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Resources & their cost in TIME
TIME is a real cost
Newport News Maritime Museum, Virginia - states:
"All research requests pertaining to personal use must be in writing and accompanied by a $20 research fee. (Museum members receive a discounted price of $15.00). Both should be mailed to The Mariners' Museum Research Library, 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA 23606-3759. Please allow approximately four to six (4 - 6) weeks for a response 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."
[Note: The above implies, to me, that commercial requests will attract higher charges.... surely this process can be simplified ....Yes folks, I'm trying to do something about it, for users and providers alike. No-one honestly expects something for nothing, and, in return for an advertisement-free environment, there is a way round the revenue problems providers now face.
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Post Office Archives, Mount Pleasant, London.
NMM PORT Maritime Bookshops & Chart Agents - links page
"the first, fully-refereed journal for maritime history to be published electronically"
Journal for Maritime Research
The Publications Department, National Maritime Museum
Greenwich, London, SE10 9NF
Tel: 44 (0) 20 8312 6667 Fax: 44 (0) 20 8312 6722
<The British Library> London.
<The Public Record Office> Kew, London.
<The Cornish Studies Library> Redruth (above the Passmore Library), Cornwall.
Falmouth Town Library, The Moor, Falmouth, Cornwall.
Falmouth Maritime Museum, Bell's Court, Falmouth (former Packet Agent's site)
The Cornish Family History Society, Victoria Square, Truro, Cornwall.
OnLine Search - the right approach!