[Genealib] Research fees/Obituary Requests/Photograph copies

[Tom Vajdik]

For people who request one obituary from our Local Newspaper and if they can provide the exact date, we charge $5.00. (This has been made easier by the obituary database which we have created for our local newspaper. The date of the obit is given in the citation, not the actual date of death. The searchable date range is 1946-2006, and earlier years are still being added).

Our research fees are $60.00 for 1 hour of research available in units of 15 minutes (15 minutes for $15.00). Printing charges are $1.00 per page, with the minimum being $5.00. 

The gray area is when we receive requests for multiple obituaries. I can usually find 3 obituary notices under 15 minutes, and then we only charge the $1.00 for each photocopy. For longer lists, especially those that will take more that 15 minutes, we then revert to the research fees as mentioned above. 


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>>> nstallings at hcpl.org 3/7/2007 3:40:01 pm >>>
 

We are revamping out policy on Research Fees.  Can some of you please share
with me your policies procedures on your research fees, multiple obituary
requests, and requests for copies (emailed) of photographs?


Thanks in advance!

Niki Stallings

Head of Technical Services

Henderson County Public Library

101 South Main Street

Henderson, Kentucky   42420

 

 


Tom Vajdik
    Genealogy and Local History Librarian
    Windsor Public Library
    850 Ouellette Ave.
    Windsor, Ont. 
    Canada
    N9A 4M9
    tel: 519-255-6770 ext. 4434
    e-mail: tvajdik at windsorpubliclibrary.com