The state archivists will also answer general questions about holdings and procedures by telephone and some queries by mail.

Building after the longtime state archivist, will be renovated for exhibition and meeting space and for offices.

On summer evenings, Gregory Sanford, the state archivist, likes to walk barefoot with his two small daughters down their dirt road.

According to the state archivist, it is also the first time in the state's history that a certified election was overturned on the basis of a recount.

"All the state archivists are lined up and ready to help," he said.

But, a state archivist has noted that no land grants were issued during these years in North Carolina.

That concerns the state archivist, who says the records belong to Texas and ought to be readily available in accordance with that law.

Described by the state archivist as the most complete city records anywhere in the country.

A state archivist listened, then said he must be mistaken; no such event could have occurred and been erased from history.

"It's a question," said the state archivist, Guy Rocha.