These documents offer bible, family, and tombstone records for former residents of Putnam County, Tennessee, with a full-name index. Some excerpts include biographical information on the families, wills, and marriage records. "The WPA Records are, for the most part, carbon copies of the original that was typed on onion skin paper during the Depression. Since these records were typed on poor machines by people who did not type well either or read by persons not always sure of the older handwritten material, the results are often less than perfect. ... Sometimes there are water stains and burned edges around the paper."