Hi Ellen, Thank You so very much for sharing with us. I'm glad your trip was a success and your journey was a safe one. All Best, Kathy in CA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen R. White" <whitee@msu.edu> To: <MOSCOTLA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 8:38 AM Subject: [MOSCOTLA] Return from Scotland County > Well, I'm back and it was a successful trip. The people were wonderful. The > ladies at the library and the genealogical society were most helpful and > went out of their way to make sure I could find things. The genealogical > society is a treasure trove of older materials. Unfortunately there are few > indexes so I could only skim the surface but did find a few gems. The same > is true for the ladies at the courthouse, both deeds and wills. I was > allowed to poke around and read all I wanted, though the judge seemed at > little surprised when he came in and found me sitting at his desk! ;-} > > It seems to me the real treasure trove at the library is the microfilms of > the old newspapers. They were quite chatty back in the late 1800's and > early 1900's. I read microfilm for about 7 hours one day and another 3 the > next and still only scratched the surface. > > Found the cemeteries I was looking for without any problems. Between my > county map and the directions provided by people on this list, all were > easy to locate though my driving may have looked a little erratic at times. > Managed to visit Indian Creek, Concord, South Bethel, and Edinburgh and the > one just north of Gorin whose name escapes me at the moment. > > My thanks to all in the county and on this list for making my trip so > enjoyable and successful. > > Ellen > (that lady from Michigan) > > > ============================== > 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 > >