Hi! I visited the Tuscaloosa Courthouse yesterday and am happy to tell everyone that the records in the basement of the records room are in great shape. I do not know what all is down there. Maybe someone who knows will write in. Meanwhile, I got to see the probate minutes of my g-g-grandfather but didn't have enough money on me to make copies. BTW, if the clerk makes copies for you, then the cost is $1 a page. If you make the copies and the clerk will show you how to use the machine, the cost is 50 cents per page. The records I wanted were 20 pages and I didn't have ten bucks with me. Anyway, the clerk in the records room was very nice and friendly. She took me downstairs and pulled two large and heavy books for me. I then had to carry them upstairs, where they have a large table, so I could look through them. After finding what I was looking for, I offered and was taken up on carrying the heavy volumes back downstairs. A little niceness never hurts!! This does open the question to me, which I did not ask the clerk this trip but will at another time, unless someone can answer now. As it was, I already had my g-g-grandfather's records, given to me by a cousin but they were not very good copies, so I thought I would try to get better ones. Since I already had them, it was easy for the clerk to help me re-find them but what if I hadn't had the info? Say, I felt certain there were probate records but didn't have a date. I feel sure the clerk would have been as friendly but I wonder if she would have been so helpful? Would I have been allowed to browse? I'll try to find out. Take care. Bye, Mike