Yes, in various court houses you may find that there are boxes labeled with a particular ancestor's name. Sometimes these boxes will contain complete Estate papers, deeds, etc. Such was the case in AR of our Mason ancestor. I believe this was done because all those papers took up so much space in the filing cabinets that it made more sense to provide boxes and label them to place on shelves. Carolyn Mason Anderson Earlier Fern mentioned that occasionally, pockets of information could be found at courthouses that possibly existed nowhere else. I've always wanted to believe it could happen but was afraid it was an urban myth. Have any of you actually had the good luck to find a collection no one else seemed to know of? Alice A. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html