Ray & Bettie Dall wrote: > Please read the information below and support our effort to save and > preserve those valuable records. > > Bettie > - > > > I have just been informed that about 20 boxes of old San Diego > >County probate, court cases, and other legal records from the > >1850's have been pulled from storage and sent to the San Diego > >Superior Court. The Superior Court finds them of little or no > >interest and may order them destroyed. These records should be > >preserved and available to researchers as many if not most per- > >tain to our ancestors. We should strongly request that all of > >these records be given into the care of a suitable > >historical/heritage organization for safekeeping. > > Recently, these records were used to research the Marron Adobe, > >and over 100 pages of court testimony were found with details of > >life in early California. > > A letter requesting that these records be maintained pending > >finding a proper repository should be written to: > > Chuck Freeman > > Administrative Services > > San Diego Superior Court > > P.O. Box 122724 > > San Diego, CA 92112 > > Mr. Freeman is favorable, but needs support to convince the > >Judges. Statewide support would be even more convincing. > > My letter is on its way! > > Maurice Bandy, President > > > > --