This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bryant, Fessler, Laubscher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ig.2ADI/831 Message Board Post: Just returned from researching in the Jersey County Courthouse and what is called the Government Building, as I recall. They are just across the parking lot and a street from each other, easy to find. The Courthouse has indexed probate records that may be viewed on a microfilm-printer. The Government Building has birth, death and marriages, a copy may be purchased for $10. In an adjoining office the land records may be searched by the usual grantee or grantor index and the appropriate deed book may be looked at in person. Very friendly people and it just so happens two of the clerks were cousins of my husband and we live in California!