Thank you Joan. This is helpful anyway. It seems to make sense to start at the last two films in the series for an August deed. Veronica > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:35:26 -0400 > From: "Joan M Lowry" <jmlowry@earthlink.net> > Subject: [NJBERGEN] 1871 Bergen Co Deeds > To: <njbergen@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000301c90546$a1726c50$6501a8c0@JoansDell> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Bergen County deed indexes were not filmed (at least as far as I know.) > They are available at the county level in Hackensack. I was given to > understand that they weren't filmed when the deeds were because the index > books were too large for their equipment. At some point the county will > probably be digitizing both the deeds and the indexes - but I'm pretty sure > they haven't started on the old records yet. > > The deeds in the libers are roughly chronological - that is, they are filed > in the order that they were received. A deed could have been signed in > August - but if it wasn't brought in and filed until later in the year - it > will be in the book for when it was brought in. There is no attempt to > organize the recorded deeds by name, by town, or by date. Each deed book is > usually about 500 pages or so and each deed is usually about two pages long. > > > I know that isn't very encouraging but... > > Regards, > Joan > > Joan M. Lowry > mailto:jmlowry@earthlink.net > > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:12:57 -0400 > From: "Veronica Malmberg" <vcm1@earthlink.net> > Subject: [NJBERGEN] 1871 Deed: LDS Films > To: "njbergen" <njbergen@rootsweb.com> > > Hello, > I would like to look at a Bergen County deed from 1871. The LDS has 5 films > covering 1871. > v. Y7-Z7 1870-1871 > v. A8-B8 1871 > v. C8-D8 1871 > v. E8-F8 1871 > v. G8-H8 1871-1872 > > I don't really want to pay to rent all these films. Does anyone know how > the deed books are arranged? Is it by date? By name of town? By surname? > I believe the deed would have been from August 1871. > > Does anyone know of the existence of an index anywhere? The LDS catalogue > says the index is missing. > > Thanks, > Veronica > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NJBERGEN list administrator, send an email to > NJBERGEN-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NJBERGEN mailing list, send an email to NJBERGEN@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJBERGEN-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NJBERGEN Digest, Vol 3, Issue 134 > ****************************************