In reading about the historic records of Saco, Maine, it looks to me like their problem is that the city has been too successful in the storage and preservation of records. Now it finds itself out of compliance with state guidelines. Interesting…
SACO - The old city records on the third floor of Dyer Library, some […]
Record growth is hard to miss in Dallas County [Just west of Des Moines, Iowa] . But behind all the new streets, stores, people and houses is another kind of record growth: Paperwork. And county officials wonder where they’ll put it all.
“It’s just been crazy the amount of stuff that’s being generated every day, not […]
Scott County, Missouri, has a novel approach to records storage. According to the following article, they just shredded them. I doubt they shredded anything genealogically important, but the issue has been a reminder to county officials that something really needs to be done about archives and public access in the county.
BENTON Scott County commissioners […]
The Chilton County [Alabama] Probate Office is catching up to the 21st century.
The State Department of Archives and History recently completed a project to transfer about 80 years of public records from paper to microfilm.
The records include state files, marriage licenses, wills, and other records with genealogical interest from circa 1870 through 1950. Members of […]
It looks like personal property assessment books from the late 1800s and early 1900s for Morgan County, Indiana, MAY have been microfilmed and destroyed. The articles are a bit confusing. I couldn’t tell you if microfilm for the records really exists or not… Does anyone know? If it exists, where can it be obtained?
No laws […]
It’s great to see government agencies working in concert to make for easy access to historical documents. The following article is a good example of just that. Kudos to the Madison County, Alabama folks.
Before you read about the Madison County land and tax documents just made easily accessible, I’d like to also mention that the […]
The Johnson County, Missouri, Historical Society has become the repository for pre-1880 Johnson County Court records. This is great news for genealogists. The Historical Society maintains a wonderful research facility where I personally have spent time researching ancestors for Patty and I. I had Gfellers in the area, while Patty has Hannas and Steels.
Following is […]