On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 14:01:07 -0800 (PST), keith345@hotmail.com wrote: With this being so far back, however, you >will be lucky if the courthouse keeps records that far back (sometimes >they can be found on microfilm), but most courthouses do not keep >files this old because the paper would deteriorate. > Court records are official government records - barring flood or fire, or some natural disaster, records are not intentionally destroyed. They may not be easily accessible by the general public, but they exist somewhere, possibly in microfilm or microfiche form. I have even seen old books of court records from the late-1800s (in PA of all places) still preserved in their original state.