Help Me, Rhonda! The Librarian Is In Podcast, Ep. 97
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Gwen and Frank discover some surprising pieces of family history when Rhonda Evans, Electronic Resources Librarian at NYPL, arrives in the studio with a pile of documents and connects the dots from long-ago paper trails. Plus: Guessing game shenanigans.
Rhonda reveals documents detailing Frank's family history.
NYPL Electronic Resources
Rhonda used the Ancestry Library Edition, available onsite at all NYPL locations, and The International Herald Tribune a database that is available remotely with a valid New York Public Library card and PIN number, to dig up all the documents she found for Frank and Gwen on today's episode.
If you are interested in genealogy databases available at the New York Public Library you can visit the NYPL Articles and Databases page.
Frank Senior's Declaration of Intention.
Also check out Rhonda's blog post 'New York Public Library's Top 10 Best Kept Online Secrets,' for a peek inside the more than 500 electronic resources you can access with an NYPL library card.
Rhonda's Recomendations
The podcast Criminal
Hungerby Roxanne Gay (Especially the audiobook read by the author)
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
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