Poor stewardship of the records, though it troubles us, does not make these newly found documents less the property of the county. The legal thing to do is return them to the clerk's office. However, it might be prudent to have them microfilmed first, if possible. The state archives might do it for free, or perhaps the LDS Family History Center could have it done. Carolyn HALE BRUCE, DAR, IBSSG, VBGS Co-author, Rebel King, Hammer of the Scots Rebel King, The Har'ships and Rebel King, Bannok Burn See all the books we publish at: www.bruceandbruceinc.com (Angus MacKilt shirts, too!) ----- Original Message ----- From: <BrendReed@aol.com> To: <valee@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 2:25 PM Subject: Re: [VALEE] Old documents > Jim, > You are so right about the sorry state of the basement at Lee County. > There > is a different clerk there who seems to care more about the records. I > found > a Warrant that proved a line under what looked like a trash pile. In the > past > in many court houses the records were not carefully watched and some > records > "walked out" of the courthouses. I believe this happened in Hawkins Co., > TN > which has been a very difficult county to work. > > Brenda H. Reed > > > > > > > > ************** > Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides. > > > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016) > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VALEE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >