This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GMB.2ACI/689.1.1.1 Message Board Post: True, there's no substitute for a visit to the courthouse, but deed, will, probate, marriage, etc. records have been filmed and are available for rental from the Family History Library of the Mormon church. The only problem here is you need to be located near one of the branch libraries. I hope you live in the vicinity of one of these libraries.