Construction of the new archive building has begun, and is expected to be completed by early autumn.  The control of temperature and humidity in this new facility will greatly improve efforts to preserve historic public documents in Rutherford County.  The new archive will be located on the corner of Burton and Rice Streets. 

New Acquisitions:  The archive accepted the County Court Daily Minute Books and their indices dating from 1804-1901 as an enhancement to the County Clerk Record Book collection.  The Daily Minute Books provide original data entries concerning the operational activities of the County, such as payments to citizens who provided County services, as well as expanded or supplementary material to the County Clerk Record Book collection.  Volunteer Don Detwiler has created an all-name index for 1804-1814, and will continue to do the same with the rest of the collection.

Conservation of Records:  After several months of processing, the original will collection, dating from 1804-1899 has been re-hydrated, flattened, and filed in acid-free folders, an essential process for document preservation.  The next step includes cleaning and repairing the documents, after which a new index will be created.  The completion of the Will Collection will provide researchers and genealogists with an invaluable tool.

Don Detwiler continues work on the Rutherford County Marriage Certificate collection.  The conservation of the marriage certificates dating from 1804-1847 has been completed. Particularly fragile certificates have been encapsulated to stabilize their condition.  Don is creating a new comprehensive index to these significant documents which will be more user-friendly than the current indices for marriages in Rutherford County .

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