I am sending along this very good advice on how to research in Guilford Co., NC. In and around that area there were a lot of Reeves. Thought it might be helpfulfor anyone that has family in that area. Beulah North Carolina did not start using birth certificates until 1913, so anything prior to that time will be in church or Bible records. Tombstones on occasion.... And remember that there are/were a lot of Quakers in Guilford County, and their records are wonderful resources. Death certificates also were not started in NC until 1913, so the same applies. You will have to rely on church and Bible records and tombstones between 1771 and 1913. Some marriage records, deeds, etc., are online. If you will go to the website below, you will find a link to the county Register of Deeds office. Negotiating that website can be a little tricky, but you will find the available online records there. 2nd email I forgot to mention wills, estate records, deeds on occasion, court records, newspaper records, etc. There is more than one way to get at the answers you need. Some of the material from old Guilford newspapers are in the NCGenWeb digital archives. Go to the website below and start digging around. But remember that the search engine for my website does not give you results in the digital archives. That requires a separate search engine for the digital archives alone. Katherine Dick Benbow County Coordinator, Guilford County NCGenWeb _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncguilfo/) ) Beulah Reeves McCain Reeves List Manager Bgr520@aol.com Reeves DNA site _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~reevesdna/_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~reevesdna/) Barry Reeves Web Master ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.