[Netz]

OK, I understand but for the officials to dig that far back is pretty amazing, no?

In 1967 records were hand-typed. If they electronically stored them then that’s great. I am still amazed at their efforts.

[fso301]

OK, I understand but for the officials to dig that far back is pretty amazing, no?

Yes but while the Federal Government is known for it's waste, it's also known for not throwing anything away.

In 1967 records were hand-typed. If they electronically stored them then that’s great. I am still amazed at their efforts.

I wouldn't be surprised if they were manually converted into electronic records long before modern scanning and OCR technology was available.