The first book, from 1799, of the Kennebec County Registry of Deeds, on Thursday.

Beverly Bustin-Hatheway, Kennebec County register of deeds, talks about old maps stored in the registry office on Thursday in Augusta. There is a proposal to move the office from rented space on Weston Street to the soon to be vacated Southern Kennebec District Court near Memorial Circle.

The first book, from 1799, of the Kennebec County Registry of Deeds. There is a proposal to move the office from rented space on Weston Street to the soon to be vacated District Court near Memorial Circle.

Kennebec District Court on Memorial Circle in Augusta could be the new home of the county Registry of Deeds when courts move to the Capital Judicial Center in March.