Please do! ----- Original Message ----- From: William A. Mills <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:31 PM Subject: [GAHOUSTO] Courthouse Research Checklist. > Houston County Researchers: > > How many of you are planning to visit the Houston County courthouse in > Perry, GA this year? The reason that I am asking, is that I am > considering compiling a Courthouse Research Checklist to make your > research trips more efficient. > > One of the main things to keep in mind when going to any courthouse or > archives, is this: It is always best to search the records that haven't > been microfilmed yet, and those which are exclusive to that particular > courthouse or archives. > > Knowing beforehand, the time period that you are searching, and which > record books coincide with that era, can be quite a time saver. You can > take a quick look thru all of the record book indexes, and then make a > list of which pages you want to copy at the courthouse, or order the > microfilm for when you get home. > > Copying the pages from the old record books at the courthouse, is not an > efficient operation. The copy machine is usually busy, and it can be > very time consuming to carry and situate the very fragile original record > books on it. > > Do any of you have any special tips for doing your research at > courthouses, archives & libraries? > > William A. Mills > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >