Jean, I'd say go and dig them up anyway... What are they hiding? Do it at night, whatever... Those records are important. Suzette Thompson Jean Loudin wrote: > Just a note, the weird thing is that Marion County has a very active > historical society and the library has a great genealogical section, so if > the powers that be knew this was going to be done, it is a crime it was > done without telling these hardwording people. Makes you wonder if someone > had a grudge. Now they can't dig them up as they were ready to do because > the county claims they buried some old juvenile records with them and they > cannot be uncovered so the rest can not either. It shows the dedication of > these people that they were ready to go dig in the landfill to get those > books. It really can not be explained that it was done.