--part1_0.7cfb607f.256a0147_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm forwarding this email to the Grainger Co. list just so everyone will know that there are indexes available out there. I'm not sure where you would find these but I do know that there is one located in the Grainger Co. Courthouse. I really don't know what is at the library in Rutledge other than someone posting that there is micro film and a micro film reader in the library. If anyone has that exact information I'm sure they would be glad to post it on the list. Also someone may want to let everyone know how to get their hands on microfilm and how to read it if they don't have a microfilm reader or access to one. I'm so sorry if I have offended anyone on the list. This is the only email that I have received like this. It really offends me that all the trips I have made to Rutledge (45 minutes one way) and sat in that little closet with a friend and tried to read the papers and someone gets upset that I may (which I do not) make a profit. I have charged $15.00 for the books not $45.00. I thought I had let everyone know that the books are a transcription of the records available to have a copy made of. I know there was a lady that came in from out of state and I first looked in the index located in the courthouse and found the license/bond that she was looking for but when I went to look for the original it wasn't there. It has either been lost, destroyed or stolen. The books that I have done are a transcription of the license/bonds that can be found and copied for anyone that would like a copy. I spent one whole day working in the old school trying to sort and find a way to preserve the records and for this I made zero dollars and zero cents. I'm sorry I have offended anyone out there with my books. If you would like to be put on my personal mailing list to purchase books or to keep up with the records in Grainger Co. please email me privately. I'm sorry if anyone feels like they have been taken advantage of. I have been offered money just to help with me with my expenses and I have taken none and I will not be. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all (and there has been alot) the nice people that have encouraged me and my work in Grainger Co. If anyone is concerned about my profit from the books I will be glad to share what the printing cost, mailing cost, envelopes to mail the books, and how many trips it takes to Rutledge to get information for just one book and I split the profit with my friend that helps me and I had to rent a post office box because I actually had someone show up at my door to purchase a copy. If you add all that up I probably spend more that I make. I thought this would be a good way to share the information with everyone and try to at least pay for gas. I will start a mailing list for the ones interested in the records. Thank you for your time and again I'm sorry I offended anyone. Also to all who have ordered book #3 it will be on it's way soon. I have had printer problems. I'm sorry for the delay. --part1_0.7cfb607f.256a0147_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <murk@pe.net> Received: from rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (rly-yh04.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.36]) by air-yh03.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 23:53:22 -0500 Received: from magnolia.pe.net (magnolia.pe.net [216.100.16.35]) by rly-yh04.mx.aol.com (v65.4) with ESMTP; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 23:53:20 -0500 Received: from 216.100.24.106 (c1p012.riv.pe.net [216.100.24.12]) by magnolia.pe.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with SMTP id UAA17630 for <IMsMickey@aol.com>; Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:53:16 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <383718EC.3FDA@pe.net> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 21:57:43 +0000 From: Steve or Diana Reints <murk@pe.net> Reply-To: murk@pe.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: IMsMickey@aol.com Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage licenses References: <0.ca27ffba.25687249@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mickey: I heard that you are a nice lady, and I dont know you but I am concerned that people on the list were not told by you that there were already indexes and books in print on Grainger marriages. You say you dont want any money but then charge $45 for something that is already on microfilm. I dont think the list is the appropriate place for this. If you had offered to look up names for people, I think that would be more appropriate or at least mentioned that there were other sources. (Even Historical Societies will send you stuff out of printed material in their libraries). I am not sending this opinion to the entire list but just to you to be fair, in the hopes that you did not intentionally mean to make a profit off of unsuspecting souls on the list. As for the intent of your email that you have a sincere desire to preserve the records, I applaud your efforts, along with everyone else and thank you for that. Diana --part1_0.7cfb607f.256a0147_boundary--