On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 3:01 AM, <tngreene-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. News on records lost in Nashville (pattee@charter.net) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 6:10:55 -0400 > From: <pattee@charter.net> > Subject: [TNGREENE] News on records lost in Nashville > To: TNGREENE@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20100508061055.FY39H.496155.root@mp15> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > This came from one of the lists I belong to. > Patti > > I've learned that some very important records were lost. Granted they're > not publicly available, but... > The Dept of Children's Services in Nashville is in one of the downtown > office buildings affected. ALL closed adoption files were stored in the > basement. > In theory, there is a Court file locally that contains pleadings entered > for each adoption. However, the DCS files contain all reports, > correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous stuff that was kept on each > child. > These aren't just "new" adoptions. DCS has files that go back decades. I > feel for people who are hunting answers. > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the TNGREENE list administrator, send an email to > TNGREENE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the TNGREENE mailing list, send an email to > TNGREENE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > TNGREENE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of TNGREENE Digest, Vol 5, Issue 76 > *************************************** >