{"id":8087,"date":"2018-03-09T09:51:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2018-03-09T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T16:06:48","slug":"before-you-make-that-trip-to-the-courthouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/2018\/03\/09\/before-you-make-that-trip-to-the-courthouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Before You Make that Trip to the Courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3733\" src=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/courthouse-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/courthouse-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/courthouse.jpg 505w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There are several things you should do while planning that research trip to a distant courthouse. This list is not all-inclusive, but will get you started on your planning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>what days and times is the courthouse open?<\/li>\n<li>is it closed for lunch?<\/li>\n<li>are there days of the week I should avoid (is court in session on certain days?)<\/li>\n<li>what are the copy costs for various records?<\/li>\n<li>can I take cell phone in the courthouse?<\/li>\n<li>what other restrictions are there on things I can bring in the facility?<\/li>\n<li>can I take digital pictures of records?<\/li>\n<li>is there a local society who may be able to assist?<\/li>\n<li>does the local library have materials that may help?<\/li>\n<li>where is the nearest motel?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Connect with a local person or organization before you go (perhaps via a historical society, library, etc.&#8211;they may have a Facebook page). They may have additional suggestions.<\/p>\n<p>If the first time you interact with a local person is when you cross the county line, there may be opportunities you missed because you didn&#8217;t pre-plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several things you should do while planning that research trip to a distant courthouse. This list is not all-inclusive, but will get you started on your planning: what days and times is the courthouse open? is it closed for lunch? are there days of the week I should avoid (is court in session [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153978,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}