You wrote: I'm still hoping to find some Grisham researchers in Granville. Just know you're out there somewhere. Need some help hooking up my roots way back when (pre 1800). Suggestion: Look for various spellings of the surname Grisham. There were Grissoms in early North Carolina, I believe, principally in Orange Co., which is a tough county to research as many of the records are missing. If you are near an LDS center, telephone and ask their days and hours of opening. Then ask if they have the AIS on hundreds of microfiche. AIS - Accelerated Indexing System. This is a census index for the whole US from the earliest census through 1850. Search 1 would be the earliest censuses, but some tax lists (good for clues) were used, as much of the 1790 census was destroyed. Use all these censuses to find your ancestors, but be sure to get some instructions. There is generally a four-page handout to explain it, and also there is a short explanation on the LDS online catalog. Look for the word Almanacs, and the first item should be AIS. See if you can understand it. This index is full of errors, omissions, duplications, misspellings, but if you find your folks, you are in luck. Also, you want to check the LDS catalog at <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> for films for Granville Co., of which there are MANY. Texas has some great genealogical libraries. Call up some near your home and ask what they have in the way of genealogical publications. San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Victoria all have good genealogical collections. There may be others which I have not visited. Oh, yes, the State Library in Austin. And also try some community college libraries. E.W.Wallace