John, My suggestion would be that you phone the Nashville Archives prior to leaving town and get information from them. I have always found them very helpful and it is time-saving to be "armed" of the information, etc rather than appear when a lot of patrons are there and then a lot of waiting...been there, done that. You might also phone the Carthage Library. It has been my understanding that records that Sue M. Petty and others have compiled are also placed there. M. -------Original Message------- From: John Sellers Date: 09/20/05 06:51:35 To: TNSMITH-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TNSMITH] Research in Smith County Dear Diane, I have done work on the site and seen the cases you are referring to there. The Sullivan information is much earlier. I always like to access the orginial packets, they seem to always have more information. The Sullivan case is much earlier. Thank you for answering. Anyone else familiar with the old records, are they there and accessible? John Sellers ==== TNSMITH Mailing List ==== Submit Your Family Pictures, Biographies, Histories Wills, Fokelore,Links To The Smith Co Web Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnsmith/