Notes by Carolyn Weiss Ms. Teverow asked the audience the
reasons for their genealogical research. Various answers were:
the opportunity for travel, to educate grandchildren, to make
family connections, to study a living history, and to find a
feeling of rootedness. She also asked how many of the family
stories passed down through generations are true and gave some
examples from among her colleagues. She spent some time in her
on-line presentation exploring the library's website at
http://www.rihs.org. There is a new online catalog called NETOP
which is actually the word for friend used by the Indians of
Rhode Island upon first greeting Roger Williams. Approximately
one-third of the society's collections are listed in the
catalog. This also includes materials from the John Brown House
as well. None of these materials are available for interlibrary
loan, but the reference librarians will be happy to copy up to
30 pages of specific items, if requested, for a fee. The
collection includes Vital Records indexed by