WHEN
YOU VISIT
First Time Visitors will be given a brief tour of the facility upon arrival as well as a floor plan.
The Collection is focused on Sumner County and Middle Tennessee. All statewide Tennessee census indexes and many other statewide books are in the collection. There are books and microfilms on surrounding counties and some surrounding states with an emphasis on North Carolina and Virginia. A good starting point is to locate your family in the published census books at the INDEX COUNTER where other helpful resource materials are kept.
Research Assistance is limited since the facility has only two employees. Ann Ross and Becky Settle, will assist you in locating materials and are pleased to help you with research when time permits. The Archives reserves the right to schedule appointments when large volumes of materials are requested for viewing or copying. Please note there is no every name index or database for us to search. Each type of document (deeds, loose lawsuits, will, etc.) has its own index. You will need to search each individual index for your ancestor.
Parking
all day is free. There
is plenty of parking in the lot next to the Archives. Entrance to the lot is
accessible off South Boyers Street. Parking in front of our building is two-hour
parking only. The Archives does not give parking passes to park on the street.
PLEASE...
Lockers must be used for all cases, boxes, purses and bags.
Use pencils only. No ink pens or highlighters permitted.
Leave all Archives books and file folders at the end of the table when you are finished.
Do NOT reshelve books or microfilm.
Rates for copies are posted (microfilm $0.50 per page, Xerox $0.20 per page)
All requests for records must be made by 4:00 p.m.
Please pay for copies by 4:15 p m.
The
copy machines will be shut down at 4:20 p.m.
THE ARCHIVES CLOSES AT 4:30 P.M. PROMPTLY.
Remember that this is a library and help us to retain a quiet, serene atmosphere.