TSLA microfilm inventories list only the records that have been microfilmed by TSLA. There are many records on the county level that have not been filmed and are available through local archives. Metro Nashville Archives has compiled databases of many records that are not on film and has indexes for those records. On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Teresa Elliott via <tndavids@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Yes, They are online for some counties at FamilySearch. TSLA has microfilm > inventories for every county. It tells you what records are available. > > -----Original Message----- > From: tndavids-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tndavids-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Dibrellion via > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:35 PM > To: TNdavids@rootsweb.com > Subject: [TNDAVIDS] Guardianship Records in 1840-1850s? > > Hi Folks, > > I found a 1850's record online at Familysearch.org where the guardian > signed > for a minor daughter when the father died and the daughter was a > distributee > of her father's estate. The guardian signed a receipt that he had received > the distribution, $26, that the girl was entitled to. > > I could not find any guardianship records listed at the TSLA website. Are > they included with another type of record? > > I suppose one could just keep searching back in the Tennessee - Davidson > County Wills on the Familysearch site to the death of a parent where there > is an estate settlement and a guardian would sign any necessary papers for > a > minor child. I would think that there would be court records that show that > the court appointed a guardian for a minor child upon the death of the > father or mother. I figured that the guardianship record would give info on > the death of the parent and perhaps if the guardian was related. > > Did the county keep guardianship records? If so, where can one find them? > > Thanks for any help you can provide, > > Valerie Gibbs > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNDAVIDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNDAVIDS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >