Several years ago we went to the Court House in Bloomfield and went through the probate boxes. Piece by piece, bit of paper by bit of paper, we looked and copied each little bit of document that was a part of my GGrandfather's probate records. I found a will on my Great Grandfather and I copied that. When I returned home I found the original copy of the will in my brief case. Realizing I had forgot to replace it in the files I made another trip to Bloomfield and placed the document back into the probate box. It is only as good as the record being in the proper place. Several years later we returned to Bloomfield and found the room where those probate boxes were located was empty of all records. We were told that a judge had ordered the records placed in a storage area since the LDS had been there and copied all records to digitize them. This was for storage room reasons. I am advised that the storage area is off limits to everyone except personnel that work there. Such a shame......:) Lowell On Sun, 3 Feb 2008 11:45:23 -0500 "Phyllis Miller Fleming" <phyllis@shelbycountyindiana.org> writes: > I went to Greene County last month, hoping to find probate records. > > I was not allowed to search on my own. > > The Clerk was very nice and looked as soon as she could . She > didn't find > any (I was looking for two bundles). She did find the file box for > one, but > the bundle was not there. > > She told me she would look in another place later, and I left. > About ten > days later, I received a letter from her (files still not found). > > I was treated quite well, based on my experiences in other Indiana > courthouses. > > Phyllis > Shelbyville, Indiana > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Cline" <scline@hoosierweb.org> > To: "Greene Co. IN" <INGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 9:43 PM > Subject: [INGREENE] Greene County Estate Records > > > > During the 60th decade of the 20th century there > was a > > massive > > collection of estate records housed in the Greene County Clerk's > office. > > > > Does anyone know what the disposition of those > records is > > today, > > the first decade of the 21st century? > > > > I am interested in being able to do some research > of the > > records. My initial interest is Box 268, Phenis Palmer Estate, > John W. > > Wolford, > > Administrator. I'm not asking anyone to do the research for me, > I'm only > > interested, at this time, in knowing if they are available. > > > > The 1960's was the last time I had the time to do > any > > research > > in Greene County. At that time I and my copier; a pad of paper, a > pencil, > > and > > me; didn't make much headway into the wealth of > historical/genealogical > > information that was stored there. > > > > Thanks for any information anyone might be able to > give me. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > INGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.18/1255 - Release Date: > 2/1/2008 > > 9:59 AM > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >