If a cemetery visit is to a cemetery on private property or requires access through private property, contact the landowner and get permission prior to making your visit. If the land owner knows what you are doing, it probably won’t be a problem. Most landowners frown on people they don’t know traipsing on their property. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
One location may be the local “court” office, but keep in  mind that there may be several different courts in the same physical location, each with a separate series of records. Just because you’ve been through one series of indexes, does not mean you’ve been through all the records. There may have been a probate court, a criminal court, and a court of equity in the same physical location. And they may have had the same judge. ———————————— Check out GenealogyBank’s Offer for Tip of the Day Fans!
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