Click on the Historic Official Records Books (1959–1964) link. Select the preferred Search option from the Search Type list.
To perform a search of all items within a search type, click on the Search button without inputting any criteria. Otherwise, you can enter information in any of the search fields and click on the Search button. There are a lot of items here, so you may wish to limit your search by year and a key word in the Full Text field. Confidential documents are restricted from public viewing.
Search Fields:
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Item Number - Leave this field blank -
Grantor Name - individual or business name -
Grantee Name - individual or business name -
Document Type - (ie: D-Deed; MTG-Mortgage; REL-Release/Satisfaction; JUD- Judgment) -
Date - Date of recording using format MM/DD/YYYY -
Book - Official Records recorded book number -
Page - Official Records recorded page number -
Legal Description - Refers to the subdivision or section, township, range
Once you have clicked on the Search button, a list of results will display.
Viewing Images:
To view one of the items, click on the corresponding icon on the left of the screen.
The icons on the top right side of the window can be used for magnifying, downloading, or exiting the window.
If you click on the download icon, you will have the option to open the tif file for that page on your computer. If you do not have your computer set up to open tif files, you may need to do so before viewing these images. Instead, you may change the file extension in your downloads folder from .tif to .jpg.
Closing the Image and Performing a New Search:
- Click on the X in the top right corner to close the item you are viewing.
- To perform a new search, click on Edit Search from the Search Results page. It will be necessary to remove the last criteria before performing a new search.
Advanced Searching using Variables:
| Variable | Function | Search Criteria | Returned Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| % | Wildcard | % | All documents in Project |
| John | Any documents starting with “John” | ||
| % | Wildcard | %Johnson | Any document containing “Johnson” in that field |
| ! | Excludes | !107 | Any document NOT starting with “107” |
| ~ | Exact Search | 107~ | All documents EXACTLY “107” |
| ~ | Exact Search | ~ | All documents that are blank in that field |
| ~ | Exact Search | ~”John Dunn” | All documents that contain the phrase “John Dunn” |
| !~ | Not blank | !~ | All documents that are NOT blank in that field |
| !% | Except | !%Christy | All documents EXCEPT the files that contain “Christy” |
| | | Or | 107634|107721 | Any document that contains 107634 or 107721 in that field |