REFERENCE BY MAIL OR EMAIL

Because of its old Baptist records, the Archives frequently receives letters and email requesting genealogical information. These letters are sometimes "shots in the dark" and the sender may not provide a lot of useful information. The Baptist materials housed in the Archives are mainly from the State association and there is little information on individual churches and congregations. Therefore, the Archives tries to limit to 30 minutes the time involved in such searches. That is usually enough time to discover whether the sought after information can be located. If a lengthier search is needed, the researcher is requested to pay $5/hour for a student research assistant to do the work, supervised by the Archivist.