Hi Everyone, The problem seems to be that, if the request does not have the Vol. and page number, then the do not get answered. Just a dumb question, but has anyone in the Greenup area, every thought to ask the courthouse records clerk/managers/supervisers, if they would consider, training/letting genealogists volunteer maybe one day a week, to handle requests that need, that extra digging. That way they would have a trained person in the office, only once a week and the requests would get answered! Most Genealogy sociaties do this with their libraries/records! This would be a good place to look for volunteers! Just a thought!! At 10:27 AM 1/2/99 -0600, you wrote: >Dear All, >I, like Ron, have only had positive encounters with the Greenup Co offices. >I always ask for a document by name, volume, page, etc. We all must realize that directing open ended questions to busy, understaffed government offices is not courteous. > >Happy holidays, >Cheryl > >---------- >From: Ronald L. Whitaker[SMTP:whitaker@frognet.net] >Sent: Friday, January 01, 1999 18:08 >To: KYGREENU-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [KYGREENU-L] Whoa! Folks..... > >Hey good folks: > >Let's not "cut off our nose to spite our face"....... The Clerk's office exists >to manage the business of the county on a day to day basis. It was not >established to DO THE RESEARCH of the multitude of genealogists who ply them >with open-ended requests for information. My dealings with the Greenup County >Clerk's office have always been quite congenial. I've spoken with them by phone >and found them to be quite courteous. In mailed requests I've cited both volume >and page of my request and have received prompt, efficient service. > >I, for one, would certainly not wish to see this discussion thread develop to a >point where the county employees are placed in a defensive position. Much of my >personal visitation research has been in Carter, Greenup and Lewis Counties - >and I've always been more than satisfied with the guidance and assistance >provided in each of those offices. Yes, there have been times when an >individual could not immediately "drop" what he/she was doing because of my >presence; but one needs to expect that to occur. Some of my ancestor's records >have been there for almost 200 years.... I should have arrived earlier, I guess! > >Happy New Year to all. Happy Hunting! > >Ron >-- >___________________________________________________ >Ronald L. Whitaker Preferred: whitaker@frognet.net >Alternate: whitaker@ohiou.edu >http://members.xoom.com/whitaker >http://frognet.net/+AH4-whitaker >___________________________________________________ > >Primary grandparental lines: Whitaker/Vaughan and Stone/McCleese. Beginning as >early as 1790, they arrived in KY from MD, PA, NC and VA. >Paternal: Brown, Dawson, Fletcher, Ford, Harvey, Karns, Vaughan, Teague, >Walker, Whitaker, Wilson, Yates. Maternal: Campbell, Cooper, Davis, Duncan, >Jordan, Knighton, Lewellyn, McCleese, Osborne, Pierce, Smith, Stafford, Stone, >Tackett, Zorn(e)s >___________________________________________________ > > > > >==== KYGREENU Mailing List ==== >Help Instructions at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/SurnamesMail.html >or contact Betty at: chipmunk@zoomnet.net >Archives: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=KYGreenu >Your gracious donations to RootsWeb makes this all possible!! >Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/ > > ************************************************************************* Betty Lou Riley () chipmunk@zoomnet.net ~{_)/ ICQ#26749649 *Check out my Web site (Riley's Camp) at: http://www.zoomnet.net/~chipmunk/ *Look in the "Forest" for my Family trees.*