Ed, The LVA does seem to alienate out-of-staters, especially with its $20 fee to copy records. The fee is probably set by the state legislature though. That fee is my only qualm about contributing money to the LVA Foundation. It is almost insulting. But the documents they are putting on the Net probably make up for it. They do make it clear that they will not do research for patrons. They, like others, will only copy indexed material or material for which you can cite a page. Basically, if you are doing research by mail on other documents, you have to hire a researcher. People can get a list from VGS at http://www.vgs.org http://www.vgs.org/publications.htm The NCGS has a limited look-up service at the NC Archives for $5 per request. http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgs/index.html