Just to join in the conversation (you know how genealogists like to eavesdrop--that's how we find cousins!): I checked the LDS website at www.familysearch.org The link to the FHLC (fam hist library catalog) is on the lower right I typed in the surname Heflin and came up with a listing of 27 items held by the FHL in Salt Lake City. (Try this with your uncommon surnames--*Williams* or *Smith* may clog the system.) When researching a rather uncommon name (few of them in my family), I like to begin with the FHLC and then turn to PERSI, a database compiled by the Allen County [IN] Public Library of the genealogical journal articles held by that organization. The PERSI is not online. Many genealogical libraries have it on microfiche, and Ancestry.com, I believe, still sells the updated versions for approximately $100 (at least that's what I got for Christmas one year). Good luck to researchers. Always start with a survey of the literature, as my research prof hammered in my head!!! By the way, if you want to know what may be available on film or in book form on Stafford Co., FHLC is a good place to start. Try clicking on Place instead of Surname. Salt Lake City doesn't have everything, but it's trying HARD. That is why so many of us make week-long (two weeks is better) pilgrimages there--trying to learn the ropes ahead of time. Otherwise, you are overwhelmed with the vast collections. E.W.Wallace