These records were like that back in 1983. good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Ferguson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 7:52 AM Subject: [OHBELMON-L] Belmont records > I visited the courthouse in St. Clairsville, looking for early tax records, > only to discover that hundreds of ledgers were piled in the basement of an > outbuilding, adjoining the WICS bldg, several miles outside town......so, > perhaps some of the records you seek are there. I do know, also, that many > administrative papers (those from estates where the person died intestate) > are stored elsewhere, and not accessable to the public. You must fill out a > form there at the courthouse, with name and pertinent data, and the Probate > clerks will let you know later if there is any paperwork under the persons > name......they explained to me that they only went to wherever it is they > have those records on an occasional basis, and thus it might be quite a > while till they had time to check. I had this happen last summer, and they > did let me know that there was paperwork for the person's estate I sought. > The told me the $ for copies and I sent for them..... > > > Carol, > > > > Thanks so much for all the information. I appreciate it very much. The > > Philip Wise in question was a landowner, and about a year ago I checked > the land > > records in Salt Lake City and didn't find any transfer, and so I have > assumed > > that the land passed to the next generation by probate. When I attempted > to > > access the chancery records for that period I found that they were located > on > > 16 rolls of microfilm, that were completely unsorted and completely out of > > order and that many of the records were in a condition that were difficult > to read > > and understand. It would have required weeks of effort just to go through > > them. I have assumed that because probate records kept track of property > that > > the records would have been continually accessible and that's why I > brought up > > the possibility that those records for that time period might have been > > destroyed because they don't seem to be available anywhere. I visited the > > courthouse in St. Clairsville last summer and the only probate records I > could find for > > that period were those associated with wills. > > > > Neil E. > > Folsom, CA > > > >