Hi, I'm very involved in genealogy and very interested in preserving those county records that are being neglected and will probably be disgarded because of storage limitations as school budgets continue to get tighter. I have asked for old highschool class records from Macon High School. I asked an outgoing principal and of course that was a waste of time. I would be willing to use voluteers to record these records in digital format and then place them on this web site. Another example of nearly lost records is those old will and probate folders (1/2 of those in existence) that were sent from Macon to Jefferson City for microfilming with orders to destroy them after filming. They were rescued by a concerned citizen of Macon Co. and these 50-70 boxes of records were preserved. There is now no place for these records to be properly preserved. Many of the records were not readable on the film and only careful manual examination allowed them to be read. Personal intervention saved them but now they are in danger of being lost again when this elderly person passes away and others have to step up to care for them. There is not a very active historical society in Macon Co. and only a few volunteers that participate in this web site answering requests for assistance. The theft of records from the Macon Library makes it impossible for precious one of a kind records to be made available directly to the public. There is no provision for a tool crib type monitoring of such records in Macon Co. It is a matter of money they say. There is not much hope for a remedy as any loose money will go to a new YMCA. It would be very good if a state agency were to request schools and libraries to provide records to those interested in saving the records for posterity. Space problems cause these old court and school records to be at risk. Ernie CC MOMACON