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Re: Why you don't store records in basements - 'Some Is, Some Isn't': County Files Clearly at Risk | Jackson Free Press | Jackson, MS
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Mon, 22 Sep 2014 08:21:21 -0600
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Not for nothing but, records are typically damaged in a flood. Records in a
fire are typically destroyed. Wt may be recovered if the expense is
warranted bot, gone is gone.

Chris Flynn

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 6:54 AM, Scott, Paul (ITC) <[log in to unmask]>
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> Bill Roach stated: "I would be interested to know which happens more
> often, county courthouse records being lost to flood or fire."
>
> I can say with some certainty that in Texas it is now flood, but in the
> past it was fire. The only comprehensive study I am aware of is James F.
> Starr's "Statement of Records Burnt, Missing, Etc. and Date of
> Qualification of the First Recorder, in the Organized Counties of Texas"
> compiled in 1885 and a typescript update bringing it up to about 1900. It
> includes a lot of fires but (I believe) only one storm.
>
> In more recent times, with the prevalence of masonry buildings and vaults,
> loss by fire is uncommon. In the 40 years I've been involved in Texas
> County Records, the only fire I can recall was the 1993 Hill County
> Courthouse fire--but it was a doozy. Meanwhile, there have been records
> throughout Texas destroyed or damaged by water ranging from storm flooded
> basements to leaky water pipes.
>
> Paul R. Scott, CA, CRM
> Records Management Officer
> Harris County, TX
> 713 274-7740
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