Some time ago, there were emails exchanged about the state of records at the courthouse in Vevay. Within the last year, an addition has opened and records have been moved (I guess courtesy of the casino money revenue coming into the county). The probate and will books, civil suit books (order books and complete records), marriage records and marriage application books are now all housed in a room in the basement labelled "Genealogy." There are some other records generally not of great use for family historians. It is spacioius, has plenty of tables for working area, chairs, and the books have been placed in order. There are also new restrooms just outside in the same basement area and both stairs and an elevator to the first floor. It's generally necessary to go to the recorder's office to have the genealogy room unlocked, but that wasn't a big deal. The deed books and deed indexes are still in the recorder's office, but they are in a new office on the first floor of the annex. The state of the record storage has gone from one of the worst, to one of the best (for a small courthouse) and one of the most pleasant working conditions to be had in a rural county courthouse. And you now longer have to worry about it being one time inside the courthouse and an hour earlier in town. Hopefully, fast and slow time will stay dead. Bob Scott ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.

What would be the approximate dates of these records? Dean Glenn dglenn@hal-pc.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobwscott@aol.com> To: <Inswitze-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 6:53 PM Subject: [INSWITZE] Switzerland County Court House > Some time ago, there were emails exchanged about the state of records at the courthouse in Vevay. > > Within the last year, an addition has opened and records have been moved (I guess courtesy of the casino money revenue coming into the county). The probate and will books, civil suit books (order books and complete records), marriage records and marriage application books are now all housed in a room in the basement labelled "Genealogy." There are some other records generally not of great use for family historians. > > It is spacioius, has plenty of tables for working area, chairs, and the books have been placed in order. There are also new restrooms just outside in the same basement area and both stairs and an elevator to the first floor. > It's generally necessary to go to the recorder's office to have the genealogy room unlocked, but that wasn't a big deal. > > The deed books and deed indexes are still in the recorder's office, but they are in a new office on the first floor of the annex. > > The state of the record storage has gone from one of the worst, to one of the best (for a small courthouse) and one of the most pleasant working conditions to be had in a rural county courthouse. > > And you now longer have to worry about it being one time inside the courthouse and an hour earlier in town. Hopefully, fast and slow time will stay dead. > > Bob Scott > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INSWITZE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

You are correct about how nice the courthouse records now are. But one minor correction: go to the Clerk of Courts office on the main floor of the new addition for the key. The recorder possibly can also admit. I haven't gone that route, but the records in the "genealogy" room are the Clerk's responsibility. Bob also didn't mention that there is a copy machine in the room; pay for copies in the Clerk's office at 25 cents each. Ellyn Kern ----- Original Message ----- From: <bobwscott@aol.com> To: <Inswitze-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 7:53 PM Subject: [INSWITZE] Switzerland County Court House > Some time ago, there were emails exchanged about the state of records at > the courthouse in Vevay. > > Within the last year, an addition has opened and records have been moved > (I guess courtesy of the casino money revenue coming into the county). The > probate and will books, civil suit books (order books and complete > records), marriage records and marriage application books are now all > housed in a room in the basement labelled "Genealogy." There are some > other records generally not of great use for family historians. > > It is spacioius, has plenty of tables for working area, chairs, and the > books have been placed in order. There are also new restrooms just outside > in the same basement area and both stairs and an elevator to the first > floor. > It's generally necessary to go to the recorder's office to have the > genealogy room unlocked, but that wasn't a big deal. > > The deed books and deed indexes are still in the recorder's office, but > they are in a new office on the first floor of the annex. > > The state of the record storage has gone from one of the worst, to one of > the best (for a small courthouse) and one of the most pleasant working > conditions to be had in a rural county courthouse. > > And you now longer have to worry about it being one time inside the > courthouse and an hour earlier in town. Hopefully, fast and slow time will > stay dead. > > Bob Scott > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security > tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, > free AOL Mail and more. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INSWITZE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >