I am planning to visit Perry County and adjacent counties of Hocking, Vinton, Morgan, etc. and am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Perry County - preferably in the New Lexington area? I am also planning to visit the Ohio University Archives in Athens and wonder where one would find a clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Athens. Thanks for any help.

Brent, There is only one motel in New Lexington, the V. I. P. 1-740-342-3505. I'm not aware of their rates. Most of the travelers that I have talked with say it is clean. The Perry Co. Probate office has Administration Records. What you need to remember is that when the County was formed in 1817, we did not have a Probate Court, as such. The first county seat was in Somerset and records were moved from there. I have been told that all of the very earliest records were kept together. (Probate, Recorder, etc.) Probate was organized in 1851. I believe that at that point those records were divided into Probate, Common Pleas, Recorder, etc. Over a period of years, "some" records have been indexed at Probate, and (in some cases) the indexes are all that is available for viewing. The records in Common Pleas are not completely indexed but those at the Recorder's office are. The Perry County Archives is one block from the courthouse. (on Brown Street) You will find earlier versions of the same records now in the county offices. To date, I have not found any old records there, that we don't have copies / indexes of in these county offices. The New Lexington library is also one block from the courthouse (on Jackson Street). Please stop in and view our genealogy collection. I hope this helps. Sue Saylor Cor. Sec. P. C. Chapter, OGS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Glad" <bglad@burgoyne.com> To: <OHPERRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: [OHPERRY] Visit to Perry County > I am planning to visit Perry County and adjacent counties of Hocking, > Vinton, Morgan, etc. and am wondering if anyone knows where I can find a > clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Perry County - preferably in the New > Lexington area? > I am also planning to visit the Ohio University Archives in Athens and > wonder where one would find a clean and inexpensive hotel/motel in Athens. > Thanks for any help. > > > > > ==== OHPERRY Mailing List ==== > *** Perry County, Ohio Resources: *** > Perry Co. Ohio USGenWeb: http://www.kneller.com/ > Genealogy & Historical Info for Perry Co.: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~tfisher/tefishermain.htm > OhioBicentennial.com: http://www.ohiobicentennial.com/ > > >