How sad! I was there over 15 years ago and it was a bit of clutter then. I realize pid workers do not have time to organize that, but are there volunteers who could and would? Sibyl Slavin from Choctaw, Ok On 13 Mar 2005 17:51:39 -0700 nb7020@hotmail.com writes: > 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/iJB.2ACE/975 > > Message Board Post: > > I visited the Tippah County courthouse this past week. I was able to > get a copy of a marriage record from 1859 from the Chancery Office, > which is across the street from the main courthouse. I was told > there was a packet of estate records listed for my ancestor, Thomas > Bryson, who died in 1859, located on the third floor attic of the > courthouse. > > I was shocked at the deplorable condition of this attic. Records and > old books were on the floor, in plastic garbage cans, and in boxes. > Nothing was organized. It looked like a rat's nest. Anyone can go in > there and take whatever they want, and nobody would ever know. A > female worker there told me Faulkner's estate packet was stolen. > > If you plan on visiting that courthouse, don't get your hopes up. I > never found Thomas Bryson's estate packet. It may have been stolen > or taken out and not returned to the right drawer. > > In some counties, the historical and genealogical societies have > gone in and organized the old records. I hope the folks in Tippah > County will look into this problem. > > > ==== MSTIPPAH Mailing List ==== > Send in your old photographs of Tippah County to include on our new > communities section. > >