Gail, <G> This is the basement I have been telling everyone about... I have the index to those file cabinets... I bet the other one got lost or misplaced (there was one at the court house) I think we have it covered securing those records so they do not get thrown away or misplaced. When I get there thats one of the projects that is priority.... Course, ya'll know we will be needing some help.... <hehe> Hugs, Traci In a message dated 6/23/01 6:02:00 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Traci, > Reading your post about scanning indexes brought to mind - When I was in > the Pickens County Courthouse a few weeks ago, I was looking for a legal > record on Joshua Cox. A woman took me downstairs where the old records are > kept. They were in file cabinets in an area which appeared to be a parking > garage. They called it the basement. > She told me that a prisoner had put the records in some order, but many > weren't arranged at all. I looked through eight drawers to find what I was > searching for. This would be a great project for the historical society or > someone interested in preserving these documents. They badly need an > index. > It would be a shame for these records to be neglected much longer. I live > several hundred miles away, or I would take on this project. Just a > suggestion..............Gail >