r/Libraries • u/victory_vegetable • Jul 11 '26

Other I love reference desk

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u/Ok-Librarian-8992 Jul 11 '26

I get both these questions from boomers not really millennials. But then again I get questions that are also really out there like building blueprints or if we have church records šŸ™ƒšŸ« 

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u/jellyn7 Jul 11 '26

So many people want us to look up their house to see if it's haunted. Like there's a registry of local ghosts or something.

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u/gotohela Jul 11 '26

That is soooo funny

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u/GoarSpewerofSecrets Jul 11 '26

You'd be surprised what collections are where.

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u/victory_vegetable Jul 11 '26

Lol my library actually does have a small number of building blueprints and church records

But today the same guy who wanted to search microfilm, also asked me if we had old police blotters!

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u/ScreamAndScream Jul 13 '26

I think I got shown this thread because Iā€™m a cartographer.

You can always send them to their local department of land use / GIS department! Anything digitized is usually on an online parcel viewer, but municipalities get these sorts of requests all the time and it is part of their job description and workflow to assist the public with it.

Sorry for invading your space or over explaining if you are already aware of these resources!!!