Gen Wish List: What I Take to the Library

Thursday, July 9, 2009

What I Take to the Library

Today I made a trip to the Allen County Public Library. I wanted to track down a two new lines that I had found on my last trip. I didn't make any real breakthroughs today, but I did find when a few people had died and where they were buried.

What I wanted to talk about today is what I bring with me to the library:

Netbook (for checking library catalog, database searches, and most importantly Twitter and Facebook breaks)
Flash Drive loaded with RootsMagic-To-Go (just finally installed this on a flash drive today and really liked how easy it was to run and take my existing database with me on the go)
1-inch Binder including: genealogy files (family group sheets), list of resources to check, paper for notes, map of library, library resource sheets
Digital Camera for taking photos of books (haven't tried this on microfilm but ACPL has digital scanner that allow you to save to flash drives or email to yourself).
Change for copies (I don't copy much but if I have something that I want to write on, I'll make a copy. Ex: cemetery listings to check off who I found already)
Library Card to validate parking

I don't take much with me to the library. It helps that I can go whenever I want to ACPL and don't need to do 5 years of research in one weekend. Most of the things on my list I will blog about separately soon.

What do you take to libraries and archives? What else will help with a research trip? Leave a comment or send me an email to genwishlist [at] gmail [dot] com.

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Thursday, July 9, 2009

What I Take to the Library

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