Karen, If this is done, can people/organization's volunteer to take the OLD paper documents after they are digitized? Helen > > From: "Karen Davis" <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/04/09 Fri PM 04:22:09 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OHJACKSO-L] Courthouse records issue > > >From April 8, 2004 Wellston Telegram > > > Storage of old records is a growing problem for Jackson County. The > > Courthouse, Annex on Portsmouth Street, and former Brown Publishing > Company > > building are bulging with records dating back to the 1800s. > > Auditor Clyde Holdren told Commissioners on April 5 that under the current > > system retrieval of old records is difficult. He described conditions in > the > > Courthouse attic which are far less than organized or clean. > > To that end a new system is being tested. A bill from the Ohio House > allows > > counties to transfer documents to CDs as a permanent record. > > 3SG Corporation of Dublin has made a proposal to the County to take > > documents to their headquarters and create CDs. Cost is expected to be > about > > 12 cents a page, depending on page size. > > 3SG's Mike Sperry met recently with Holdren and Clerk of Courts Bob Walton > > to discuss details. Certain documents under Walton's care have now been > > transferred to the Dublin office as a test case. Clerk of Courts Office > will > > pay for this initial transfer of information. > > The Commissioners noted that other companies' offerings are being reviewed > > before any final decisions are made. > > > >

Karen, Depending upon how active your genealogy society is, perhaps they could act as the storage site. Here in Hardin County, once the records are microfilmed, the court has given us many of the original probate volumes. We have an entire room dedicated to court records begining with the chancery courts and including many probate documents. The probate court has also given us permission to copy all delayed birth records from the beginning of Hardin Co. recording them. In fact we have so many records that we are now in the process of refurbushing another room to hold the additional volumes that are being given to us. I invite anyone with Hardin County roots to visit the Hardin Co. Genealogy Society, you will be absolutely amazed at the amount of material we have. We are easy to find, if anyone is interested in finding us let me know. Kathy Hines

Hi Kathy, I hope Jackson Co. takes your suggestions to heart, that was a well informed e-mail you sent them. Happy Easter, Judi