we've discussed that recently.  I want to know
why.  

Thanks for any help,
Cheryl Smith
Public Services Librarian Senior
Harrington Library
1501 18th St.
Plano, TX  75074
972-941-7175

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