[Genealib] addresses on information requests

[Beth Oljace]

We have a large vertical file of family history information which was here 
when I was hired in.  I included query letters, which I was horrified to 
discover had all the identifying information left on them.  (My predecessor 
saw nothing unusual in this.)  We also had a card file, made from our door 
register, which gave people's names and phone numbers for all the world to 
see.

We have since closed the card file.  Our files are still the same as they 
were.  I am considering digitizing them and, if that is done, will block out 
identifying information.

Beth E. Oljace
Indiana Room Librarian
Anderson Public Library
 


-----Original Message-----
From: "treviawbeverly" <treviawbeverly at comcast.net>
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 10:17:25 -0500
Subject: Re: [Genealib] addresses on information requests


I have no idea what a professional librarian would do with their specific 
vertical files.  (my only claim is as a
previous church librarian years ago; no degree)  
  From a researcher's standpoint I'd like it filed the way it came in.... 
address and all.
The person asking for information wants someone to contact them ... if the 
name and address has been
blacked out, then how ???
  Those doing genealogical research are normally not too worried about an 
address -
Years later when the address is no longer any good, it can still be that 
all-important clue to a locality where
family was located at a particular time.
  I may have misunderstood your question. ...
 
Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Texas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Laurie Wilcox 
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:09 AM
Subject: [Genealib] addresses on information requests


 
 
I am curious what others do with the genealogy request letters they receive, 
especially pertaining to the mailing address. 
 
Do you include the letters in existing family files? If so what do you do 
about the address, do you mark it out or do you put the letter in the family 
file with the address still visible?
 
Does anyone have a statement about this subject in their request form or 
responce letter?
 
Thank you

-- 

Laurie Wilcox
Local History Associate
Oral History Specialist
Boone County Public Library
1786 Burlington Pike
Burlington, KY 41005
lwilcox at bcpl.org
859-342-2665 ext: 8134




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