Kitty, I am in TN - Crossville. So help me, 20 yrs ago I learned that the Fentress County Loose Papers had been taken to the home of a fellow named Jim __xx__. I called his widow and went out there. I found those, sure enough, piled in the corner of a filthy and very damp and sickening OLD chicken house with a leaking roof. There was not ONE record that could be other than copied from the stained and waterworn scraps. Such is the disregard of a few of our "public officials" and the historical societies in a few communities. Whatever; we are very fortunate that the past Surry officers - from the Emmersons back - have been VERY careful and kept those precious resources intact. I only hope that something will take place within some reasonable period of time. I first saw those records and discussed the same with the Emmersons at least 20 years ago. My offer stands to contirbute what I can to a project having to do with such. I would ask that the Society tell us when and if any fund is established having as its purpose this task. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty Manscill" <kmanscil@bellsouth.net> To: <VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 5:08 PM Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Court Records > Tennessee has mandated that each county take care of its records. > Sevier County has recently hired its first archivist to make order out > of lots of loose papers and what was considered just trash stored in the > attic. Maybe other states should consider similar positions. > Kitty > > > > ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Archives Digital Maps Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/ > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >