Barb: I also took a one day trip earlier in the fall. While the original records are in the courthouse, I found that the public library across the street was a good place to go for an hour to regroup, spread out papers, etc. The genealogy collection has a series of books on early 1800's which summarizes land records. You might use those to make sure you have all the original documents from the courthouse that you need. They also have microfilm census records. Jay Greene

Being from Denton I feel a little guilty about saying this, but I found Easton's Maryland room has the same texts, microfilms and a whole lot more. It is much better organized and only 20 minutes from Denton. Easton also has a big selection of Maps and someone staffing that room who can assist the researcher. The Maryland Room is a sort of proxy repository for genealogical research of the mid Eastern Shore ( Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot and Dorchester Co.'s). You can't leave out the library at Stevensville on Kent Island, Queen Anne's Co., or the court house at Centreville). Remember, all of these counties were fashioned from one another early on and so you'll find certain items only if you visit all of them. I have found completed gen reports at certain of the centers only, which I haven't found at others or online. Most of them keep little file cards with researchers to contact. There are still alot of folks who are not online, who have done enourmous amounts of research the "old fashion" way. I'll bet you'll be back, because there simply is never enough time")) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Greene" <gjgreene@tds.net> To: <MDCAROLI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:26 AM Subject: [MDCAROLI] One day genealogy > Barb: > I also took a one day trip earlier in the fall. While the original records are in the courthouse, I found that the public library across the street was a good place to go for an hour to regroup, spread out papers, etc. The genealogy collection has a series of books on early 1800's which summarizes land records. You might use those to make sure you have all the original documents from the courthouse that you need. They also have microfilm census records. > Jay Greene > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >