24 SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT

records. Since the Register of Wills had already purchased a microfilm
reader, the films are useful to him and he is not burdened with care of
the original records which are bulky, in need of repair and which occupy
a great deal of space in his already overcrowded vaults. It is our hope that
this exchange will prove mutually profitable and will lead ultimately to a
concentration of all but the most recent records in the vaults of the Hall
of Records or in some other State-controlled central repository where their
care and storage should be more economical than in the relatively insecure
vaults of the county courthouses. Such a concentration of records might
discourage the extremely costly courthouse enlargements which serve for
the most part only as storage places for unnecessary records.

A list of the County Wills series filmed in the course of the year
follows:

WILLS:
Allegany County .................	1851-1950
Anne Arundel County...............	1864-1950
Baltimore City ....................	1852-1950
Index ..........................	1664-1950
Baltimore County .................	1851-1950
Index ..........................	1851-1950
Calvert County ...................	1882-1950
Caroline County ..................	1853-1950
Carroll County.....................	1852-1950
Index ..........................	1837-1950
Cecil County .....................	1852-1950
Index ................. ........	1675-1950
Charles County ...................	1850-1950
Dorchester County ................	1852-1950
Frederick County ..................	1850-1950
Garrett County ...................	1873-1950
Harford County ..................	1853-1950
Howard County ...................	1863-1950
Index ..........................	1840-1950
Kent County ......................	1854-1950
Montgomery County ...............	1851-1950
Prince George's County .............	1854-1950
Queen Anne's County ..............	18564950