Doris, I have requested the same type of info several times - same explaination of papers in the attic and only go up there occassionally, etc - and have always heard back from them , so I imagine you will , too....it just takes a while. They will notify you of what they have and the cost for copying it, and then you have the option of requesting and paying for copies or not . ( T, too, had the info in my hand of what I wanted,date, etc - but had to fill out a form for it and leave it at the probate desk -they just don't go 'to the attic' on demand.) Gosh, wouldn't you love to see what's up there? The mind reels!! Sandra. Speaking of the surname Reed, I wonder if you might know of an Araminta Reed/Reid/Read, who married James Smith in Nat if 1847 (this is from family records, and undocumented by me). Araminta was born in 1828 (tombstone info) and died in 1859. The family had been living in Clarington, and James was a merchant. Araminta was buried in Emma Grove Cemetery, in Monroe co, a few miles below Clarington, just outside Hannibal. So, I imagine she was from that area.....but, know absolutely NOTHING about the family. > For many years my research on my Reed family has been centered in Belmont > County. My 3rd gr. grandfather, David Reed, died there in 1815. Since > there are no census records for Ohio in 1800 and 1810 and he died in 1815, > really difficult to find much info on him and his family. > > > > A professional researcher provided me with the info that there is a file in > the Belmont records entitled "David Reed Estate, file #197". Researcher > reported that she was at the Belmont court house and staff would NOT pull > this record for her. I spoke to a very nice person in the Probate division > in the court house. She told me that this record would be among those > stored in the attic of the court house. They don't have time to go there > very often (for researcher) to look for such files, and they will go there > when they can-might be a couple of months, or more. I need to send a > written request, which I will do immediately, and hope to get the file when > they have time to go to the attic to search for it. > > > > I cannot fault the nice person who talked to me-no doubt this situation > existed before she came to work there, but a shame this has had to happen. > I just hope that the file can be found and that it is legible after all this > time-file probably made in 1815/16. Maybe I am lucky it is in the attic of > the court house (I hope) and she was able to tell me where she thought it > was. > > > > Doris Reed Forsyth > > > > > > > > > >