[Genealib] Research fees/Obituary Requests/Photograph copies

[Comanche Public Library]

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Levy, Suzanne S. 
  To: Librarians Serving Genealogists 
  Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 5:10 PM
  Subject: [Genealib] Research fees/Obituary Requests/Photograph copies


  The Virginia Room at the Fairfax City Regional Library, a branch of the Fairfax County Public Library, will answer email requests that can be emailed back at no charge. We use volunteers to search for obits and ask that we be given at least a month and year of death. We will also check our published death and cemetery records to try to find a date. Normally we find a death notice and email the contents back to the person. If they want a copy we ask them to send a SASE to us.

  We also have an index to local newspapers on our web site. See http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/newsindex/default.asp

  At the bottom of the results page you get this message:

  Prefer to have copies sent to you? Order up to 10 articles at a time via e-mail or by phone at 703-293-6383 or by fax at 703-385-1911. Please include your street address.
  The fee is $.50 a page plus $2.50 for postage and handling.
  Allow at least 2 to 4 weeks for delivery.

  I should add that the $2.50 postage and handling is for up to 10 copies. 

  As for photos we chage $8 to scan and email a photo. If it takes more time we will charge somewhat more.
  We provide prints for $12 for an inhouse inkjet print up to 8x10. When we have to go to an outside vendor for prints we get you a quote which generally run $40 and up and we charge $3 on top of that.

  We do not charge for research questions but often use volunteers to do them. If the answer takes more than $1 worth of photocopies we charge $.25/page and ask them to add on the postage and reimburse us. 

  Our library policy is to fax up to 15 pages at no charge.

  Suzanne S. Levy, Virginia Room Librarian
  Fairfax City Regional Library
  3915 Chain Bridge Road
  Fairfax VA 22030
  703-293-6383
  http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/
  suzanne.levy at fairfaxcounty.gov



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