Mike, I am researching the PARKER family of Hampshire and Mineral Counties. I was at Hampshire Co. on Monday doing research at the Courthouse and library. I understood from information at the Courthouse that one would have to order copies of the Microfilmed Records from Charleston. They would NOT be available in Romney for viewing or copy for there is NO Reader for the Microfilm at the Courthouse. Sure hope I will be able to access them in some manner. I live in Allegany Co. MD. Patricia Hook ---------- > From: Veerle Foreman <vforeman@shentel.net> > To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Records storage > Date: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:54 PM > > If any readers are residents of Hampshire County, I hope you can attend > the > meeting of The County Commission when Dr. Armstrong will attend to > explain the > microfilming of the old records. Please urge the Commission not to > insist for a return of > the records once filming is done IF they are planning on returning them > to the basement without making the basement vault a temperature > controlled archive room. > Storage of paper in a basement that is not designed for such storage > will only guarantee > their destruction, even though placed in acid-free envelopes. > > It would also be desireable to have these records electronically scanned > or digitized while being filmed so that a cheaper and more universal > method of access could be > provided. Scans can be done now from film and vice-versa. > > Mike Foreman > > Mike Foreman