GSWC Library Wish List and Donation Policy

Wish list

• Washtenaw County material with significant value for family researchers
• Copies/transcriptions of Bible records
  • maintained by the GSWC Bible Record Committee
• Pedigree charts for members
  • maintained by the Ancestor Chart Committee
• Source material for the U.S. and (with some exceptions) foreign countries

Common items we don’t accept

• Published census records (readily available online)
• Material primarily historical in nature
• Material focused on jurisdictions smaller than:
  • Counties for U.S. states (other than Michigan) or for Canada
  • Provinces for other foreign countries
• Family Bibles

Formats we can’t accept

• Photocopies that violate copyright
• Periodicals or partial multivolume sets (except to fill gaps in titles we already hold)
• CD / DVD / VCR materials
• Unbound loose papers
• Books with damaged or missing bindings
• Notebooks, scrapbooks, or binders that are not well organized and/or indexed
• Photo albums and personal scrapbooks
• Computer software
• Pedigree charts or oversized family charts not maintained by the Ancestor Chart Committee
• Artifacts and ephemera
• Most large multivolume sets (space limitations), even if complete

Before you donate

If you are thinking of donating materials, please read the library donation guidelines:

• Official Document: Download the GSWC Library Collection Development Policy (PDF)

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