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Subject:
Surrogate's Court records destruction!
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Chester Historical Society <[log in to unmask]>
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A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 10 Aug 2001 16:39:13 -0400
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I was at a talk given recently by the Chief Clerk of our local Surrogate's
Court in which mentioned that she is under orders to send out records for
microfilming.  What is most disturbing is that these original documents
are then destroyed by the microfilm contractor and many of these
microfilmed records are not readable!

Thus the information is lost for ever!

What can be done to save these original documents?


Clifton Patrick
Chester Historical Society
Chester, NY 10918

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