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Microfilm is available for loan to any public or private library
that provides interlibrary loan services. When contacting your local
library, your request should include the specific reel number for
the item you wish to borrow, as well as the county name and lending
institution. Requests from your local library should be sent to
the institution housing the film, noted at the top of each county
page.
The loan of county records
microfilm is subject to the following policies. These policies are
implemented to ensure the availability of the film to researchers
on a timely basis and to protect certain rights vested by law in
the custodians of the original records.
- Microfilm reels of local records are available for loan to
libraries, not to individuals. Contact your local library to
arrange an interlibrary loan of the materials you wish to view.
- No more than five (5) reels of microfilm may be on loan to
the same researcher at the same time.
- Microfilm is loaned for a fourteen day period, but the period
may be extended for an additional fourteen days if no other
request for the microfilm has been received.
- The Texas State Library, a regional historical resource depository,
and requesting institutions are not permitted to provide certified
copies of documents on microfilm. If a certified copy is needed,
the researcher should obtain it from the county clerk or district
clerk who is custodian of the original record. The current custodian
of the records of the county superintendents of schools is the
county clerk.
- The microfilm is for in-library use only. Under no circumstances
is it to be removed by the researcher from the premises of the
requesting institution.
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