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