Dear Ingrid, Usually I stay at the windwood inn, they are the closest to the courthouse. And as far as copies at the annex.. bring a digital camera, and use it in the flower mode, and you will not have to make copies, and the digital picture comes out so much better than a copy. As far as finding your g grandfathers exact dates, right next door to the annex is the centerville newspaper, and they have all the back issues starting in 1881 that you can go through if you are careful with them, there are a few years in the 1920's that are missing, but all of the 1940's are there and you can easily find a death notice in there. And speaking from experiance, that is the quickest way to locate his exact date of death. the genealogy room in the centerville library really does not have an index, but if you set aside a day you can search through all their records located there in that corner. Jerry Pow is the Judge at the Probate Annex and it REALLY super sweet, and will help you in locating where certain docs are held... we were there taking digital photos of all the docs for almost a week, and several times he let us stay there after hours to finish up... He is a really great guy~~ good luck :) Sincerly, Becky Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2008 19:10:00 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: "Marshalls" <usmarsh@cox.net> Subject: [ALBIBB] Bibb research To: <albibb@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <47D46E48.00000B.02736@USMARSH> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Bibb List, I am planning a research trip to Bibb County next month but am not sure of hotel accommodations near so I won't have to travel too far back and forth to the courthouse. Can someone please make me suggestions. Does anyone know how much the copies are at the Annex? Does anyone know who laid the slabs in the local cemeteries? Can't get a death date for my great grandfather, Moley Wilson, so I am reaching for anything to help me narrow my search. He died in Brent and was buried in Coopers Cemetery between 1942 and 1945. I have not been able to find any kind of death record for him. Also having trouble reaching anyone at Mt. Ebel where his funeral was held. I would think and hope that the church had some kind of records for those occasions. Are the Bibb County birth and death records that the LDS copied searchable online yet? Did they leave copies of what they copied with the local library? Lastly, is there a index to the books and records in the genealogy room at the local Centreville/Brent Library? Feel free to email me off the list. Thanks Ingrid As Long As You Mention My Name, I Live....Mayberry, Wilson, Mason, Clark, Duff, Kemp... Ingrid