My friends - One of our subscribers asked a question in response to my recent posting to the JP and Graves lists about the progress of the digitization of the only remaining county based records for Graves County prior to the disastrous fire of December 1887, when 99% of the records prior to that date were destroyed. These records which survived the fire are a number of Graves County Circuit Court Order Books, covering the period 1853-1890 (with some years missing). As I mentioned in my message of a few days ago, Order Book G had already been digitized some years ago, and remains available on CD. The others, excepting Order Books I(eye) and K (J, M ,and N are missing, and it appears that books H and Q were never created, based on the known dates of coverage as reported), which are now being digitized, are almost finished, as I said earlier, insofar as proofing and enhancing is concerned. The question raised was whether these order books could be offered singly, as well as in a group. That is, if a researcher is interested in only a certain period for Graves County, such as, for example, 1878 - 1885, could the order book(s) that cover that period be obtained individually, rather than having to get the entire package. I had not considered that option earlier, but, from a technical standpoint, I can see nothing that would obstruct such being done. So, my question to those of you who are researching Graves County and are looking forward to seeing these records is this: would you be interested in seeing these order books offered individually, or perhaps in groups of two consecutive books(realizing, in the latter case, that we do have missing, or uncreated books, so, in a group of two, it might be books L and O, since M and N are missing), or would you prefer that that the entire set only be created, as was my original plan, or both? Please let me know your preference *OFF LIST*, so we do not cause a flood of messages to hit the subscribers' inboxes. The plus to individual or the two-grouped set would be a reduction in cost and not having additional records which some researchers might not need if their people of interest left the County in, say, the late 1870's, as well as the fact that several of these would be available almost immediately(within the next 2-3 weeks). The minus part is that if the individual or two-group sets are the only offering, someone with a continuing interest in Graves County would need to acquire all of the books individually, or all two-set groups to have complete coverage, unless I also prepare that full coverage as has been my plan. Perhaps having both available is the best solution. In any event, I will abide by the majority wishes of those who respond within the next three or four days, and I will bring the results to the lists so you can see how they turned out. Many thanks............ -B =====================================================================================================