>Sandy, > >Thanks for the info....seems my `Handy Book' was written pre-tornado and I >wrote to old addresses. > >Since the people I am looking for were pre 1833, I am not much interested in >the history of the place after that....... > I have been keeping up with all the messages. My great great grandparents married in Montogmery Co. about 1828. I was told years ago that the tornado of 1837 had destroyed all records along with the courthouse. Is this correct? Pam