Note: Pre-1885 marriage records were destroyed in a courthouse fire in November 1885. (texas.gov)
Note: Volumes B, C, and P were destroyed in a courthouse fire in November 1885. (texas.gov)
The following records are kept in this office: Birth and death certification from 1893 to 1906, marriage records from 1885 to present, Estate records from 1840 to present, land records from 1840 to present (including deeds, mortgages, leases, misc. (pa.us)
Sheriff's office1
The superior court, town hall offices, sheriff's office, and library were on the second floor. (connecticuthistory.org)
Clerk2
In Loving County, the posts of county clerk, probate clerk, and district clerk are managed by the same official. (wikipedia.org)
I want to thank the clerks at the courthouse for their patience with me, especially Elizabeth M. Rompf, the retired Deputy Clerk. (habitant.org)
19061
The York County Archives has birth and death records from 1852 to 1855 and 1893 to 1906. (yorkcountypa.gov)
1970s1
Today, according to National Geographic, Mentone contains little more than a courthouse, two stop signs, a gas station, a post office, and a school building (which has since been demolished, as enrollment fell to just two pupils and was merged with nearby Wink schools in the 1970s). (wikipedia.org)
Brick2
The 55-by-30-foot brick courthouse was built by George W. C. McPherson at a cost of approximately $3,750 and completed in 1852. (rootsweb.com)
The courthouse is constructed of dark, red-brown brick accented with cast stone arches and string courses. (texascourthouses.com)
Courts1
According to Rosaline Levenson in County Government in Connecticut: Its History and Demise , the General Court, later known as the General Assembly, believed subdividing the state would help by shortening distances people had to travel to conduct business with the colony and by allowing jails and courts to operate with greater efficiency. (connecticuthistory.org)
Rising2
Rising dramatically from generally flat topography, the courthouse is centered in a circular plot at the intersection of the town's historic arteries, Main and Campbell streets (see Map-18). (texascourthouses.com)
Rising from the ashes of the Chicago Fire of 1871, a swampland was turned into an educational and entertainment region for the White City. (circlemending.org)
Circuit court1
Offices and County Court room were on the first floor, Circuit Court room on the second, the jail and sheriff's quarters on the third. (rootsweb.com)
Records1
The Clarion County Register and Recorder's Office acts as the chief repository and records management agent for all public land records, estate records, and Orphans' Court filings. (pa.us)
Local2
The architectural firm of Burdick and Arnold of Norwich designed the Second Empire courthouse and local contractor John W. Murphy built it. (connecticuthistory.org)
Still a dramatic landmark in the local setting, the courthouse occupies a circular plot in contradistinction to the typical Texas courthouse square. (texascourthouses.com)
Years3
Three years later a new court looked favorably on building a courthouse and respected the wishes of the petitioners. (rootsweb.com)
Within 25 years, the court facilities were considered inadequate, and an addition was finished in 1909. (connecticuthistory.org)
Seen as child of Thomas Cornish, Sr. his Wifewas published at Hartford in 1856, under the title Genealogical Notes by the late Nathaniel Goodwin, for many years Judge of Probate for Hartford, a work wh. (geni.com)
County court1
In 1848 DeKalb County residents presented a petition to the County Court to build a courthouse, but the court rejected it, preferring to purchase a log cabin on the east side of the public square in Maysville. (rootsweb.com)
Index3
Index: For an index to Volumes A-Z of the Probate Minutes request Reel 988696. (texas.gov)
Index: Use the indexes to the District Court Minutes to find case numbers. (texas.gov)
Index: For an index to the District Court Minutes, 1846- 1937, request Reel 1516251. (texas.gov)
Built1
The building was razed in 1938 when a new courthouse was built. (rootsweb.com)
Late1
The courthouse was completed in late 1873 at a cost of $315,000, which according to The Norwich Weekly Courier was a "staggering" sum. (connecticuthistory.org)
Criminal cases1
since the inception of the county, fewer than 200 criminal cases have been filed in District Court. (wikipedia.org)
Town5
an earlier Mentone was founded south of the current town in 1893, but was abandoned in 1905. (wikipedia.org)
A volunteer fire department serves the town, but no hospitals or cemeteries are there, and no doctors or lawyers. (wikipedia.org)
The institution of county government may be long gone, but its legacy lives on in the form of courthouse buildings such as the strikingly beautiful Norwich County Courthouse (now Norwich City Hall) and the Windham Courthouse and town hall. (connecticuthistory.org)
It was important to the people of Norwich to erect a building that would function as both a town hall and courthouse-and that symbolized the town's pride as the seat of an independent, fully functioning Connecticut county. (connecticuthistory.org)
On Saturday, December 12, 1896, African-American workers at the Canfield Lumber Company in the small lumber town of Canfield (Lafayette County) were fired on by a mob of whites and forced to leave the area. (encyclopediaofarkansas.net)
Services1
The counties' other responsibilities included maintenance of courthouse buildings, inspection of weights and measures, adjustment of road disputes, administration of certain trust funds (such as cemetery trust funds), appropriation of funds for agricultural extension services, and fighting forest fires. (connecticuthistory.org)
Cases1
the state court handled more complicated and serious cases), gave out liquor licenses, and dealt with highway and boundary disagreements between towns. (connecticuthistory.org)