District Clerk asks Commissioners to preserve historical records
Thu, 06/29/2023 - 12:00am
Young County District Clerk Jamie Land asked County Commissioners for funds to scan historical records - dating back to the late 1800s - into the District Clerk’s database for public access rather than allowing the public to handle the fragile documents. The old handwritten civil lawsuits, divorces, and criminal cases are now tri-folded in shuck files and stored in the District Clerk’s storage room located in the attic of the Courthouse. “Landmen frequently come in to research and look at them,” Ms. Land said, adding that historians also use the original documents for research.