BETTY , That is a good question . I would like to know the date range it covers , also . I am so tired of spending hard earned money on books that do me no good . The Genealolgy industry has become big money & I wonder about some of this gene -info in them . I have found on ancestry.com that a lot of my ancestors names have been put in their data base mis-spelled . Even the ones I have seen on the original census records have come up spelled wrong --> when I can find them . Very curious indeed . let the buyer beware , for sure . sheri

I have used the book at the local library. It is just a list of the files on microfilm (the actual film is available at the Rowan County Library, at the State Archives, and I think through the LDS -- the library will make and send copies for a reasonable fee). I know it includes the earliest records still available (a few before 1800) and it goes up to approximately the early twentieth century. Remember that not everybody left records, so your family may or may not be included. If you are lucky, the actual records can tell you quite a lot. Elaine Oakes > BETTY , That is a good question . I would like to know the date range it > covers , also . > sheri