[Genealib] addresses on information requests

[Dusty Gres]

Please check your state library laws before making a decision.  The
register/registration cards and records in Georgia ARE different from a
phone book or city directory.they are a record of library use and are
therefore privileged.  As is any letter requesting information, it is not a
public record, it is a reference question and is privileged information. 

 

Dusty Gres

Director

Ohoopee Regional Library System

610 Jackson Street

Vidalia, GA 30474

http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org

 

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of Larry Oathout
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:45 AM
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists
Subject: Re: [Genealib] addresses on information requests

 

I'm with your predecessor....If our ancestors hadn't left a trail many of us
would be out of a job, because there would be nothing to find.  Every
genealogy book in our collections has identifying information.  The register
cards are no different than a phone book or city directory. 
  

Larry Oathout 

Director 

Tell City-Perry County Library 

Tell City, IN 47586 

812-547-2661 

(Fax) 547-3038 

www.tcpclibrary.org 

 

-----Original Message----- 
From: "Beth Oljace" <boljace at and.lib.in.us> 
To: "Librarians Serving Genealogists" <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu> 
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:23:44 -0400 
Subject: Re: [Genealib] addresses on information requests 

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 <mailto:lwilcox at bcpl.org>  

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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