yes we should all be interested maybe we could salvage them and make copies for sale. On Sun, 4 Jun 2000 12:46:22 EDT Mary2gard@aol.com writes: > INMONROE-L@rootsweb.com > >Hi, folks, > >On Friday, June 22, 2000, there was a lengthy article on the front >page of >the Bloomington HERALD-TIMES entitled "County Records Move a Success." >This article pertained to historic township and county records that >have >been stored in a dirt floor room under the Monroe County Courthouse. > >In May, Iris Kiesling, president of the Monroe County comissioners, >prepared an emergency memo that rescued some of the records and >consigned >others to the trash heap in an effort to clear out the basement to >make >room for repairs. Some of those records were moved to the attic of >the >Health Services Building where other county records were already >stored. >In order to make room for the incoming records, some records already >stored >in the attic had to be relocated. In fact, at least 22,500 pounds of >records made it to the dumpster in fat truckloads. > >Although the article was not specific about the nature of the records >that >were destroyed, it noted that the state mandates that certain records >can >never be discarded, e.g., land records. In fact, most the the 19th >century >mortgage and land records, about a hundred volumes, have already been >placed in the Monroe County Historical Society for preservation. > >So what exactly was discarded? Well, your guess is as good as mine. > >I have heard that the Monroe County's early tax records, incredibly >dusty >and moldy, were among those items stored on the basement floor. >Although a >few of the tax books, the ones from the 1940s were mentioned >specifically, >were saved because of state mandates, it was not noted whether or not >all >tax books survived. > >If you are interested in Monroe County records, I suggest you read >this >article for yourself. Check it out at <www.HoosierTimes.com>. Or you >can >probably track down a copy of the article through the newspaper or the >library. Personally, I'm going to make a few phone calls and try to >better >inform myself. > >Randi Richardson > > > >- > > >==== INCLAY Mailing List ==== >This list brought to you by Rootsweb,be sure to check us out at >http://www.rootsweb.com/ > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.