In a message dated 4/10/2004 11:07:26 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > The County Commissioners is the one's that have to approve everything and > it has been brought before them, only other people you could bring it to would > maybe be the state or something. > Yes, I know the County Commissioners have the ultimate say-so in this matter, but if someone within their own group of county officials is on our side, it couldn't hurt <g>. You might contact (of have Bob Walton contact) either George Bain and/or Jim Anderson at the Alden library there at OU, the area repository for OHS. They are the ones who work with the counties in that area of the state to try to preserve records. Perhaps either or both of them could offer some suggestions. The OH Historical Soc is empowered by the state to make sure that certain county records of historical nature are maintained. I don't know about now, but there used to be big fines involved for flagrant disregard of the regulations. Before it would come to that, though, these fellows might be able to offer some advice as to how to proceed. And on a different note, it should be noted that the new $15 fee for birth and death records does NOT go to the courthouse, but instead to the local Health Departments as they have the births and deaths after Dec 20, 1908. Tacy