County Records

County records are an enormous part of local government records. Separate county offices fulfill different duties, and not all counties have the same amount of offices or structure, even though many share common offices.

Here is a list of some county offices:

County Clerk

Clerk of District Court (under its own jurisdiction)

County Appraiser

County Attorney/Counselor

County Commissioners

County Engineer/Surveyor/Planning

Board of Health

Sheriff

Superintendent of Public Instruction (no longer exists, but records are in the Register of Deeds office)

County Treasurer

County Emergency Management/Services

The Local Government Records Guide, which is available in (.pdf) format (Adobe Acrobat), contains a detailed listing of records included in each county office.

Local Records on Microfilm

Municipal Records

Court Records

Births/Deaths

Marriage/Divorces