Bladen Co records have burned three times, once in the 1760s, 1800 and then again 1893. So it's best you go to the Archives in Raleigh to search what is left. Archives has Robeson records too. The best day to go to Archives is on Wednesday when not many people are there. They are closed on Sundays and Mondays. On Saturday they close one hour for lunch midday and open again at 1pm. John Brown wrote: >I am considering making a trip from Alabama to NC to research my Thomas >and Edmund Brown ancestors. They were living in Bladen Co. at least from >about 1760 to c1880, before moving to near border of Marlboro Co., SC and >Richmond Co., NC. The area in Bladen where they lived was down near the SC >line, now Robeson Co. > >I'm looking for advice on the trip. Should I just add directly to the NC >Archives in Raleigh or would it be worth visiting the Bladen & Robeson >courthouses and libraries? Any advice appreciated. > >John > > >**************** >John K. Brown >Researching: BROWN, ABNEY, BURT, WATTS > >"Some family trees have beautiful leaves, >but some just have a bunch of nuts. >Remember it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking." > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCROBESO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >