Isn't there a project at the Library of Virginia to safeguard through
microfilming all the country and city records in courthouses throughout
Virginia?  I thought that this project was being pushed vigorously.  Not
that I think that the originals should be discarded (I personally prefer
paper to microfilm), but the key thing is that this valuable information be
retained for research.

Am I wrong about the microfilm project?

Harold S. Forsythe
Visiting Fellow (2005-2006)
Program in Agrarian Studies
Yale University

----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Day" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:33 PM
Subject: local land records in decline


> Who is in charge, at the state level, of /local/, i.e., county, land
> records and deed books?
>
> A certain circuit court clerk in a certain county is notoriously
> uninterested in maintaining/preserving old land records in her charge,
> and a local gentleman has expressed concern, and a willingness to help
> raise funds to make copies.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> --
> Dr. Douglas Day
> Executive Director
> Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society
> 200 Second St., NE
> Charlottesville, VA 22902
> 434-296-1492
> www.albemarlehistory.org
>
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