Ditto on the Probate Judge and Staff. They are great!! John Andrews ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard F. Rice" <ricelf@mindspring.com> To: <GAELBERT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:05 PM Subject: [GAELBERT] Records in Probate Court Office > For those of you who have been to the Probate Court office in the Courthouse in Elberton searching for family records and didn't find what you were searching for, don't give up. Many of you may not be aware that ALL of the records in this office are not in the three rooms that make up the Probate Court offices. During a trip there this Spring, I happened to mention to the Judge that I was mystified as to why I could find no record of the sale of my ancestor's estate. Much to my surprise the Judge went to a storage area under the staircase just outside of the Probate Court offices and brought me the book that had what I was looking for! > > As the Judge admonished me, "If you don't find what you are looking for....ASK!!" The Judge and her law clerk are extremely helpful (and patient) to everyone who comes in doing genealogy research and they just might help you locate something that you wouldn't find otherwise. >