Resources & their cost in TIME

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.mariner.org/librarchives.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.mariner.org/librarchives.html"><U><B><IMG SRC="070c5b40.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="180" ALT="Newport Mews Maritime Museum Library" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://media4.hypernet.com/~WOODENBOAT/wb.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://media4.hypernet.com/~WOODENBOAT/w"><U><B><IMG SRC="080c8230.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="35" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Repositories "><U>Repositories </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bibliography, Reading Abbreviation list"><U>Bibliography, Reading & Abbreviation lists</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id136.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="British Library"><U>British Library</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="C.R.O."><U>C.R.O.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="C.L.S.L."><U>C.L.S.L.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Town Library "><U>Falmouth Town Library  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="N.M.M."><U>N.M.M.</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Post Office Archives"><U>Post Office Archives</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="P.R.O. 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(Museum members receive a discounted price of $15.00). Both should be mailed to <B>The Mariners' Museum Research Library, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA 23606-3759</B>. Please allow approximately<U> </U><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><B><U>four to six (4 - 6) weeks for a response</U></B></FONT> to a research request, as they are processed in a first-come, first-serve order. Rush orders can be arranged for a fee. For commercial requests please click here."  </div> <bR> <div> [Note: The above implies, to me, that commercial requests will attract higher charges.... surely this process can be simplified ....<B><U>Yes folks, I'm trying to do something about it</U></B>, for users and providers alike. No-one honestly expects something for nothing, and, in return for <B><U>an advertisement-free environment</U></B>, there <I><B>is</B></I> a way round the  revenue problems providers now face.  </div> <div>  Curious? <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:xjt60@dial.pipex.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:xjt60@dial.pipex.com"><U>E-mail me</U></A></FONT>.   More anon! ]</div> <bR> <bR> <div> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <div> <B>Magazines</B></div> <bR> <div> Wooden Boat  <A HREF="http://media4.hypernet.com/~WOODENBOAT/wbindex.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://media4.hypernet.com/~WOODENBOAT/w"><U><IMG SRC="082484e0.png" border=0 width="72" height="78" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A><A HREF="http://media4.hypernet.com/~WOODENBOAT/wbindex.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://media4.hypernet.com/~WOODENBOAT/w"><U>OnLine Search</U></A> - the right approach!</div> <bR> <div> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> ------------------------ Some more links........................</div> <bR> <div> <B>Post Office Archives,</B> Mount Pleasant, London.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/"><U><B><U>The British Maritime Museum PORT</U></B></U></A> </div> <div> NMM PORT Maritime Bookshops & Chart Agents - <A HREF="http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/research/shops-full.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/research/shops"><U><B><U>links page</U></B></U></A><B><U> </U></B></div> <div> NMM PORT <A HREF="http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/research/guides.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/research/guide"><U><B><U>links to Research Guides</U></B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/"><U><B><U>NMM Journal For Maritime Research</U></B></U></A>  [see subscription details]</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" > "</FONT><I>the first, fully-refereed journal for maritime history to be published electronically</I>"</div> <div> <B>Journal for Maritime Research</B></div> <div> The Publications Department, National Maritime Museum</div> <div> Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF</div> <div> Tel: 44 (0) 20 8312 6667   Fax: 44 (0) 20 8312 6722</div> <div> E-mail:<A HREF="mailto:jmr@nmm.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:jmr@nmm.ac.uk"><U> </U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:jmr@nmm.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:jmr@nmm.ac.uk"><U><U>jmr@nmm.ac.uk</U></U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <The British Library>  London.</div> <div> <The Public Record Office> Kew, London.</div> <bR> <div> <The Cornish Studies Library> Redruth (above the Passmore Library), Cornwall.</div> <div> Falmouth Town Library, The Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall.</div> <div> Falmouth Maritime Museum, Bell's Court, Falmouth (former Packet Agent's site)</div> <div> The Cornish Family History Society, Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>