Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center

AM Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center I am in the Chicago area, and use the Naperville IL FHC. They have 2 of the narrow-film viewers, with different magnifications, out of about 12 viewers total. They have seen better days

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center

Sounds similar to the remodel in Los Angeles - that the film area is smaller and computer area bigger. Nice to see technology, but computers and the Internet are the tip of the iceberg. There is still A LOT on film, in libraries and archives, courthouses, etc. Eric G, the films should be numeric

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center

I walked in there last month and it has been remodeled... most of the readers are gone. I have heard that there are films from the Azores there but each and every time I go there... no one can direct me to them. I don't know if I would know what to look for in there if I did find them for now...

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center

I am in the Chicago area, and use the Naperville IL FHC. They have 2 of the narrow-film viewers, with different magnifications, out of about 12 viewers total. They have seen better days (I had to learn to get one of them to focus -it's an art, requiring one to reach up and press on the cover plat