In a message dated 9/4/2005 6:36:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lhantley writes: > > On a genealogical note: There is no news yet regarding the status of the > libraries which house genealogical materials in the area. Many of these > precious records may have been the only copies extant and are now lost to us > forever. Few of us have not experienced the frustration of trying to get certain > records only to find the courthouse had burned and the records were lost so... > > > yeah a Harrison county MS website was just posted 2 weeks ago that had property tax records, some marriages, voter lists etc. I located some distant cousins on Wed. sent them letters on Friday only to see the hurrcane on the news on Sunday. Unfortunately that same site is down -must have been kept up by someone at the courthouse? I thought of it today as it would now come in handy to try and find married names of daughters to try and locate people that stayed "at their daughter's house" etc. Rhonda Raye

Does anyone know if the D Day Museum in New Orleans made it through Katrina? thanks, betty in ga ----- Original Message ----- From: <Rstarthistle@wmconnect.com> To: <GAWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 8:50 PM Subject: Re: [GAWILKIN-L] Fallout of Katrina & Genealogy > In a message dated 9/4/2005 6:36:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lhantley > writes: > > >> >> On a genealogical note: There is no news yet regarding the status of the >> libraries which house genealogical materials in the area. Many of these >> precious records may have been the only copies extant and are now lost to >> us >> forever. Few of us have not experienced the frustration of trying to get >> certain >> records only to find the courthouse had burned and the records were lost >> so... >> >> >> > > yeah a Harrison county MS website was just posted 2 weeks ago that had > property tax records, some marriages, voter lists etc. I located some > distant > cousins on Wed. sent them letters on Friday only to see the hurrcane on > the news on > Sunday. Unfortunately that same site is down -must have been kept up by > someone at the courthouse? I thought of it today as it would now come in > handy to > try and find married names of daughters to try and locate people that > stayed > "at their daughter's house" etc. > > Rhonda Raye >