This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3Y.2ADI/1440 Message Board Post: I am trying to find out who paid the real estate sales tax on the sale of a house in 1982. The house was in Ocean View DE, in Sussex Co. I already tried the tax office and they told me the records are in the basement, packed away and they can't get them, but I know there has to be a way. Any help would be great. Thank you