In a message dated 6/24/00 9:22:54 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > > ??????? Did Marissa get all these names and dates from from the Nashville > court house ??????? > ??????? If so, how did they do it ??????? (the book was only printed two > years ago) > > It has always been my opinion not to start a one on one fight(s) with the > court house, but to ask the only two Historical Societies we have, > Washington and Marrisa, "WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THOSE PEOPLE ???????" > Can they talk the court house into letting IRAD in to archive the records ??? > ?? > If I asked, how far do you think I'd get. > > It was brought to my attention last year that the court house is of the > opinion that they will lose the records, and because of this say "NO WAY". > When I wrote to IRAD they told me "we only copy them, they (the court > house) keep them". > > In another letter from Wash Co., a person at the court house was quoted as > saying "no Mormons are getting into this court house". > > I think the people of Washington Co. and us descendants should have a say > in this, not just one person at the court house. > Or does it go deeper than that. > Is it a single person that has final say, and just who is that person. Or > is it a group ?????????? > Is there any "prejudice" involved, or what about "prejudice to our rights > for lawfull freedom of information". > > Robert J. Middleton > Robert, I think Missa got their s from the "Looking Back" Quarterly's of 1977-8. I wonder if a Letter to the Editor of the Nashville News would get published. I have been seeing a few lately. Maybe most people in the county don't realize that in the event of a catastrophy (Fire, Eathquake, Tornado etc.- all fairly likely happenings in the area at some point in time) all their records would be lost. And without copies no backup system is in place. Delores Riley