This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BMB.2ACE/1071.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: Audrey; I have not used a genealogist as of yet. The courthouse fires are abig problem. I have run across it in my searches. All I can say is it appears as though they know the nooks & crannies to look in, but yes they can run into $$$$. Books ETC.??? Good Luck!! I have a lost 2G mother in KSC. KS. or in Benton Co. MO. & will have to make a trip. May your searches be fruitful; Bill