Yes Anthony , But they do not catch everything in the records. I have searched and searched and the only way I found different things was to look through the real records. If they have them why don't they post them???? Polly -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 05:28:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OHJACKSO-L] Jackson courthouse records on microfilm I read with interest the posts regarding the Jackson county courthouse books/records and I saw a post regarding the microfilming of these records and a recommendation by someone that microfilming should be considered over digitizing". Many of the oldest and perhaps most important records were microfilmed years ago by the LDS folks, so thank goodness there is already a copy of them. Here's a list of those I found on the LDS website: 1) Birth records, 1867-1908 (filmed in 1963) 2) Death records, 1867-1908 (filmed in 1963) 3) Marriage records, 1816-1913 (filmed in 1963) 4) Registration and corrections of births, Jackson County (filmed in 1963) 5) Deeds, 1816-1877 (filmed in 1963) 6) Court records, 1816-1856; index, 1816-1904 Court of Common Pleas (Jackson County) - (filmed in 1981 by the OHS) 7) Naturalization records, 1865-1906 (filmed in 1963) 8) Wills, 1819-1885 (filmed in 1963) 9) Tax duplicates, 1819-1838 (filmed in 1967-68) There were a few other records filmed as well, but these are the primary ones. Just my humble opinion, but digitizing is the way everyone is going now to preserve records. Microfilming will soon be a rarity when it comes to record preservation. For starters, consider how long it takes to look through a roll of microfilm as opposed to plugging your surname into a CD or DVD search box on your home computer, assuming the records were indexed properly Add the "hassle" of going to a library just to get access to a microfilm reader, and well, you catch my drift. Anthony Anthony Coyan .

Polly, You are right, there is no substitute for doing your own research, looking at the real records. I have been loaned many reels of microfilm (just not Jackson county records) from the LDS folks and had them sent to a nearby LDS family history center, so I'm confident the records "exist" on microfilm. As to why they don't put the microfilm records on the Internet, there is at present a tremendous expense in converting "analog" microfilm tape to a "digital" photocopy that can be transmitted to the web. As far as the LDS folks not catching everything, you are right, but they were pretty thourough almost to a fault. Who's to say this company that the county comissioner's have hired to digitize and do a test-run of some of Jackson county's records doesn't have a bunch of young kids doing the "picture taking". If so, do you think they're really going to be "thorough", more thorough than the LDS folks were? Just my opinion... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Polly Todd" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [OHJACKSO-L] Jackson courthouse records on microfilm > Yes Anthony , > But they do not catch everything in the records. > I have searched and searched and the only way I found different things was > to look through the real records. If they have them why don't they post > them???? > Polly >