[nsroots] Just a little help!

[Sunny James]

Dear Searchers,

I have received wonderful help from many other posters to this board. The
help I've received has been invaluable and truly encouraged me to continue
my search. But today I come with a question regarding the Nova Scotia
Genealogical Society. Does anyone have any insight they can share on how to
receive help from this organization long distance. About six months ago
after visiting the website, I contacted the organization to see what records
they had on file for the surname "Guy(e)." Someone took my information and
said she'd get back in touch with me. A week passed and I called again and
was told that it was a busy time and I should try back at another time. I
waited several months before making another call and was told that she
didn't know when she be able to get to my request.

Now I wasn't looking for anyone to do any free or convoluted research for
me. I just wanted to know if any records existed for the last name Guy. As
luck would have it I was planning a trip to a french language immersion
program in Trios-Pistoles and if there had been records could have taken the
train over to Nova Scotia at the conclusion of the program and done some
research on my own. Getting to that part of Canada from Washington DC is a
rather long trip. One that I may not be able to make again for some time.

After my second call it just seemed like I was a nuisance to whoever
answered the call and of whom I made the request for help. Is it some
unwritten policy that these organization expect to be paid for providing the
most basic of information?  Should I have offered some payment? Is what I
was asking not so basic?

There are certainly some other conclusions I can come to--as an
African-American looking for genealogical records. As I have traveled
through North Carolina looking for records and been turned away at several
registrar of deeds offices, being told that there were no records pertaining
to slaves or slave ownership. But insistence and determination won out and
records pertaining to both were found.

Any insight into how to handle this situation would be appreciated.



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