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From: "William A. Reitwiesner" <>
Subject: Re: Deputy Keeper of Public Records
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 12:02:52 EDT


(Stewart Baldwin) posted:

>A few months ago, I posted a short item asking about the library
>availability of a certain source, but the replies that I got gave
>locations which were too far for someone who lives in Alabama. Since
>I have quarter break coming up, and will have the opportunity to make
>a short trip, I am going to ask the same question again, hoping that
>someone can tell me of a closer library which has the source. The
>source is:
>
>Annual Report of the Duputy Keeper of the Public Records, published by
>the Public Record Office in the UK.
>
>The volumes I have seen usually have appendices which abstract some of
>the records (often from medieval times), and there is a particularly
>good set of Cheshire records available from this source, although
>other counties are also represented. I have seen the dozen or so
>volumes which are available at the Family History Library (and are
>available on film at all of the local branch LDS libaraies), and now I
>want to see what is available in the other volumes.
>
>So, please, if anyone knows of a library having a good set of these
>volumes (large university libraries are probably the most likely
>candidates), I would greatly appreciate knowing about their location.
>Preferred states would be Alabama (I wish), Georgia (next best),
>Mississippi, and Tennessee, but any state bordering one of those would
>be good enough for me. (So far, my previous inquiries have only given
>locations of New York and Michigan.)

Checking the pre-1956 *National Union Catalog*, vol. 215, p. 114, at the
top of column 3, this publication is stated to be housed at the following
libraries, none in the states you mentioned:

ICN Newberry Library, Chicago, Ill
DLC Library of Congress, Washington, DC
ICU University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill
NN New York Public Library, New York, NY
MHi Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, Mass
MiU University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
MB Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass

Whether all (or any) of these libraries still have the "Annual Report" in
their collections, I have no idea. There are other libraries (such as the
New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston and the LDS library in
Salt Lake City) which have never reported their contents to the National
Union Catalog, so the "Annual Report" is probably available elsewhere as
well.

Hope this helps.

William Addams Reitwiesner

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