>Jerry, the marriage books you spoke of---when you say Knoxville >Library--do you mean the Library library or ETHS? Or maybe that is called >McClung--anyway where one does research. niota I'm referring to the McClung Collection. The McClung Collection is not in the main library in downtown Knoxville. Rather, it's on the third floor of the same building where the ETHS is in downtown Knoxville. There is construction in the building, and the entrance is now on Gay Street just across the street from the Tennessee Theater. ETHS itself is on the first floor. The Knox County archives are on the second floor. And the McClung Collection is on the third floor. The McClung Collection contains microfilm of courthouse records for many East Tennessee counties, including Anderson County. It also includes the transcriptions that I referred to as being in the "Knoxville Library". Strictly speaking, it's the Knox County Public Library system that the McClung Collection is a part of, not the "Knoxville Library". Also, I probably should have mentioned that the handwritten marriage books themselves include a handwritten index. The handwritten index can be yet another clue to deciphering a difficult entry in the marriage book. The handwritten indexes are included on the microfilm for the marriage books. Jerry