I recently discovered one of my HUTCHINSONs was a business partner with and adjoining landowner to beloved furniture maker THOMAS ELFE. Although the latter left a decent estate, it apparently rapidly went downhill, and THOMAS HUTCHINSON ended as a benefactor to the ELFE children, including HANNAH ELFE BONNEAU. Anyway, given this connection, plus my research showing many carpentry connections among my family members, I do want to search out THOMAS ELFE's shop. The HUTCHINSONs and CARNEs were among the carpenters as well as benefactors of St. Michael's and St. Philips. And my PETER DUBOIS was a carpenter within a stone's throw of St. Philips, so I wouldn't be surprised if he had a connection there, too. According to an obit, PETER DUBOIS was a major builder in Charleston c. 1800. I don't know if this is hyperbole. I have looked at the earliest Charleston city directories which is where I got the addresses for these folks. But where would I find things like building permits or the equivalent? I know some carpenters bid for work via public notices in the newspapers. Anywhere else I should look? What about lists of various guilds and their members? Elizabeth DuBois Russo