The bright light from a Xerox machine could cause damage to old documents. Also just the physical act of dragging something like an old deed or will book to the machine and flattening it on the glass plate could cause damage. This could be part of the rationale not to allow copying of old documents. Stephen Scurletis [email protected] > [Original Message] > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 1/25/2007 8:00:47 PM > Subject: Re: [NCBERTIE] FYI > > Paul Drake, as usual you are so good to us. > I'd like to share a true story and need some feedback. > Northampton County, Jackson Court house. My cousin Mary Jo Parker-Perkins > went there for some records. Mary Jo found important documents and they would > not let her copy them. > > Northampton County is so much of the great migration of many names that we > are searching and this can cause road blocks as we search our families or work > for each other. Is this legal to stop people from using the copy machine for > documents that are important to Bertie County, NC? > Amelia Tynes-Floyd Hall