Keep us up to date on this, Sharon. We won't hear much down here in New Orleans. Henry Harmison -------------- Original message from "Sharon Banzhoff" <shabanz@earthlink.net>: -------------- > I don't know if you all have heard or not but the Morgan Co. Court House was > gutted by fire around 4:30am this morning. I have heard so many different > stories about the records, I don't know what the real story is. > > I have heard what records didn't get burned, got wet. I heard the older > records didn't get harmed. I heard they took the old record books somewhere > and laid them out on the floor to dry. I don't know what is true. > > I am going to watch the news to see what the latest is. I don't think there is > anything filmed in the court house. I am just sick. Let this be a warning > to those who need to get copies of documents - DO IT NOW - DON'T PUT IT OFF > (like I did). > > Sharon > > > ==== WVMORGAN Mailing List ==== > Join the Morgan County Historical and Genealogical Society TODAY! > Visit their website @ for a membership form. > Cost is $5 per person or $7.50 per couple per year.... a good investment. > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >
Additional Pictures - http://inthepanhandle.com/ The galleries offer a large collection of additional pictures including a visit by Governor Manchin. New online edition of the Morgan Messenger today due today but is not currently online at 11:14 a.m. I saw them loading the large record books into a truck on the news. Hopefully damage is minimal. I thought I had heard that no documents were lost.....I pray that is the case. However, one article states they saved 3/4 of county records. Maybe that was 3/4 that were unharmed. Guess they are still assessing the situation and we'll have to wait to hear more to be sure. Berkeley Springs has only one main street straight through town...........this must have been a traffic nightmare! Ginger