In a message dated 12/14/00 8:53:37 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > When I was paying property taxes in Union Co. back in 1995/96, I was told > many Union Co. records were lost in a fire. Anyone know whether any pre > 1900 records survived? > Oh yeah, a good portion of the records survived. However, what you encountered at the courthouse is true. County wide we have one of the worst storage and archive systems I have ever seen. The one exception are the property transfers. Those are immaculate and in order. It's not so much that loan officers can't find things, as much as when they ask county employees, most have no idea how to do their jobs. There are people working on correcting this, so maybe it will get better. Records stored in two places? They're stored in several places within the same building. However I have no information about records stored outside the courthouse. I kind of doubt this because of state regulations. marriage and death records are stored in Nashville. Most counties keep duplicate marriage records, Union County does not. Chip Chip