Thank you Ed: I appreciated your message about what happened to the Wayne Co., TN court records. I, for one, have printed this off and it will be kept in the front of my CLEMENTS (Wayne Co., TN) workbook for future reference. I appreciate you and all your hard work. Because of you and others like you, the WAYNE CO., TN list is the BEST! Also, research done onsite in your county produces much better results than in most counties & towns across the Southland. Best regards, Lynda Green Stephenville, TX

May I add my thanks as well. I just joined the mail list and your account of the records was the first message I received. Very helpful, as are the numerous records you 've posted on the Wayne County site. I have HAYS/HAYES ancestors in Wayne Co in the early to mid 1800s. Possibly GRIMES and VINCENT as well. Would appreciate sharing with anyone researching the same lines, especially William R. and Sarah Hase/Hays/Hayes and their son John Wesley Hayes who married Hulda(y) Ann Grimes after the Hayes family moved to Lewis County between the 1860 and 1870 censuses. My brother and I are hoping to visit Wayne County in the fall and I would like to collect as many research leads as possible. Hope to hear from any of you. Marcia