For genealogy research, queries and assistance in locating information on ancestors who were from areas of the former Austria-Hungary empire and/or the former Czechoslovakia (currently the Czech and Slovak Republics). Postings may be related to information on finding information in the "old country" or where the person emigrated to.
Photo: 1905, from Pekelnik, Orava, Austria/Hungary. Credit to Carolyn.
The Center is closed for Thanksgiving week, will check with the Director next week on where she got the directions to get rid of the equipment and return the
If it's not possible to scan pictures or documents, taking digital pictures of them is always a good idea if you want your own copy. Some of the FHCs I've
It sounds like a local decision to me. Our Slavic cataloging staff presumes that they films will be around "ad infinitum" so that researchers can access a
That sounds crazy to me, certainly putting the cart before the horse. I don't think any of us have been expecting that the digitization of millions of films
Don't know about other FHCs but the one here in Columbia, SC is slowly getting rid of all of their microfilm equipment and microfilms. We are down to 3