> > County clerks are not hired to do genealogy, so they may not always > > be willing to go dust them off in the basement (or attic) unless > > you're there in person to look (or you pay or beg a local person > > they know to look at them for you). > > > > Connie > > clsheets1@prodigy.net > > My question has always been, if the clerks are telling you that the > records do not exist because of some disaster, how do you find out > if some records actually remain? And if you find out that they do, > how do you get the personnel working in the the repository to admit > that and to let you look for them? > > [ There are a number of approaches to courthouse record access: > (1) Go in person and be *extremely* polite while being persistent. > (2) Find a local gen/hist society which knows the courthouse well. > (3) Hire a local professional who knows the courthouse well. > (4) Local librarians sometimes know records better than courthouse > staff. - Mod ] > > Polly > phheld@twcny.rr.com I'll agree with the Mod. It is pitifully poor planning to accuse a man of not knowing his job and to insist you know better than he does about what he's supposed to be overseeing. Cheryl singhals@erols.com