The destruction of courthouses greatly affects genealogists in every way. 
Not only are these historic structures torn from our lives, so are the records they housed: 
marriage, wills, probate, land records, and others. Once destroyed they are lost forever. 
Even if they have been placed on mircofilm, computers and film burn too. The most 
heartbreaking side of this is the fact that many of our courthouses are destroyed at the 
hands of arsonist. However, not all records were lost.


Addison County - On 25 February 1852 a fire in the courthouse burned the probate records 
for Addison district (not New Haven). What remains for Addison Probate District records 
before 1852 are fragments. 





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