Hi all, Glad to finally get some activity on this list. I was real disappointed their was such little sharing going on about Shelby County. For such a large city, there is not much on the web about genealogy. Another good source of reference, especially about businesses is the R.L. Polk City directories. They come out every year for almost every city and town. On my last visit to the Memphis library I found a real wealth of information in these. It makes tracking people year by year much simpler. I know they go back as far as about 1920, and I'm told they go back even farther. Most libraries will have copies of their city directories. And yes, most of the people in the Memphis Library the day we visited their, were from out of town too. Happy Hunting. Anita Brooks from Kansas