I live within 10 miles of the courthouse in Jefferson and on one of my recent visits, the vital records clerk spent the entire time I was there balancing her personal checkbook. I have never even seen the probate judge in the vital records office. Todd in GA ----- Original Message ----- From: <Kjfarris@aol.com> To: <GAJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 16:55 Subject: Re: Jackson Co Wills & Deeds > I would like to tell about my experience with the Jackson County Courthouse. > In the spring I called the courthouse in Jefferson, Ga and requested a copy > of John Martin's will. I was told all I needed to do was send a letter with > my request and a stamped self addressed envelope and they would mail a copy > of the will to me. About a week after I mailed my request I received a > letter from a man in Waycross, Ga telling me he would copy the will from the > Will book by Faye Poss for $10 plus $2 handling fee. He said the employees at > the courthouse were to busy to make copies. It was mailed in the envelope I > sent to the courthouse. Well I checked online and bought the book for $32 > and found 6 wills for my ancestors in it. The book is well written. I had > copied one of the orginal wills earlier in the Archives and the transcribed > will is exactly the same. Needless to say I was dissappointed in the people > from the courthouse sending my request to someone in the southern part of the > state, no where near the archives or Jackson Co., GA > > Joyce in AL > > > << Could someone please give me the address for obtaining copies > of Jackson Co wills & deeds. > Do you get the deeds & wills from the same office? or separate > depts? > > > TIA for your help. > Traci H. > >> > >