I love researching!

[BettyO]

Thanks so very much for this thread, Dave!

One reason I love research so very, very much is because everyday can bring something fresh and new - and maybe sometimes earth shattering to the person doing the digging! Used to be that one had to travel all over the country to "dig" at various institutions (which I STILL LOVE to do!) Stuff still keeps turning up which is what makes this so much fun - much as Howard Carter said in 1922 when Tut's tomb was opened - "Wonderful things!"

The internet has made it so very, very much easier nowadays - still it's a thrill to go to the various historical societies and dig because not everything is digitized yet. And the museum and society holdings are usually vast and sometimes not even completely accessed - so it's good to keep one's hands in on solid, "hands on" research. Like libraries today. Much as I love technology and Ebooks and other electronic access, to me there is nothing like the feel, smell and touch of a good, solid REAL book!