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St. Joseph County recorder seeks NEH grant to preserve 19th-century land records

5770437 · September 2, 2025
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County Recorder Candace Brown asked the Board of County Commissioners for approval to apply for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to digitize and preserve fragile deed, plat and military discharge volumes dating to the county's founding; commissioners approved the application unanimously.

Candace Brown, St. Joseph County recorder, asked the Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 2 for permission to apply for a National Endowment for the Humanities grant to preserve and digitize at-risk recorder volumes.

Brown told commissioners the recorder's office is custodian of deed books, plat books, land patents and military discharges dating back to the county's founding in 1830…

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