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through the clerk’s office. Ms. Shenk will inventory the documents and send that list to the archives in Richmond, where experts will determine whether the records should be included in the preservation project.
Ms. Shenk said that she has seen some interesting records during the time she has spent working on the project. The oldest records she has copied dated from “the late 1700s, in Shenandoah County. Because paper was so expensive back then, some of the old record-books were used for more than one purpose. If you open the book from the front, there is one set of records. If you turn it around
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