-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela Weisberger

If you live in New York you can research this collection at the Center
for Jewish History, 3rd floor Ackmann & Ziff Genealogical Institute.


Residents of New York State should be aware that they are entitled to a
New York Public Library card. You do not have to be a resident of New York
City specifically, but I think you have to go to the library to request
the card and have to show valid New York ID such as a driver's license.

With that you will be able to access all of the New York Public Library
resources which includes remote access to many of the databases being
described including all the Jewish newspapers on ProQuest.

If you are not a New York resident you can still use many of the
resources at the library in person. All the databases described are n
the library computers and available for use within the libraries.
In some cases you need to use the public computers and in some places they
will even loan you a laptop. TO use the databases you do not require
a card if you are at the building but it is also possible to get a visitor's
pass/card to use the systems and resources. Increasingly the NY Public
Library is requiring a card to do things such as request microfilms, books,
etc. even for use within the research libraries.

There's another great feature which is part of the inter-loan system for
all card holders. If you know a specific citation of an article and it is not
available at the NYPL you can request that they get you the specific article.
You do it by email and depending on how easy it is for them to find you
can get it in days or weeks via email. For example I just requested an
obituary which appeared in a local newspaper outside the New York area.
I also asked them to get me a specific article out of a California publication
and in less than two weeks I have a notice that a scan had been sent to
my account. All >from the comforts of my desk! and it is at no charge.
However if the item is in the library collection they will tell you that you
have to come to the library and do the look up yourself or else pay them
the research fees.

Allan Jordan

-----Original Message-----
From: Pamela Weisberger

If you live in New York you can research this collection at the Center
for Jewish History, 3rd floor Ackmann & Ziff Genealogical Institute.


Residents of New York State should be aware that they are entitled to a
New York Public Library card. You do not have to be a resident of New York
City specifically, but I think you have to go to the library to request
the card and have to show valid New York ID such as a driver's license.

With that you will be able to access all of the New York Public Library
resources which includes remote access to many of the databases being
described including all the Jewish newspapers on ProQuest.

If you are not a New York resident you can still use many of the
resources at the library in person. All the databases described are n
the library computers and available for use within the libraries.
In some cases you need to use the public computers and in some places they
will even loan you a laptop. TO use the databases you do not require
a card if you are at the building but it is also possible to get a visitor's
pass/card to use the systems and resources. Increasingly the NY Public
Library is requiring a card to do things such as request microfilms, books,
etc. even for use within the research libraries.

There's another great feature which is part of the inter-loan system for
all card holders. If you know a specific citation of an article and it is not
available at the NYPL you can request that they get you the specific article.
You do it by email and depending on how easy it is for them to find you
can get it in days or weeks via email. For example I just requested an
obituary which appeared in a local newspaper outside the New York area.
I also asked them to get me a specific article out of a California publication
and in less than two weeks I have a notice that a scan had been sent to
my account. All >from the comforts of my desk! and it is at no charge.
However if the item is in the library collection they will tell you that you
have to come to the library and do the look up yourself or else pay them
the research fees.

Allan Jordan

----- Original Message -----
Is there anything new about the well discussed issue of transferring money
to Polish banks as a payment for purchasing records >from a Polish archive?
The Radom archive request a humble payment of 19 Zloty for sending the
record, but the minimum payment via bank transfer is 300 Zloty. To summarise

from past messages, what I understand is that you can't pay cash, you can't

pay via Western Union and you could join others to form a group payment for
records >from the same archive. Any updates/ suggestions?

Yohanan Loeffler
Melbourne Australia

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Accented characters cannot be included in town names
in this discussion group. For more precise renderings of any of the towns
listed in Mark's message, please write him privately.

----- Original Message -----
Is there anything new about the well discussed issue of transferring money
to Polish banks as a payment for purchasing records >from a Polish archive?
The Radom archive request a humble payment of 19 Zloty for sending the
record, but the minimum payment via bank transfer is 300 Zloty. To summarise

from past messages, what I understand is that you can't pay cash, you can't

pay via Western Union and you could join others to form a group payment for
records >from the same archive. Any updates/ suggestions?

Yohanan Loeffler
Melbourne Australia

MODERATOR'S NOTE: Accented characters cannot be included in town names
in this discussion group. For more precise renderings of any of the towns
listed in Mark's message, please write him privately.