I would be so very happy to donate heavily to the Library of VA if they didn't keep their documents so close to the vest. Some of us cannot travel to VA to research, besides it has been my experience that as soon as I find those golden nuggets of data, then I go home and realize where I need to look next, and an immediate return trip would be necessary. This subject has come up before and I think that most of us would pay to get all the VA documents onto microfilm so that we could rent them by Inter Library Loan. If VA will not or cannot afford to microfilm their documents then why don't they let the LDS do it. Every other state, county in the Union has. My research has been stymied ever since I finished finding the documents in NC, SC, TN (on Microfilm) and got my lines back to VA where there is nothing available. I am aware that much has been lost, but there is a chance that more is being lost daily as researchers go to VA and handled those delicate records. Julia French Wood In a message dated 11/14/2004 7:29:41 AM Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: How much better our money would be spent through an equal measure of support for such as the VA Library or other state libraries and archives. Paul To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html