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

2011-04-22 Thread Shirley Allegre
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

2011-04-16 Thread Eileen Leite
Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center I know the Los Angeles Family History has undergone an extensive renovation. We used to have 100 microfilm readers. Now there is way less (maybe 40)? The film room was turned into offices

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

2011-04-16 Thread Eric Gomes
-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center I know the Los Angeles Family History has undergone an extensive renovation. We used to have 100 microfilm readers. Now there is way less (maybe 40)? The film room was turned into offices and storage. The offices

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

2011-04-16 Thread Cheri Mello
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

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

2011-04-15 Thread Cheri Mello
I know the Los Angeles Family History has undergone an extensive renovation. We used to have 100 microfilm readers. Now there is way less (maybe 40)? The film room was turned into offices and storage. The offices and computer area was turned into very nice offices and the film area (no longer