Mickey is right. I was there and conditons for accomplishing anything are - to say the least are uncomfortable. When those two ladies learned what I was there for, they stopped what they were doing and looked up and copied what they could find for me. I can't say how much I appreciate the accomodation they gave me. This was at the courthouse in a room approximately 10x 8 containing a lot of the record books and boxes of records. If the women working in the office needed something stored in there, their work stopped to accomodate her. If they were on the copy machine the same thing applied. How they accomplish what they do is beyond me. >From there we went to the old school. One of the first things I heard them say was watch out when you pull the box out for SNAKES. The next remark was I sure hope I don't come up on one of those big spiders. For any records they get out of that mess we need to thank the women who are doing this job a big thank you. For all they did for me that day they asked for nothing in return. They should not have to defend themselves for anything. Several years ago I was in the Clerk'soffice looking for some records -my grandparents marriage license for one thing. Didn't find it. Was told all Grainger Co. Marriage license were on microfilm in Nashville. My grandparents' was not there. I paid professional genealogist $300.00 to see what she could find. She found the license in a box of of mixed up records underneath a counter. Mickey is working hard to straighten those things out. We owe her a lot of gratitude. Thankfuly Mildred IMsMickey@aol.com wrote: > Most of these documents are so hard to read. When we transcribe these we are > sitting in a "closet" with our paper on our laps. This is also where they > keep the license plates and other things used by the county clerks office. > Every time they need something we have to get up and move out of the room to > get out of their way. We have learned that on Tuesdays they have court and we > are definately in their way. We try to work as fast as we can writing and > putting the documents back in order. The books are meant mostly as an index > as to what is still available. There has been a few people show up looking > for info while we are there and Barbara Jackson just tells them that there > isn't room for more people back there. Each time we have heard that we have > gotten up and went up front and ask what they were looking for and tried to > find it for them for FREE. There was a real nice lady named Mildred that > subscribes to this list "Milly@kiva.net" that came in one day from out of > state and we helped her as much as we can. So she can tell you first hand > what kind of conditions we are working in. She also went to the old school to > have a look at the mess there. If you purchase one of our books and need to > know the bondsman just email me and I'll look it up for you for FREE or send > an email to Diana and she'll get you a copy for FREE. I just hate taking up > so much time trying to defend myself when so many of you out there has been > so supportive. Thanks! Mickey