How do we reach Carol Belcher? Does she have an e-mail address? Thanks, Jan -----Original Message----- From: jp55 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [KYBATH] OLD DOCUMENTS IN BOXES >Fellow Listers: >I agree about the lack of care shown the old documents at the court house. >I just spoke with my cousin who does live in Bath Co. She feels it is a >combination of several things --indifference, no training on the part of >court house clerk's staff in proper preservation and MONEY. She >recommended we write a "group email" to Carol Belcher, the state >representative for the county and express our concerns about the condition >of historical documents and the lack of proper preservation attempts. >She also mentioned that the LDS church came into Bath county many years ago >to film the then existing records and were allowed to do so. The church >then gave complimentary copies of all that they had filmed to the clerk and >that these films were simply thrown away - for whatever reason! >So, I suggest that we, as a group, lobby the appropriate political entities >to save the records of Bath county! >Jackie