Yes I know its an awesome task but can be done. I have been working on it and some on it is on my web site and has helped a lot of people. I do have some volunteers in the courthouse for me while I am out in the cemeteries. If you are close to a genealogical library, you can view the Shelby Co Tx birth and death index. Thanks for your comment Elizabeth. Judy Manshack Allen -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Person <[email protected]> To: Rick Allen <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 4:28 PM Subject: Re: Cemetery Records >I have thought about it and what a great idea it would be,but I am too >far away. It certainly would be a formidable task. >Annette Sanders Person > > >Rick Allen wrote: >> >> Yes, it is an excellent tool to use and also some Shelby Co Tx >> cemeteries are now online in case some didn't know. I would like to >> know if anyone has considered extracting vitals from the city and >> county courthouse? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Doyle T. Brittain <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, June 24, 1999 3:22 PM >> Subject: Re: Cemetery Records >> >> >J.B. Sanders did comprehensive research on those buried in Shelby >> County, >> >and wrote a book entitled "Our Dead" which lists all of the dead that >> he >> >could identify thru funeral home records, cemetery records, tombstones, >> >etc. It includes unmarked graves where some record existed. It is an >> >excellent source of information for those doing research in Shelby >> >County. The book is no longer in print but is still available in some >> >libraries in some counties in east Texas. >> > >> >J.B. Sanders also wrote two books on marriages in Shelby County, one >> >indexed according to grooms and the other indexed according to brides. >> >They are excellent resources also. >> > >> >Doyle T. Brittain >> > >> > >> >