Only in America

The end of my first week here and I haven't done nearly as much as I wanted to do. I think another trip is in order.
Friday night and we are sitting with a glass of cider (non alcoholic of course) watching the US public TV broadcasting Les Miserables as a fund raiser.
I fancy that this town is something apart. Last night I could see snow on the mountains with smoke on the horizon from a "wildfire." Oh for a leisurely morning coffee and for a Geelong match on the weekend.
The library is next door so you would think I wouldn't get any exercise but walking back to get something I forgot and walking to lunch adds up.
We lunch at the other end of Temple Square. I am getting used to putting together the ingredients of a meat and salad on pumpernickel bread for lunch and paying for it with a credit card as the credit card is the fast lane. Less than $4. Half at lunch and half for tea. We pass the reflection pool on the way and only one day hasn't there been brides having their photos there. Bit like across the road at home really.
Everything is polished clean within an inch of its life. I feel sorry for all the garden flowers who look as though they were only planted last night or that the chooks have run amok.
The Library starts with searching for a record at a computer. And walking around. When something likely is found there's often walking to the microfiche drawer first, then walking to the film cabinets, finding a reader and then, when I'm lucky, scanning the result onto a usb drive. Or looking at books.
I have looked at parish chest material and land assessments before on FHL film. I also found a marriage bond for an ancestor in York. If your ancestors married by special licence do consider looking for these marriage bonds and allegations.
Not my Wilberforce ancestors who must have spoken with a local brogue as I have found it spelt in all sorts of ways. But now we can use wild cards at the beginning of a string as well as in the usual manner searching is much more effective.
I dipped my toes into Irish research this afternoon. Without success as it will have to wait until I get to Ireland. Tomorrow I shall venture a bit further and then later in the week into sasines and burgher records.