I would like to reference back to a August 10, 2000 INSWITZE-D message on
Switzerland Co. records in the Vevey Court House.
Has any thought been put into how to salvage these records? Is there a
possibility of microfilming them? I have an interest in these records
because I have ancestry from Florence & Rising Sun, IN. I would be more
than happy to contribute to a fund to save these records. Please let me
know if anyone or organization is doing anything.
Also, would like to know if there were records kept on the towboats that
used the river between Pittsburg and Cairo, from around 1920 to 1940. Such
as Capt. of tugs, name of boats and crew members. I have a grandfather,
Willie Wiechert from Florence, IN that worked on the tows during this time.
Thank you
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From: BobWScott(a)aol.com
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Subject: [INSWITZE] Switzerland Co. records
When visiting Vevay last month, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the
Health Department is entering death records into the computer. I was easily
able to call up a record from 1901 and get a print out of the certificate.
The transcription was accurate as I had seen the original years ago. I
cannot
vouch for how far this process has gone. (And it doesn't help with the
records that were not filed in the early days.) The person working there
was
great to work with and she is working her way forward in time.
I am still concerned about the conditions of court records in the basement
of
the courthouse and elsewhere. I know that the first court book was
completely
separate by pages when I visited and the records in the basement aren't
exactly in the best atmosphere for preserving paper.