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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK

BIRTH CERTIFICATES (DELAYED), 1939-1985
Index: For an index to Series 1-7 of this record use the Probate Minutes of Birth. For an index to Series 8 request Reel 1435318.

Note: Reels 1435324 and 1435326 are not available at this time.

Reel 1435318
1939-1942 Series 1 (A-F)

Reel 1435319
1939-1942 Series 1 (G-Z)

Reel 1435320
1942 Series 2

Reel 1435321
1942 Series 3

Reel 1435322
1942-1943 Series 4

Reel 1435323
1943-1947 Series 5

Reel 1435325
1951-1985 Series 8 (C-K)

Reel 1435327
1951-1985 Series 8 (V-Z)


BIRTH RECORD, 1873-1876; 1905-1940
Index: The index to the Birth Record is not available at this time.

Note:  Volume 1 of the Birth Record is not available at this time.

Reel 1435327
1873-1876

Reel 1435317
1905-1912 Vol. 2
1911-1917 Vol. 3
1917-1925 Vol. 4
1925-1938 Vol. 5 (to page 155)

Reel 1435318
1925-1938 Vol. 5 (from page 155)
1928-1940 Vol. 6
1928-1940 Vol. 7


BIRTH RECORD, (PROBATE MINUTES OF BIRTH RECORD), 1940-1947
Index: The index to Volume 1 is contained in the index to the Birth Record. This index is not available at this time. The other volumes are individually indexed.  Since the Probate Minutes of Birth are simply a record of proceedings upon requests for the issuance of delayed birth certificates, use the first letter of the last name of a person issued a certificate as evidenced by the minutes and find the appropriate letter group in the Birth Certificates, Delayed series that corresponds to the Probate Minutes of Birth volume number (Volume 1 = Series 1).  The certificates are filed in ascending numerical order by the page numbers on which the requests were minuted.

Reel 1024895
1940-1942 Vol. 1
1940-1942 Vol. 2

Reel 1024896
1942 Vol. 3
1942-1943 Vol. 4

Reel 1024897
1943-1947 Vol. 5
 

COUNTY COURT MINUTES, 1876-1917
Index: For an index to the County Court Minutes, 1876-1985, request Reel 1255964. Probate matters in Volume 1 are also indexed in the index to the Probate Minutes.

Reel 1024892
1876-1882 Vol. 1

Reel 1255964
1882-1888 Vol. 2
1888-1894 Vol. 3

Reel 1255965
1894-1905 Vol. 4
1905-1917 Vol. 5

DEATH RECORD, 1903-1938
Index:  Each volume is individually indexed.

Reel 1435327
1903-1917 Vol. 1
1917-1938 Vol. 2
 

DEED RECORD, 1873-1926
Index: For indexes to the Deed Record, request the following reels:
Direct:
Reel 1024872
1873-1892
Reel 1435406
1893-1895
Reel 1435406
1896-1903 (A-S)
Reel 1435407
1896-1903 (T-Z)
Reverse:
Reel 1024873
1873-1892
Reel 1435407
1893-1895
Reel 1435407
1896-1903 (A-K)
Reel 1435408
1896-1903 (L-Z)
Notes: (a) Volumes J and 46 contain tax sale deeds. (b) Volume 48 contains certificates of redemption.

Reel 1024874
1873 Vol. A
1873-1874 Vol. B

Reel 1024875
1874-1875 Vol. C
1875-1876 Vol. D

Reel 1024876
1876-1877 Vol. E

Reel 1024877
1877-1878 Vol. F
1878-1879 Vol. G

Reel 1024878
1879-1880 Vol. H
1880 Vol. I

Reel 1024879
1880-1894 Vol. J

Reel 1024880
1880-1881 Vol. K
1881 Vol. L

Reel 1024881
1881-1882 Vol. M
1881-1882 Vol. N

Reel 1024882
1882-1883 Vol. O
1883 Vol. P

Reel 1024883
1883 Vol. Q
1883-1884 Vol. R

Reel 1024884
1884 Vol. S
1884 Vol. T

Reel 1024885
1884 Vol. U
1884-1885 Vol. V

Reel 1024886
1885 Vol. W
1885-1886 Vol. X

Reel 1435408
1886 Vol. Y
1886-1887 Vol. Z (to page 601)

Reel 1435409
1886-1887 Vol. Z (from page 600)
1886-1887 Vol. 1
1887 Vol. 2
1887-1888 Vol. 3 (to page 425)

Reel 1435410
1887-1888 Vol. 3 (from page 424)
1887-1888 Vol. 4
1888-1889 Vol. 5

Reel 1435411
1888-1889 Vol. 6
1889 Vol. 7

Reel 1255947
1889-1889 Vol. 8
1889-1890 Vol. 9
1889-1890 Vol. 10 (to page 551)

Reel 1255948
1890 Vol. 10 (from page 550)
1890 Vol. 11
1890 Vol. 12
1890-1891 Vol. 13 (to page 375)

Reel 1255949
1890-1891 Vol. 13 (from page 374)
1890-1891 Vol. 14
1891 Vol. 15
1891-1892 Vol. 16 (to page 220)

Reel 1255950
1891-1892 Vol. 16 (from page 16)
1891-1892 Vol. 17
1892 Vol. 18

Reel 1255951
1892 Vol. 19
1892-1893 Vol. 20
1892-1893 Vol. 21 (to page 455)

Reel 1255952
1892-1893 Vol. 21 (from page 454)
1893 Vol. 22
1893 Vol. 23
1893-1894 Vol. 24 (to page 225)

Reel 1255953
1893-1894 Vol. 24 (from page 224)
1893-1894 Vol. 25
1893-1894 Vol. 26

Reel 1255954
1894 Vol. 27
1894-1895 Vol. 28
1894-1895 Vol. 29 (to page 441)

Reel 1255955
1894-1895 Vol. 29 (from page 440)
1895 Vol. 30
1895 Vol. 31
1895 Vol. 32 (to page 251)

Reel 1255956
1895 Vol. 32 (from page 250)
1895 Vol. 33
1895-1896 Vol. 34

Reel 1255957
1895-1896 Vol. 35
1896 Vol. 36
1896 Vol. 37 (to page 449)

Reel 1255958
1896 Vol. 37 (from page 448)
1896-1897 Vol. 38

Reel 1255959
1896-1897 Vol. 39
1897-1898 Vol. 40
1897-1898 Vol. 41 (to page 421)

Reel 1255960
1897-1898 Vol. 41 (from page 420)
1898-1899 Vol. 42
1898-1899 Vol. 43 (to page 290)

Reel 1255961
1898-1899 Vol. 43 (from page 290)
1897-1907 Vol. 44
1897-1905 Vol. 45 (part)

Reel 1255962
1897-1905 Vol. 45 (continued)
1899-1901 Vol. 46
1899-1900 Vol. 47
1899-1926 Vol. 48

Reel 1255963
1900-1903 Vol. 49
1900-1901 Vol. 50

DISTRICT COURT MINUTES, 1873-1880; 1884-1931
Index:  For an index to the District Court Minutes, 1873-1952, request Reel 1024899.

Notes: (a) Beginning with Volume H, this record minutes civil matters only.

(b) Volume C is missing and was probably destroyed in an office fire in March 1884.
 

(LAND) HOMESTEAD APPLICATIONS, 1884-1946

Reel 1255963
1884-1946 Vol. 1

 

(MARRIAGE) NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MARRY RECORD, 1929-1933
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.

Reel 1435394
1929-1933 Vol. 1

 

MARRIAGE RECORD, 1873-1940
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.

Reel 1024887
1873-1879; 1886 Vol. A
1879-1882 Vol. B

Reel 1024888
1882-1888 Vol. C
1888-1892 Vol. D

Reel 1024889
1892-1895 Vol. E
1895-1899 Vol. F

Reel 1024890
1899-1903 Vol. G
1903-1906 Vol. H

Reel 1024891
1906-1911 Vol. I

Reel 1435393
1910-1914 Vol. J
1914-1919 Vol. K
1919-1924 Vol. L

Reel 1435394
1924-1928 Vol. M
1928-1940 Vol. N

NATURALIZATION RECORD, 1892-1906
Index:  Each volume is individually indexed.  The WPA index to naturalization records, 1885-1927, on the same reel, does not index this record.
 

PROBATE CASE PAPERS, 1873-1884
Index: Use index to the Probate Minutes to find case numbers.

Reel 1435405
1873-1884

 

PROBATE MINUTES, 1880-1935
Index: For an index to the Probate Minutes, 1874-1950, request Reel 1024893. The index designation "DCM 1" refers to Volume A of the District Court Minutes; "CM 1" or "CCM 1" refers to Volume 1 of the County Court Minutes.

Reel 1024893
1880-1887 Vol. 1

Reel 1435395
1887-1891 Vol. 2
1891-1893 Vol. 3
1894-1897 Vol. 4 (to page 301)

Reel 1435396
1894-1897 Vol. 4 (from page 300)
1897-1899 Vol. 5
1899-1902 Vol. 6

Reel 1435397
1902-1904 Vol. 7

Reel 1435398
1904-1906 Vol. 8
1906-1908 Vol. 9
1908-1909 Vol. 10 (to page 401)

Reel 1435399
1908-1909 Vol. 10 (from page 400)
1909-1912 Vol. 11
1912-1915 Vol. 12

Reel 1435400
1915-1917 Vol. 13
1917-1919 Vol. 14
1919-1920 Vol. 15 (to page 501)

Reel 1435401
1919-1920 Vol. 15 (from page 500)
1920-1922 Vol. 16
1922-1925 Vol. 17
1923-1925 Vol. 18 (to page 301)

Reel 1435402
1923-1925 Vol. 18 (from page 300)
1925-1926 Vol. 19
1926-1927 Vol. 20

Reel 1435403
1927-1929 Vol. 21
1929-1931 Vol. 22
1931-1933 Vol. 23 (to page 475)

Reel 1435404
1931-1933 Vol. 23 (from page 474)
1933-1935 Vol. 24

 

PROBATE RECORD, 1873-1880
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.

Reel 1435404
1873-1880

 

(PROBATE) WILL RECORD, 1876-1896; 1927
Index: Each volume is individually indexed.

Reel 1024894
1876-1896; 1927

 

OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT CLERK

DISTRICT COURT CIVIL CASE PAPERS, 1873-1930
Index: Use indexes to the District Court Minutes to find case numbers.

Reel 1437380
1873-1895 (#1-1720)

Reel 1437384
1893-1905 (#1734-2817)

Reel 1437385
1905-1913 (#2818-4638)

Reel 1437404
1912-1921 (#4641-5885)

Reel 1437405
1921-1928 (#5887-7845)

Reel 1437406
1928-1930 (#7846-8117)

 

DISTRICT COURT MINUTES, 1873-1880; 1884-1931
Index: For an index to the District Court Minutes, 1873-1952, request Reel 1024899.
Notes: (a) From Volume H this record minutes civil matters only. (b) Volume C is missing and was probably destroyed in an office fire in March 1884.

Reel 1024900
1873-1876 Vol. A
1876-1880 Vol. B

Reel 1024901
1884-1886 Vol. D

Reel 1255966
1886-1889 Vol. E
1889-1894 Vol. F
1894-1899 Vol. G (to page 451)

Reel 1255967
1894-1899 Vol. G (from page 450)
1898-1904 Vol. H
1904-1910 Vol. I
1910-1915 Vol. J (to page 217)

Reel 1255968
1910-1915 Vol. J (from page 216)
1915-1920 Vol. K
1920-1926 Vol. L

Reel 1255969
1926-1931 Vol. M

 

DIVORCE MINUTES, 1921-1946
Index: Use index to the District Court Minutes.

Reel 1255969
1921-1946 Vol. 1

 

(NATURALIZATION) DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION, 1907-1930
Index: For a WPA index to naturalization records, 1885-1927, request Reel 1255969

Reel 1024901
1907-1930

 

NATURALIZATION RECORD, 1892-1906
Index: Each volume is individually indexed. The WPA index to naturalization records, 1885-1927, on the same reel does not index this record.

Reel 1255969
1892-1906

 

OFFICE OF THE TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR

TAX ROLLS, 1858-1910
Note: A retake of the 1883 tax roll is on Reel 116904.

Reel 116901
1858-1889

Reel 116902
1889-1897

Reel 116903
1897-1904

Reel 116904
1904-1910

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