Thank you again. I appreciate all answers received regarding my search for Nathaniel Mullins' parentage and info on Rowan Co. Richard Stewart > [Original Message] > From: <Hdanw@aol.com> > To: <NCROWAN-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 3/5/2003 2:57:59 PM > Subject: Re: [NCRowan] Bell - Whitson, middle 1700's to 1800's > > To find some records for Rowan Co., NC, an old county in North CArolina, here > are some of my suggestions: > > Are you near an LDS family history center? Check this website to find out. > > <A HREF="www.familysearch.org">www.familysearch.org</A> > > The link to a list of over 3,500 centers around the world are found on the > lower right. > > Just above that link is another link to the LDS Family History Library > catalog. On that catalog you will find lots of listings for microfilm, books > (which you cannot borrow unless they have been filmed), and microfiche. > > You can borrow for a small fee for a short time a good many films for Rowan > Co., NC (and a lot of other US, not to mention English, Welsh, Scottish, > German, and so on records). > > If you can persuade your local public librarian that interlibrary loan is a > good thing, then take the names of the books for Rowan Co. and ask him/her > whether he/she will initiate an interlibrary loan for you. > > Genealogy is a lot of HARD work--and time-consuming. Internet is great for > establishing relationships and learning new avenues, but it will not give you > a great deal of PROVEN information on your ancestors. Much of it is pure > gibberish!!! > > On the website give above, you will find also the 1880 US census ( a little > tricky to use), some guides to research in North Carolina (and elsewhere), > some downloadable forms, etc. Explore away! > > E.W.Wallace > > > ============================== > 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