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Re: Archives Fires



"Wood, Thomas" wrote:

> The staff at one of the local courthouses here tells genealogists and other
> reseachers "sorry, all those records were lost in the fire."
>
> The thing is, that particular courthouse never had a fire.

Well, y'all never had a major war fought there, neither.  The "fire"
story is an old one in the South, and sometimes it's "based on fact."

Ed Frank

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