[email protected] writes: > That room "The Chancery Room" is indexed in large books by plaintiff & > defendant. The records are currently being taken out of those boxes and put > into archival safe boxes and folders. The first 300 or so boxes have > already been done. Where they are going to be stored when the project is It sounds like the NS/OS things may refer to box / package numbers or some other kind of filing scheme (see below). > complete has not been answered yet. As to microfilming the records, I know > that it is a very expensive endeavor Hasn't this already been done? I'm just speaking off-hand; so much of this material has already been filmed, in other counties/jurisdictions, by the state &/or the FHL (Mormons). > research done, contact the Gen. Society, by mail, with specifics Which/where? Would you mean this: Augusta Genealogical Society http://members.tripod.com/~rockbridge/auggensoc.html Are they up to this sort of thing? Societies vary widely on court records ... often dislike dealing with them. I learned a little about my original query from the Library of VA: After some discussion among themselves, David Feinberg, reference librarian tells me: The letter S in N.S and O.S. refers to "series," not "style" in the court record filing system. But State Archivist Conley Edwards said it means "style". They also think these items are Augusta Co entries. [I think reading between the lines here, one can't be completely certain, because Chalkley did not annotate thoroly.] If these are "circuit court" entries from the late 18th- early 19th century, what was the "circuit" that Augusta was in? In my case, Frederick Co would make more sense as the originating place of the Barnett vs Helm suit. Were they in the same circuit then? Thanks, ==mwh