Posts in December 7, 2015

If you are considering donating your genealogical material to a library or archives, ask first. Do not just make the donation in your will. Not all facilities are willing or able to take genealogical materials. Then consider or do the following: organize your materials. Libraries usually do not want unorganized boxes of random materials on dead people. The only people who can get by with donating unorganized materials are people who are well-known, influential, and well-connected. uniquify your materials. “Uniquify” is not a word, but if all your materials consist of unsourced photocopies of local records and published materials, the library may simply not want it. Even if it is organized. Ask yourself, “how unique is this material?” The more unique, the more likely a facility is to […]