In a message dated 1/12/06 11:10:51 A.M. Central Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: >The LDS are currently scanning everything they have preserved in the granite >mountain and over the next couple of years will make it available on the Internet. >The great thing about this is they have also been going to state archives and >county courthouses...< So you think that is great. Well, some years ago I was privileged to see some of the Louisiana State Archives records in Baton Rouge that were left a gigantic mess when the LDS got through with them some years previously. I was not impressed at all that the LDS would do that to the records or that the Louisiana Archives people would let them get away with it. Jno To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html