I spoke with the county clerk on Sunday morning in which conversation he stated that his office handles marriage records - office is open from 8 - 430 M - F; that that function is pretty much self serve although when I was there a few years back a staff person had to get the microfilm for you. He said that Death certificates are mostly done by the funeral homes and sent on to Nashville Birth certificates are a function of the Vital Records department of the County Health department - located near Erlanger Hospital on 3rd street. Land Records are at the court house - and most offices have the same hours with some staying open until 5 PM. Some vital records prior to about 1950 are in Nashville versus locally. On a personal note - my data hard drive crashed tonight - taking with it scads of email - for which I am greatly distressed. I'll be away for a few days figuring out this mess. ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net