There was a recent news story about a 150 year old town hall in New Hampshire burning down. As of the writing of the article they weren't sure if any of the old

There was a recent news story about a 150 year old town hall in New Hampshire burning down. As of the writing of the article they weren't sure if any of the old town records were destroyed but it seemed likely. Towns should probably be digitizing all of these things now, and archive.org seems like a great place for them.