[Genealib] Obituary look-up policy

[Nancy Maxwell]

Births, deaths, and marriages that have appeared between 1898 and 2002 
in /The Grapevine Sun/, our local newspaper, have been indexed and are 
on our website:

http://www.grapevine.lib.tx.us/gvsearch.asp

Most lookup requests come to me via the appropriate e-mail link on the 
site.  We don't have a limit on the number of names per request, but 
four at one time is the most I've received in the almost-five years that 
I've been here.  The requester gives the info from the index and I make 
the copy and mail it.  We currently charge $1.00 per page to cover our 
costs and don't require a SASE.  For first-time requesters, I always let 
them know the fee and wait for them to say OK before proceeding.

For events after 2002, I will look them up at no extra charge, even if 
they don't know the month of the event. The/ Sun/ was published only 
twice a week at most, and it's a very small paper.

Nancy

Nancy Maxwell, Genealogy Librarian

Frances Pittman Malcolm Genealogy Room

Grapevine Public Library

1201 Municipal Way

Grapevine, TX 76051

Voice: 817-410-3429

Fax: 817-410-3084

E-mail: nmaxwell at grapevine.lib.tx.us



Patty O'Connor wrote:

>I would like to know what policies other libraries have regarding obituary
>look-ups and other research services you may or may not provide. Do you
>charge a fee? Do you require just a self-addressed, stamped return envelope?
>Do you have a restriction on the number of requests that can be made at one
>time? What do you do with requests that require extensive research? If you
>do charge a fee, how much income is generated through these requests?
>
>We do not currently have a policy, and I need to convince our director that
>one is needed. Thanks for your help.
>
>Patty O'Connor
>Head of Adult Services & Reference
>Marysville Public Library
>231 S. Plum Street
>Marysville, OH  43040
>937-642-1876, ext. 32
>poconnor at marysvillelib.org
>
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