This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VW.2ADE/973.1 Message Board Post: Hi Carol, Here's the number for the Superior Courts Clerk office 385-7532.. I can check first at the Merced Co. Courthouse Museum to see if they have the book for Aug 6, 1888..I've not had very good sucess in finding the earlier records at the Clerks office. I have jury duty this week, but will try as soon as I can........Alma