seriesNo,seriesEntityName,seriesTitle,seriesDateRange,seriesArrangement,seriesDescription,seriesTotRetentDesc,seriesPrimaryClassCode,seriesExtentDesc
23555,Washington County (Utah). County Recorder,Abstracts (towns),1863-,"By community, thereunder by block number.","County recorders are required by Utah law to keep abstract records\, which show by tract\, every conveyance\, encumbrance or other recorded document pertaining to land within the county (Utah Code\, Annotated\, 1953\, 17-21-6). Each abstract entry indicates the kind of document\, notes the dates it was created and filed\, and names a grantee and grantor. It contains a legal description of the property and identifies a location in terms of plat\, block and lot number. Abstracts report where transactions were acknowledged\, name acknowledging officers\, indicate when entries were in the abstract and tell the book and page number where deeds or other documents were recorded. Entries in Abstract Books D and D 1 were later carried forward in Abstracts: Towns. These records provide a chronological history of ownership and encumbrances for each town lot within Washington County communities other than the city of Saint George\, with the exception that abstracts for Hurricane and Santa Clara begin in books,A and A 1\, but are later carried forward in Abstracts Indexes: Towns.",Retain permanently,Public,3 microfilm reels