Please do not ask for a tour. It isn't necessary. The genealogy records are located at the rear of the room. Everything is easy to find. The clerks are most helpful. They will even walk you back there and show you exactly where the book you're looking for is located. If you cannot find a book, it's usually because it's already on the counter being used by someone else. The most popular books are the indexes because you need these to find where the documents are located. They are almost always on the countertop. Please remember that the clerks are being paid to do records for the year 1999. They are busy. If you need help or need to ask a question, go to the counter, smile at someone to get attention, then wait until she can help you. Things I've learned: Bastardly bonds, overseer of the poor records, criminal records and divorces are found in Judiciary Records. Some of these records are indexed, others are not. I recall that records for the period following Civil War are indexed. You can look up your surname and find the exact book and page number. For earlier years, you'll need to look at each page which is quite time consuming. To locate wills and intestate records, and deeds, use the indexes. Find your surname and the book and page number will be listed. I just returned from research in the courthouses for the counties of Warren, Shenandoah and Rockingham. Warren has combined some of their records into one book. I think it was marriages and deaths but can't recall. Rockingham has two rooms and I had to use both rooms and still had problems locating what I needed. Shenandoah is "user-friendly" and I was able to locate everything quickly. For those of you who have not used deeds in research, begin now. In one deed, I found that one of my ancestors had purchased land from the brother of his wife. The deed also mentioned that this land was the same land mentioned if the will of the father of both and gave the name. So, in one deed, I found the husband, wife, brother of the wife and father of the wife. Alley Blackford [email protected]