Folks, Before you declare a war on the Washington Co courthouse, they will let a person in to search their books. Deaths;Dec 1977-Feb of 1979 Births; 1877-1920 Marriages; I'm unsure of the cut off, but I got thru the 1800's. I won't say they necessarily encourage it, but after I'd been there a few times, behaved properly ( other than an occasional outburst), and made every effort to limit the space I took up, they have since been very helpful. They have a very small counter space to work with and must conduct they're usual business of the circuit clerks' office. Honest, three people in that little area is very crowded. MAYBE a 3' x 6' area. I can assure you that trying to involve Chicago will definitely cause tempers to flare. Chicago seems to be unaware of the southern part of the state. I to would like their records online, as my work schedule doesn't allow for much research time on their schedule of 8 to 4. I believe I can find an address or phone # if anyone is interested. Karla ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [ILWASHIN] 1831> 58 Marriage Book > In a message dated 6/24/00 9:22:54 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] > writes: > > > > > ??????? Did Marissa get all these names and dates from from the Nashville > > court house ??????? > > ??????? If so, how did they do it ??????? (the book was only printed two > > years ago) > > > > It has always been my opinion not to start a one on one fight(s) with the > > court house, but to ask the only two Historical Societies we have, > > Washington and Marrisa, "WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THOSE PEOPLE ???????" > > Can they talk the court house into letting IRAD in to archive the records > ??? > > ?? > > If I asked, how far do you think I'd get. > > > > It was brought to my attention last year that the court house is of the > > opinion that they will lose the records, and because of this say "NO WAY". > > When I wrote to IRAD they told me "we only copy them, they (the court > > house) keep them". > > > > In another letter from Wash Co., a person at the court house was quoted as > > saying "no Mormons are getting into this court house". > > > > I think the people of Washington Co. and us descendants should have a say > > in this, not just one person at the court house. > > Or does it go deeper than that. > > Is it a single person that has final say, and just who is that person. Or > > is it a group ?????????? > > Is there any "prejudice" involved, or what about "prejudice to our rights > > for lawfull freedom of information". > > > > Robert J. Middleton > > > Robert, > I think Missa got their s from the "Looking Back" Quarterly's of 1977-8. > > I wonder if a Letter to the Editor of the Nashville News would get published. > I have been seeing a few lately. Maybe most people in the county don't > realize that in the event of a catastrophy (Fire, Eathquake, Tornado etc.- > all fairly likely happenings in the area at some point in time) all their > records would be lost. And without copies no backup system is in place. > > Delores Riley > > >