Have you ever wished for the courthouse to be open an evening each week or a Saturday for your research needs?
One of the best-kept secrets around is that the Jackson County Public Library at Seymour (JCPL-S), open 9-5 Saturdays and 1-5 Sundays in addition to evenings and weekdays, has some original records on microfilm.
During the 69.5 hours the library is open for your convenience, you can view microfilm of original images of Jackson County marriage records from 1816 to 1924, wills from 1818 to 1928, probate records from 1829 to 1919, deeds from 1816 to 1924, and deed indexes through 1966.
The microfilm also includes the Negro Register from the 1850s, naturalization records from 1852 to 1899, delayed birth records from 1941 to 1980, the apprentice record from 1884 to 1889, circuit court order books from 1816 to 1924, and one of my personal favorites, the earliest miscellaneous records.
In addition to the Jackson County records, JCPL-S has the Seymour and Brownstown newspapers, various indexes and census records, cemetery records and more on microfilm -- in addition to print and digital collections.
Besides viewing the records, you can print pages either as you find them or enhanced for greater readability, you can download images to a variety of portable digital devices, or you can email the images to your personal email account.
We'll take a closer look at some of these records in future posts. Meanwhile, stop by the library and see what you can find today!
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I wonder if there is access to adoption records for the 1840s in Jackson County, Indiana? I'm trying to learn about adoptions within families in the 1840s and how that might be handled. Would the court be involved if the parents of a child died and the siblings of the parents were married (two brothers married two sisters) and took in the child?
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