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County Courthouse Book
Elizabeth Petty Bentley

Genealogical Pub Co, 1990

This is a complete overhaul of the 1990 classic, featuring updated coverage of 3,125 county jurisdictions and 1,577 New England towns and independent Virginia cities, details of the 18 Vermont probate districts, 9 Massachusetts districts, and 12 Connecticut judicial districts, plus informative state profiles and cross-references to name changes and extinct towns and counties. Based on her written survey of county courthouses and other ...

Courthouse Indexes Illustrated

4 reviews
Christine Rose

CR Publications, 2006

Courthouse Indexes
This is a treasure chest of information on the different types of indexes used in local courthouses. It never would have occurred to me that there were so many different indexes in use. It seems each region had its own preferred method. This is invaluable information for someone who is trying to access court records.

Courthouse Research for Family Historians: Your Guide to Genealogical Treasures

9 reviews
Christine Rose

CR Publications, 2004

Excellent how-to source, expecially for "relative novices" (heh, heh . . .)
Rose is a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists and a well-known speaker at national conferences. She's also an admitted courthouse junky. There are some 3,140 courthouses in the United States and she's poked around in more than 500 of them -- and she would be the first to tell you that every one is different, even in neighboring counties formed at the same time. (I've spent considerable ...