Since these are public records, and we as the taxpayers have certain rights, I believe it behooves the county offices to give utmost protection to old records, but at the same time they should spend a fairly reasonable and small amount of money to provide for an alternative method of obtaining copies since pencilled copies will not serve to document and complete our family histories. I agree with you that the "fat cats" need their share, but I do think we have some rights in this matter, and I think the have the right to demand they spend some of our tax money on the protection of these records while at the same time providing for our needs. Eugenia "Bobbye Davis" <bobbye@microsped.com> wrote: I have not tried the scanner pen. At the court house in Indianola,Sunflower County I had to stand there and copy the information on paper and the copy machine was right by me. They say the hand sewn books will eventually come loose. I tried to get the clerk in Neshoba Co to let me film with my video cam and they said the light would destroy the writing. I don't know about all of theist but I sure wish some one could get the ball rolling. I think the counties have to pay for the microfilming and I guess they are all too "poor" to do it. The fat cats would lose too much of the spending money I guess. ----- Original Message ----- > ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1

Eugenia is right. She said we have some rights in this matter... Really though, we have ALL the rights in ALL the matters of elected officials. We should not be treated like "customers" in a store. These are our records, PUBLIC RECORDS. And if they make them available to public for "viewing only", then they should have a sign out front saying that! And if that happens, then someone is getting paid too much to just sit at a desk all day in a records room... A well phrased comment to the local newspaper's LETTER TO THE EDITION column, (and send copies to the elected officials also) It should get a good point across, and speak louder than you could imagine. Especially if another politician is fixing to run in the next election! He is sure to keep a copy of the letter, and say HE will put hand held scanners in all records rooms, and a chicken in every pot. (sorry, I couldn't resist that one.) Eugenia wrote: > Since these are public records, and we as the taxpayers have certain > rights, I believe it behooves the county offices to give utmost protection > to old records, but at the same time they should spend a fairly reasonable > and small amount of money to provide for an alternative method of obtaining > copies since pencilled copies will not serve to document and > complete our family histories. > > I agree with you that the "fat cats" need their share, but I do think we > have some rights in this matter, and I think the have the right to demand > they spend some of our tax money on the protection of these records while > at the same time providing for our needs. > > Eugenia > > "Bobbye Davis" <bobbye@microsped.com> wrote: > I have not tried the scanner pen. At the court house in Indianola,Sunflower > County I had to stand there and copy the information on paper and the copy > machine was right by me. They say the hand sewn books will eventually come > loose. > I tried to get the clerk in Neshoba Co to let me film with my video cam and > they said the light would destroy the writing. I don't know about all of > theist but I sure wish some one could get the ball rolling. I think the > counties have to pay for the microfilming and I guess they are all too > "poor" to do it. The fat cats would lose too much of the spending money I > guess. > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 > > ==== BROWN Mailing List ==== > contact list manager at judjack@rocketmail.com > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com