As I recall, there's not a lot of the VM left. Mostly the obits and such come from the Fayetteville Observer and later papers, at any rate...you didn't see much in the VM by comparison. I believe the FO starts ~ 1850. It's pretty good about obits, even during those times when they charged for them. Relative to, say, the Huntsville Times, the FO is a wealth of obit finds...although people are often left out, I've found many ancestors and ancillary relatives as well. BTW, all...many LCTers ended up in Missouri, as we've all seen. Missouri just changed its law, and death records are going to be available up to about 1950's. They are cataloguing and working on them as we speak. MO was always a problem for researchers...now they'll be at your fingertips in Jeff City or about $1 via e-mail or letter. >>> gypsy97@bellsouth.net 4/8/2005 12:17:09 PM >>> I have been reading abstracts from The Village Messenger, Fayetteville, Tennessee, 1823-1828 on usgenweb/tn/lincoln/newspapers. Can someone tell me if additional Messenger archives exist, and how would I go about searching them? Is it possible to do so online, or is a trip to TN required? I'm searching for birth, marriage, obit and cemetery records for the CUNNINGHAM and GRAY families, LCT, for the approx. period 1835-1880. Thanks. Martha Reed Swannanoa, NC ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== Register your first lines in LCT: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnlincol/family.htm ============================== View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find marriage announcements and more. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx