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My best tip
I thought I would share this with you - perhaps you all use it anyway - but it has reaped rewards for me. Here goes.
On many occasions, when I have felt I am getting nowhere, I have resorted to good old fashioned letter writing.
I have written letters to archives, in a nice and grateful manner, requesting help on a particular branch.
I do a very nice letter, include attachments such as cert, trees, census and a stamped addressed envelope. I also make sure I include my email address and telephone number so they can contact me with haste.
The result, on every occasion, is that I have had a very nice e mail with lots of info that has made me progress in leaps and bounds.
The local archive offices are great and they are always willing to help. I reply with a very grateful e mail and they in turn usually express their willingness to help and how much satisfaction they get from helping.
This has been successful all over the place for me from Scotland to Wales.
The internet is wonderful and I would never in a million years have got where am today, but sometimes an old fashioned letter just does the trick.
Happy hunting.
herky
On many occasions, when I have felt I am getting nowhere, I have resorted to good old fashioned letter writing.
I have written letters to archives, in a nice and grateful manner, requesting help on a particular branch.
I do a very nice letter, include attachments such as cert, trees, census and a stamped addressed envelope. I also make sure I include my email address and telephone number so they can contact me with haste.
The result, on every occasion, is that I have had a very nice e mail with lots of info that has made me progress in leaps and bounds.
The local archive offices are great and they are always willing to help. I reply with a very grateful e mail and they in turn usually express their willingness to help and how much satisfaction they get from helping.
This has been successful all over the place for me from Scotland to Wales.
The internet is wonderful and I would never in a million years have got where am today, but sometimes an old fashioned letter just does the trick.
Happy hunting.
herky
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