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In 1862, General Sickles' Excelsior Brigade conducted two devastating raids on Stafford's courthouse and clerk's office. Few records were spared and what the vandals didn't destroy or ruin, they stole as souvenirs. Lost at this time was the court's colonial seal, the Bible used at the court bench, an unknown quantity of early loose papers, and a number of bound volumes of court records. After the peace, the Stafford magistrates endeavored to retrieve missing court record books as their whereabouts became known. In 1866 and 1868, two of these were located in Maryland and brought back; one was located, and still remains, in California. On March 30, 1863, a court order book spanning the years 1749-1755 was either stolen or otherwise obtained by Captain William A. Treadwell. This book was passed down through several generations of his family, then presented to the Hudson County (New Jersey) Historical Society, and finally, the tattered book was turned over to the Library of Virginia. The library scanned each page to make it available to researchers and a copy was placed in the Stafford County Clerk's office. It was routine for old court records to be re-copied as they became faded or damaged; that was one of the duties of the Clerk of Court. The copy taken by Captain Treadwell is a transcript prepared in October 1791. During the years these minutes were being recorded, the courthouse was burned, rebuilt, and burned again; the rebuilding and second burning and the capture of the perpetrator are recorded in the minutes. This volume is a splendid source of genealogical material, which also provides fascinating insights into slavery, indentured servants, and law and criminal justice in the mid-eighteenth century. These abstracts are fully indexed, making full-names, businesses, places and subjects easy to locate within the records.

One of the earliest newspapers for Vermillion County, Indiana, was The Hoosier State. It was bought by Samuel Brenton Davis from Henry D. Washburn in 1868. It was published weekly. The early issues contained practically no local news, their space given to politics and world news. Only rarely was a death given, or a marriage, and then in the shortest possible manner. The retail advertising was almost entirely of Terre Haute stores. The style of the newspaper gradually changed and in the 1870s, local births, marriages, deaths, and business happenings began to appear. In addition to the abundance of names and relationships, news articles tell us a lot about the customs, lifestyles, and priorities of the times. Voter lists, orphan records, lists of unclaimed letters, teacher and student lists, real estate transfers, and court happenings are among the items covered. In the 1880s, several correspondents from local towns sent in local news. Not only did the newspaper contain information for Vermillion County, but the surrounding counties-Warren, Fountain, Parke, and Vigo-can be found as well. Since Vermillion County, Indiana, and Vermilion County, Illinois are right next to each other, be sure to check Illinois also. Quite often, families would visit or send letters from where they came from or where they moved to. The early newspapers are a gold mine to the genealogist. They contain information that you cannot find anywhere but in the local newspaper. A full-name index adds to the value of this work.

This series contains a wide variety of information on specific Missouri counties, and the state as a whole: marriage records, Spanish censuses, tax lists, estrays, letters at the post office, wills and bonds, jury lists, indictments, Indian trade records, cemetery listings, petitioners, animal marks and brands, slave bills of sale, French and Spanish land grants, military records, disaster victims, etc. This volume covers the following counties: Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Carroll, Cape Girardeau, Cass, Christian, Clay, Cooper, Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Greene, Hickory, Howell, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, Montgomery, Morgan, New Madrid, Newton, Oregon, Osage, Ozark, Pettis, Pike, Polk, Randolph, Ray, Ripley, Scott, St. Clair, St. Charles, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Washington, and Wayne.