Mike, It's been a long time since I've used the NARA film. The Los Angeles FHC has some of them, but they are a bigger, regional FHC, so I lucked out.
At $125 a roll, I'd save up for a nice little field trip to a NARA. I'm not entirely sure, but I think you need the NARA branch in Waltham, MA (near Boston). This will tell you if their holdings cover what you need: http://www.archives.gov/northeast/boston/holdings/ It's probably a 6 or 7 hour drive each way for you. Plus a night in a motel. Plus gas and food. I don't know what you drive, but my Civic could do that drive on a tank of gas (a tank both ways would total me about $80). A night at a Motel 6 would be $50-$60 depending if I stayed in Boston proper or on the outskirts. If I got up and ate breakfast at home, but had lunch and dinner on the road or in Boston, and then breakfast and lunch the next day on the road as well, and I could find things off of the $1 menu or value menu or find a $5 combo deal, that would be $25 to $30 in food for me. So that would cost me $170 or maybe up to $200. A difference of around $75 above the cost of microfilm. But I'd be onsite, could pull 3 or 4 films, have a NARA archivist available to help, etc. Your costs could be more, depending on your vehicle, and your lodging needs. Hmm, I like my rationale for a field trip so much that I think I need one :) Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
