Has anyone found out if the money already sent for copies of the records is going to be honored. I really would like to know if I'm going to get what I already paid for. Elizabeth in Texas eperiman@1starnet.com http://www.dhc.net/~design/gedcom/periman.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Elaine D Tomkins <darrtom@juno.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 5:41 PM Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Courthouse Basement Records > The first part of this is directed to Mike Foreman in reference to his > message (below) posted 28 Oct 1999. After the posting of the below > message, not another word was said on the list about these records until > a couple of people reported early this month their experiences in getting > copies of some of these records from the courthouse. My question, Mike, > is, in your and other subscribers' efforts (mentioned below) to uncover > the facts regarding the future of these records, can you tell us what you > learned? > > Next, does ANYONE know if Mr. Rice completed indexing ALL of the basement > records, or did he throw in the towel before completion of the index? If > he did NOT complete indexing all of the records, what about the unindexed > records? Are they going to allow someone else to finish the task? Also, > where are the records now going to be stored? Are they going to continue > to keep the records languishing in that damp, musty basement or are they > going to make some effort at providing some sort of proper storage for > these records of the county's history? > > Elaine in Ohio > > Veerle Foreman wrote: > > > Ladies and gentlemen: I, along with a few other subscribers, have been > > working diligently, off line, the past few days to find out some facts > concerning > > > the records in the Hampshire County Courthouse. We don't have all of > them > > yet, but we should by the first of next week. Please hold off on any > collections of > > money for microfilming as this probably is going to be done by both > local and > > state agencies. That is not certain yet, but it looks like that is > part of the plan. > > > > We promise we will have a full report next week so right now just > relax > > and think of the potential gold mine that may exist for each of us with > ties > > to this beautiful old county. It's gonna be okay. > > > > Mike Foreman > > ______________________________