I've seen that many of you are having trouble getting genealogy data from some of the court houses. The following explanation may help you understand how difficult it is for some of them that work there, especially since the records are not on a computer. Sincerely, D. Dixie Davis Dixie - the river rat ++++++++++++++++ D. Dixie Davis, Hi! ----- here. :-) Mom took the 3 e-mails you sent concerning the Mason County Court House, Nancy Glick, and genealogical research to her office yesterday, and after careful thinking...they realized that 2 of those incidents mentioned in the e-mails took place in the office next to hers, the Circuit Clerk's Office...not in hers, the County Clerk's Office. Also, Mom said that her boss, the County Clerk, ---- --------, told them that genealogical research is not their top priority...well, obviously!...BECAUSE that is NOT what their job is to do...that is sort of a side-job-like-thing. ...and, in those e-mails where someone complained about time...and...talking on the phone and getting info....Mom's response was: "All of that information is in a book. We have many, many books here that would have to be gone through to find the info. Our info. is not on a computer system, possibly unlike other counties that have a computer-based database," where they can search for something while still on the phone and happily give them the info. they want. In my opinion, those people should be lucky that they get any assistance at all! They obviously are not intelligent enough to realize that the jobs of those in the County and Circuit Clerk's Offices are not jobs that deal with helping genealogy nuts! Mom says: "Our office is a staff of four (4) with our boss (5), and it used to be six (6), and that was in the past, when the office wasn't as busy with recording info. and we were not in charge of running animal control for the county. So, we have fewer people doing more work. ...and mom, working at the court house...is also a genealogy nut, and so she tries to meet the needs of other family researchers as time permits after her normal work duties. The workers in her office are busy preserving today's information that will be history tomorrow." Bye, bye now... :-) ++++++++++++++++