tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post6311916042004336839..comments2023-04-20T12:46:11.858-06:00Comments on The Ancestry Insider: Serendipity in the Riverside CourthouseThe Ancestry Insiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02490682912125335188noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-39738976222139574312013-12-20T14:14:59.099-07:002013-12-20T14:14:59.099-07:00I had a similar experience some years ago in the N...I had a similar experience some years ago in the New York City Bureau of Records, Municipal Archives. I had been poring over microfilm records for several hours trying to find my grandfather's birth record. It was almost closing time, and a man behind the desk noticed my frustration. He brought out a roll of film from behind the desk that "no one ever looked at." He actually kept the office open long enough for me to search and find my grandfather's record from 1869.Faxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160490778082617475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-74026375966952855722013-12-20T12:34:46.824-07:002013-12-20T12:34:46.824-07:00Seems like a good place for volunteers who are mem...Seems like a good place for volunteers who are member of local Genealogy Societies to offer to help research these kind of records which are "Pending" for years because no-one on staff has time to research the little scraps of missing information that would resolve the issue.. Onepony2002https://www.blogger.com/profile/14268987061709759371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5512311610334754148.post-61855126232476692812013-12-20T12:00:21.224-07:002013-12-20T12:00:21.224-07:00Maybe we can’t expect them to make extraordinary e...Maybe we can’t expect them to make extraordinary efforts, but we can expect the morons to file the records. In this case they've had 93 years to figure it out! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406979814537370942noreply@blogger.com