Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Week four

In the four hours I was at the library this week, I answered more correspondence, using the digital newspaper collection and the microfilm to look up obituaries. I looked for obituaries from 1946 to 2013. I also learned where the microfilm was stored and how to shelve it.
Searching for obituaries in the database

Searching for obituaries on microfilm using the new reader

Then I got to start processing a new collection of postcards. I assigned accession numbers, entered them into the database, put them into archival envelopes, labeled them, and filed them according to accession number.
  
Cataloging a postcard
I also did some more research for my family history project. I've started to develop an outline of sorts.

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