Saving the county’s history: Official records being digitized

Columbia County Clerk of Court Jay Swisher (center) watches as U.S. Imaging’s Felicia Valdez scans one of the county’s bound historical records in the records vault at the Columbia County Courthouse Thursday. U.S. Imaging’s Brandon Valdez looks on. (JAMIE WACHTER/Lake City Reporter)

Some of Columbia County’s oldest records — as well as all of the others — are getting new life.

Four U.S. Imaging staff members, working in teams of two, have spent the past 10 days at the Columbia Cou…