I went to Grayson County last week for the first time, and the clerk in the office where the births, deaths and marriage records were kept told me that the courthouse burned in 1909 and so records earlier than that weren't available. I certainly didn't find any birth or death records earlier than that, but I did find marriage and probate records for much earlier than that. Did only part of the courthouse burn? Or were those records that survived the fire not in the courthouse? I certainly don't mean to imply that the clerk gave me bad information, but since there clearly ARE records going back to before 1909, is it possible that there are also birth and death records from before 1909, but they're in another location? Since I wasn't able to find the death record I was looking for (from about 1878), I went to the library to see if I could find an obituary, but their microfilms of newspaper records only went back to the mid 1880s. Is there another source for earlier newspaper records? I plan to make another trip to Sherman in the next couple of months, so I'd appreciate any tips anyone could give me. Thanks. Beverly Brown [email protected] B.r.a.c.k.e.t.t B.r.o.w.n B.r.u.n.e.r B.u.r.k.s C.h.r.i.s.t.i.a.n H.a.r.r.i.s J.o.y.c.e P.h.i.l.l.i.p.s R.o.s.e S.i.s.s.o.n S.n.e.a.d S.w.o.p.e T.h.o.m.p.s.o.n T.i.l.l.m.a.n T.y.l.e.r W.e.s.t W.h.i.t.f.i.e.l.d Y.a.t.e.s