After considerable deliberation, I decided to gift my steamboat memorabilia to the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA.  A number of people who have found my site have given me books and steamboat items, such as photographs, bill of sales, and advertisements.  Others have given me information that I have used to further develop the Georgetown story.  Many thanks to you for your generosity.

I wanted to find a good home for this stuff.  It is important to me that it be made public – available to researchers of river history and genealogists.  Looking back 150 years, these steamboat men were remarkable by any measure.  More than that they were my ancestors.

I will continue to maintain the GeorgetownSteamboats website.  Someday I hope to complete my review of the Certificates of Enrollment volumes for the Port of Pittsburgh housed at The National Archives.  

Again, many thanks to all for your advice and support over the last ten years.  With your help, I have learned a lot about my family history.   And many thanks to Carly Lough, a Heinz archivist, who helped me through this process.   A tip of my hat to you.

Ltr from Heinz History Center Archivist Carly Lough dated 16 Oct 2018

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