Concerning wills and estate papers of Granville Co., NC (and any other place in the US plus perhaps Canada, England, hopefully Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and some German states). If: 1.  You have time and not money 2.   And, if you are near an LDS family history center Then:  LDS (family history library at Salt Lake City) has 27-29 films of early Granville Co. wills and many other films pertaining to estates and loose papers.  There is a very good index which I have read.  It lists devisors (the person making the will) and then there is a cross reference to devisees (the persons benefiting from the provisions in the will). By using the devisee cross index, I have been able to pick up the names of married daughters, thereby solving a few knotty problems--where did those females go and whom did they marry?  Of course, for direct ancestors, I prefer to get the will itself, but for collaterals and allied families, the devisee index is quite useful. For out-of-staters, I believe the fees charged by the NC Archives are quite costly now.  Most states are adopting this out-of-state policy, as we genealogists are overwhelming them!!! By the way, for those who have not been to the Fam Hist Library at Salt Lake City, one will be amazed at the number of professionals (and some who are not professional but who will search for a fee) who use that library (open 6 days a week and stays open late most days).  CyndisList has a list of professional researchers, as does NGS and also The Genealogical Helper; also the Library at Salt Lake City generally has a print-out of US researchers, as well as those for European countries. Sometimes one gets quicker results by hiring a professional, providing you yourself have done some groundwork, such as searching an index and citing a will book and page number (or a deed book and a page).  I have had excellent results that way. Not to be overlooked--in some cases, Duke U. has some estate papers, and I believe the Univ. of NC is also acquiring more and more family history collections. Helen Leary, a well-known North Carolina genealogist and author, gave a very good lecture at NGS conference, Richmond , VA in 1999 in determining whether your North Carolinian had Virginia roots. She reminds persons that there are no good ports in North Carolina until one gets to Wilmington. You folks generally did not come by B-747s. E.W.Wallace who has early NCians who came from Virginia