----- Original Message ----- From: M. Daniels <margie@majorinternet.com> To: <ALDALE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:32 AM Subject: Re: [DALELIST] Fw: [ALBULLOCK] Southern Star > The papers I have seen in Bullock county and in Geneva are both in the same > conditions, worse than bad. > > Bullock > You will have to get a door key from a clerk, go up to the 3rd floor then > walk up some attic steps unlock the door to the attic and they are all > stacked there. Crumbling, > > I don't know if there is even any outlets there to plug into. > > You would have the place to yourself. > > Margie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Van Cleave" <Lbvan@worldnet.att.net> > To: <ALDALE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 5:39 PM > Subject: [DALELIST] Fw: [ALBULLOCK] Southern Star > > > > Margie, > > > > Is this the right courthouse? > > > > Cathy Van Cleave > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <Emily5505@aol.com> > > To: <ALBULLOC-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 11:11 AM > > Subject: [ALBULLOCK] Southern Star > > > > > > > > > Are these the newspapers at the Union Springs, AL Court House? > > > > > > In July, the manager of the Union Springs Court House (Bullock Co.) > > records > > > department said they were in the process of preparing to have their > > documents > > > put on microfilm. Perhaps if enough of us contact him he will make sure > > the > > > newspapers are also filmed. > > > > > > I was on the third floor in 1992 when I first began my research. At > that > > > time, I was too new at research and was overwhelmed. As I recall, It is > > > extremely hot up there. I have returned to the court house and the area > > at > > > least four additional times to do research, but I have not gone to the > > third > > > floor again. I had planned to do so this year, but because of the > amount > > of > > > time I spent in Barbour and Coffee Co. I did not have time. Maybe next > > > year... > > > > > > Emily > > > > > > > > > > > ==== ALDALE Mailing List ==== > > Did your relative disappear during 1861-1865. Know he was enlisted but > cannot find out about him. Check the POW records for union prisons. > > > > > > > ==== ALDALE Mailing List ==== > Old papers crumbling, or beginning to turn yellow, that is from the acid in the paper. There is a spray for old documents to stop the aging process. > >