Stevvi, Thanks for the reply. I am happy to have some information about the salvage work there. I won't be asking staff any questions at this time. It will be helpful to have the index, especially if it is on-line, so that we will know whether or not we want to pay to obtain a copy of a certain bond. Thanks again, Betty Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grainger Archives" <graingerarchives@msn.com> To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage Lookups > Betty, > > I regret to say that we still do not know when the loose marriage records > will be available on microfilm. A couple from the Genealogical Society of > Utah (GSU) arrived in Rutledge to begin filiming in December 2005. > Unfortunately a medical emergency sent them home to Utah before they could > begin this project. Our representative with the Tennessee State Library > and Archives (TSLA) continues to negotiate with GSU about whom they will > send to replace the couple (who had already begun filming in neighboring > Hawkins County) and when. We are all hopeful that within the next few > months arrangements will be made to begin the filming. Once filming > commences, it will be up to GSU and TSLA as to when the film will be > available, but hopefully that would only be a few additional months. > > The marriage bonds and licenses (1796-1950) are ready to be filmed first > and the volunteers at the Grainger County Archives have prepared indexes > of those records. In the future it is possible that these indexes could > be posted on a soon-to-be-created Grainger County Archives website. > > Please keep in mind that several years ago the TSLA microfilmed the old > marriage books that survived (beginning in 1858), six boxes of loose > marriages (1796-1866), and two published books of extracted marriages. > All of these films should be available at most libraries that have > microfilm as well as the LDS Family History Centers. These references can > be utilized until the GCA loose records and indexes are microfilmed by > LDS/GSU. > > In the meantime, the volunteers at the GCA will try to answer simple > marriage queries, as long as we are not overwhelmed by requests. Please > remember that we are continuing to prepare for microfilming the many > remaining old records (currently Chancery Court and then County Court) > with only two volunteers and limited time. Time spent answering large > numbers of lookup requests will only slow down the whole process further. > > Stevvi Cook > Grainger County Archives > > > >>From: "Betty" <bjrb@hotmail.com> >>Reply-To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com >>To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage Lookups >>Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 09:53:33 -0600 >> >>Pardon my intrusion on this conversation, but it looks like a good place >>to ask some questions. >>When will the marriage records (that the LDS library supposedly started >>filming last year) be available? How can us out-of-staters access the >>information. >>Some of us have kept our fingers crosssed for a very long time that some >>of what we need will be in those records. >>Thanks, >> >>Betty >>Texas >> >> >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Grainger Archives" >><GRAINGERARCHIVES@msn.com> >>To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> >>Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 7:42 AM >>Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage Lookups >> >> >>>GAIL, >>> >>>PLEASANT SIGNED HIS MARRIAGE BOND AS "WESTERN" BUT THE CLERK WROTE IT AS >>>"WESTON". THE BRIDE WAS MARY JONES AND THE BOND IS DATED 20 JUNE 1826. >>>APPEARS THE LICENSE DID NOT SURVIVE SINCE NONE HAS BEEN FOUND. >>> >>>JAMES >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail >>> Roorda<mailto:possum2@softhome.net> >>> To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:38 PM >>> Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage Lookups >>> >>> >>> Thank you very much James! >>> >>> Gail >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grainger Archives" >>> <GRAINGERARCHIVES@msn.com<mailto:GRAINGERARCHIVES@msn.com>> >>> To: <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com>> >>> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:55 >>> Subject: Re: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage Lookups >>> >>> >>> > THE ORIGINAL BOND, DATED 10 DECEMBER 1823, SHOWS WILLIAM WESTON AND >>> NANCY >>> > ROBERTS WITH DAVID NOE AS THE BONDSMAN >>> > >>> > THE ORIGINAL LICENSE WAS ISSUED ON 10 DECEMBER 1823 AND SHOWS WILLIAM >>> > WESTON AND NANCY ROBERTS, WITH ISAIAH MIDKIFF AS THE J.P., WHO >>> PERFORMED >>> > THE MARRIAGE ON 12 DECEMBER 1823. >>> > >>> > JAMES >>> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Betty >>> Allen<mailto:bettyallen@mo-net.com<mailto:bettyallen@mo-net.com>> >>> > To: >>> TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com>> >>> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 7:56 AM >>> > Subject: RE: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage Lookups >>> > >>> > >>> > William Western to Nancy Roberts Dec 10, 1823 David Roe BM (Dec 10, >>> > 1823) >>> > Marriages of Grainger County, Tennessee 1796-1837 Edythe Rucker >>> > Whitley >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Gail Roorda [mailto:possum2@softhome.net] >>> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 7:27 PM >>> > To: >>> TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com>> >>> > Subject: [TNGRAING-L] Marriage Lookups >>> > >>> > >>> > Dear fellow researchers, >>> > >>> > I hate to keep asking for these lookups, but I am looking for >>> marriage >>> > records for James Western, Pleasant Western and William Western in >>> > Grainger >>> > County. >>> > >>> > James to a Sarah probably before 1830 >>> > Pleasant to a Mary probably before 1830 >>> > >>> > Gail >>> > >>> > >>> > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== >>> > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to >>> > >>> tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com>> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== >>> > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to >>> > >>> tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com>> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== >>> > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to >>> tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com> >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to >>> tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com> >>> >>> >>> >>>==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== >>>To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to >>>tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com >>> >>> >> >> >>==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== >>To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com >> > > > > ==== TNGRAING Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE please send your message to tngraing-l-request@rootsweb.com > >