Terrell is about 20 miles west of Canton, Tyler is about 40 miles east of Canton. Each county maintains its own records in their courthouses for the most part. The East Texas Genealogical Society has a lot of records available, many of these are in the public library in downtown Tyler. The society covers six counties--Anderson, Smith, Gregg, Henderson, Rusk, and Panola counties. http://www.rootsweb.com/~txetgs/index.html Each county also has several web pages with various genelogical societies. Hope this helps. Darrell Clakley