A group of 31 volunteers began about 11 years ago rescuing records in Shelby Co, AL, then moved on to Jefferson Co, AL Probate and Circuit Court records at the Birmingham court house. Filming is complete on these, and indexing soon will be.

We are considering tackling the Jefferson County records stored haphazardly in the old Bessemer, AL court house. We have dwindled to 11 people, and must have more volunteers and a reliable source of funding before we consider this project, which will take an estimated five years and $5,000.

The records will be transported by Jefferson County from Bessemer to the Jefferson County Operations Center in the Tarrant, AL area due to lack of parking near the Bessemer, AL Court House.

The work consists of removing old rusty fasteners, smoothing the pages, organizing the records in preparation for filming, and placing them in acid-free folders. If we could get a data entry person or two, that would be great.

If you can contribute two, three or more hours a week, or tax deductible funds which can be donated to Birmingham Genealogy Society specifically for this project, let me know. If anyone has ever helped you, now is a great time to pay it forward. It can sometimes be tedious, but it's more fun than tedium. You may even learn first-hand why your great-grandparents divorced.

hellomlu AT bellsouth.net