In a message dated 4/23/03 3:02:40 PM Central Daylight Time, b.bpurdum2@verizon.net writes: > Since I live on the west > coast I can't check the courthouse records for that county which I would > like to do. Have you had any contact with RAOGK? You can visit their website at <A HREF="www.raogk.org"> www.raogk.org</A> for more information. It's a location-specific list of volunteers who do lookups, take pictures of headstones, etc...might be worth a try. Jo Strickland Herman Pasadena, TX USA Researching Strickland, Essex, Morgan, Daugherty, Tingley, Delashaw, Querry, McCally, Apple <A HREF="http://www.raogk.org/">Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Genealogy Research Tool</A> Volunteer for Houston, Harris County, Texas