I received the following today from the Lauderdale Co., Miss. Dept. of Archives & History, for those of you who are researching in that county: INCREASING AWARENESS IN THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES & HISTORY IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI The Lauderdale County Department of Archives and History is a part of the county government that is charged with managing county records such as court cases and other various documents. Much of the work done within the department is performed by volunteers who have an ongoing interest of the preservation of our local past. They research local community and church histories as well as their own families and donate their research to the Archives. This information is then published and placed in the Archives "bookstore" for sale. Other tasks that the volunteers have tackled include indexing marriage, census, probate court , land and other various records from microfilm so that others can have easy access to the information in book format. Many of these documents are essential in genealogy research. TO FIND OUT MORE IONFORMATION ABOUT US VISIT US ON THE WEB AT http://www.lauderdalecounty.org/ http://www.lauderdalecounty.org/archives.htm http://www.lauderdalecounty.org/archivespage2.htm Along with helping researchers both in state and out of state, we offer a wide selection of pulbications compiled by various volunteers for sale. These publications can be viewed on the website http://www.lauderdalecounty.org/archivespage2.htm We have recently activated a PayPal account and can accept payment for membership, donations, research request payments, and book orders through PayPal! We are also offering 1 free book of our choice with your $20.00 purchase. Be sure to include the following promotional code B09S11J02 If you have questions, comments, or a research request send them to archives@lauderdalecounty.org If you would like to be removed from this and all future email send a blank email with the please remove in the subject line to archives@lauderdalecounty.org Please tell all of your researcher friends about us!! Thanks for your time. dusty List Admin.