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From: "Ray Marino" <>
Subject: Re: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] Re:Free Library of Phila.
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:41:56 -0400


I sent one on March 22. Same thing, no reply.
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From: <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, May 24, 1999 8:23 PM
Subject: Re: [PHILLY-ROOTS-L] Re:Free Library of Phila.

>I sent the Free Library of Phila. and request for a copy of an obit that I
>saw on an index of the Phila. Inquirer. I sent it 4/9 and they cashed the
>check on 4/19 and I haven't received anything yet. Is it normal for them
to
>cash the check way before they do the research?
>Thanks
>Suzie
>
>In a message dated 5/24/99 11:55:29 PM !!!First Boot!!!,
>writes:
>
>> The Free Lib. of Phila. has an index of newspaper death notices and
>> obits. One of the websites listed below has a link to a listing of the
>> newspapers and years for which they have such an index. They do NOT
>accept
>> e-mail or phone requests, as explained below:
>> The Free Library of Phila. will accept research requests sent
by
>> postal mail (no e-mail or phone requests will be accepted) if you
enclose
>an
>>
>> SASE for their reply and $3.00 to defray the cost of photocopying and
>> processing. They will do only 30 mins. of research for each request, so
>> break your requests down into 30-min. chunks. Send only one of the
>30-min.
>> requests at a time; when you receive the results, you can send another
>> 30-min. request. This is the address for submitting requests: Free
>Library
>> of Phila., 1901 Vine St., Phila., PA 19103. For obits. or death
notices,
>> mark your request "Attn: DNC."
>> For direct access to the library's entire catalog, go to
>> http://www.library.phila.gov (the lib.'s main page). To learn, in
>detail,
>> about all of the library's holdings of interest to genealogists, go to
>their
>>
>> "Genealogy Pathfinder" series of articles
>> http://library.phila.gov/central/ssh/waltgen/geneal1.htm (note:
preceding
>> the
>> ".htm" is a lowercase L followed by the numeral one).
>> When composing your request, put yourself in the shoes of the
>> librarian who will answer your inquiry. Ask one question at a time, and
>> make
>> sure that the question is explicitly asked. Frame the question in
>> documentary terms (e.g., "I'm looking for a death notice for Joachim
>Pagels
>> who died in Phila. Co. around 1852"). Make sure your question addresses
>who,
>>
>> what, when and where. Provide background information to get the
librarian
>> "in the ball park." Explain what you've checked so far, so the
librarian
>> doesn't waste time checking the same material.
>> Lani
>

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