The Research Committee of the Trail of Tears Association has made several trips over the past few years to the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington DC to digitize records relating to the removal of the Cherokee from their lands in southeast United States. Members of the team have included Jack Baker, Anita Finger-Smith, Robin Swayney, Anna Smith and Michael Wren. The most recent trip took place the week of August 5^th. The work involves planning, researching & identifying records, creating priorities and strategies for digitization. Image processing and indexing of records. There are still many records remaining to be digitized and many more Record Groups to be explored in depth to find critical records to be able to fully tell the story of the Removal.