George G. Morgan's Page

Hi Debbie:
For the group, "Most Wanted! Ancestors lost and found," I am in search of a good article for family historians about preparation for vists to and/or preliminary contact with historical and genealogical societies and libraries.
Hoping that for your group, you or someone in the group might have compiled some public domain articles of this sort to which I might refer or double post.
While I'm looking for general context, one member has inquired (of me) how they should begin a dialog. She wrote, "I think one problem with local and state repositories is that I'm not sure what I should be looking for in this case. Although I do have a fair amount of experience researching family history, I don't have that much experience with that type of thing. I have sent away for death certificates and other documents, but in those cases I knew what I was looking for .... "
I appreciate any assistance you are able to provide. –GJ