There are several places that over tremendous resources free

www.rootsweb.com

is free and has a tremendous amount of info on their County and surname boards , as well as pages like "Books we own" which coordinates the efforts of volunteers

http://www.rootsweb.com/~bwo/

Another long time free help each other service is Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness

www.raogk.com

this has volunteers who are willing to help out in their hometown/county etc

check them out!