I agree with Jean. Will the folks in the Grainger County area please gather up the names and addresses of all state, county, and federal officials, and any service organizations, DAR, whoever - and send them out to us? They need to be bombarded with mail during a short period of time - not more than a week - so we'll need start-end date. Wouldn't hurt if we wrote letters to the editors of the newspapers, too. Betty Braune Texas >From: JBrand1056@aol.com >Reply-To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com >To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Re: Records in the old school >Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 08:02:59 EST > >Back in 1995 a cousin in MO told me about the old school cause I was going >there to do research, It was much worse then I had been told. REALLY SAD I >talked with the people at the court house, they said no one really could do >anything because of the people shortage. I was told the State Archives was >stepping in, they even had boxes set up on the stage, as if getting ready >to >transport and not go through the things that were wrapped up. Many boxes >setting on the floor where records had just been thrown, no order >whatsoever. > >There I found as you walk in the front door, next to the stage was an old >file cabinet loaded with wills and court records, on the stage where many >ledgers setting on boxes and the floor, out of order. Are these things >still >setting there? We were in our RV, had my computer, scanner, etc. I copied >as >many things I could find on my family and sure glad I did now. > >Can't the DAR, SAR or the VFW step in to help save these records? If I >lived >near there I would help. I am more then happy to donate money to help with >the cost of saving these records. > >We need to really PUSH the state of TN to save these records, maybe if >Washington, DC knew of this, they would step in. Who is the Senators for >that >area? let's start a letter campaign to them and demanding for something to >be >done FAST. > >Jean Brand >Fresno CA > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com