I am not going to get into a heated discussion of positive-negative court house employees, but I just want to emphasis a comment someone made...just because you don't get a response doesn't mean the information isn't there. I wrote to a city in NC requesting copies of birth certificates for my Mother and her siblings. I was told they didn't have them. I just happened to be headed to Va and decided to stop and ask for the information in person. I was greeted with " Honey, we certainly do have that information... how many copies do you want?" It would be a great idea if we could organize on-line volunteers who would visit the court house for those of us who find it impossible to travel any more. We are all in the same boat...seeking information on our ancestors... I have info that I copied from court records as well as some books so I would be happy to share info if its legal to share or do look ups. I don't know about the rest of you all, but I happen to live in an area that doesn't seem to recognize SWVA even exists, so the library shelves here are totally empty on the countries I research. I have been forced to buy my own books in order to do any research work. By the way, have you checked out Jeff Weaver's web site? He is a well known author of Virginia history who has shared a tremendous amount of information with us. http://www.Is.net/~newriver/nr I doubt if anyone is looking for info in Okaloosa Co Fla but if you are, let me hear from you! My lines are Nunn, Moore, Odell, Breeding, Hurst, Elkins, Muirhead/Morehead and Tabor. If anyone is working on any of these names let me hear from you. J