You just never know

I found people in my area of the state with one of the surnames of my husband's family, but could not find a connection to his family.  Today, I found it.  The family out here is his fourth cousin, 4x removed.  I wonder if they knew they were related to the other Bisbees in the area.

Another blue ribbon library

Maybe I'm easily impressed, but I spent the afternoon at the Hutchinson, Kansas public library looking up obituaries and found this to be a great place to research.  A pleasant staff and an awesome microfilm reader awaited me there.  The microfilm reader loaded and unloaded the microfilm.  I think it saved me an hour!  I was allowed to get my own microfilm and I like that.  The library staff offered to load and unload the microfilm along with getting it for me.  I don't mind doing it myself as long as they don't mind me doing it.  I had quite a list to look up.  I don't intend for this blog to turn into a library rating, but I just had to let you know what a great place the Hutch library is for research! 

$20? You have to be kidding!

I have learned to check local libraries to see what information is available.  For example, the post before this one about the Pueblo, Colorado library.   (They deserve a blue ribbon!)

I don't mind paying a fee for an obituary.  In fact, I have one on its way (I hope!) for a fee of $5.  Of course, I like it much better when the fee is a smaller amount or free.  :)

One California library doesn't look up obituaries and I can understand why, to a point.  The library has been kind enough to offer the services of a company who charges $20 per obituary.  Really?  The library has an index to their obituaries, but I cannot access it since I am not a library card holder from their library.  So, I get to pay $20 for a possible wild goose chase.  (I know the person died there, but I don't know if he/she has a published obituary.)  I will wait until I take a trip in the area to look that obituary up!  By then I will probably have a list of ones I would like to read.  This library gets no ribbons of any color from me.