I received this letter and another one later saying that this independent researcher charges $$$ per hour for this research: ----- "Judy, I sent a letter to the Spencer County courthouse asking for some marriage records sevral months ago. They apparently forwarded it to an independant researcher. She wrote to me telling me that the Spencer County courthouse will not do genealogy anymore. Is this true? And, if so, what do you recommend those of us who live out of state do? Sherri Hessick" ----- The other message I received said pretty much the same thing and said that she couldn't even get xerox' of records where she provided dates, etc. Thought it strange that 2 persons wrote within a couple days apart with same complaint/problem. I can understand them not doing research (where persons don't know the names or dates or want everything on a particular family) but getting xerox' of vital statistics that are public domain and in courthouse already seems "strange" -- isn't this why we are paying them their salaries? Are any of the other counties doing this and can anyone verify that the courthouse won't do the xerox' of birth, death, marriage, etc. records anymore? How are others handling this in their counties? Shame that you can't even get xerox' of a marriage record, etc. without paying for research fees too. Judy M.