I got my wish that the Historical Society’s library/archive be open on Saturday and lo and behold I got the following email:
Exciting News from the Historical Society of Washington
Kiplinger Research Library Open FIVE DAYS a week !
Tuesday – Saturday
For the first time in years, beginning tomorrow January 4, the Library will be open on Friday and Saturday in addition to the regular Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday schedule. Open from 10 – 5pm. Come on down! Call 202-383-1850 with questions.
Now another resource to comb for my personal interpretation of history.
you should ‘rent’ yourself out to do historical research.
often times, i’m to encumbered to research my area.
advertise it locally, and i bet folks would sign up.
i would…
Can’t, not while Uncle Sam pays me to do what I do, something about ethics. Besides there are tons of researchers in the city.
I do this neighborhood stuff on the side for the fun of it. If I do anyone else’s hood it’s a quick & dirty look and typically for free. A co-worker of mine was doing 19th Century probate court records and mentioned one guy had left 157 gallons of schnapps or cognac (can’t remember) and so this started a 10 minute quick look to figure out what on earth was the guy’s occupation to figure out why he had so much booze, a lot of iron, and a bunch of sundry things we couldn’t figure out. Unfortunately the gentleman dies in 1820-something, and the city directory doesn’t go that far back. The motive for the search was curiosity, which is the motive for a lot of my research.