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Tennessee Area Key to Genealogical Records
Introduction
One of the necessary tasks for all family history researcher is to learn about the
history and the records for the States and Counties where their ancestors lived.
My mother called this developing an "Area Key". In other words you need to know
the territory. This page represents what I have located for an Area Key for Tennessee
so far.
Area Keys
need to contain a little history, how the area began to be settled and
organized, beginning dates of counties and parent
counties, maps, a list of towns,
information about the state records including when various types of records such
as vital records began to be kept, a list of repositories
such as archives, libraries, and internet sources that contain records,
publications and databases for the state and how we can gain access to them, and
other statewide collections such as for church organizations and lineage
societies.
If you have ancestors in Tennessee, you would be wise to
make this make this Area Key one of your favorites so you can come back often. I
hope to have all the county pages available by the end of the year.
Sincerely, Donna K. Clark
Tennessee Statewide Genealogy Publications
Tennessee became a state in 1796. |
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The
Tennessee State Library and Archives
assists family history researchers in the use of their collections. Their
web site is friendly and fun to use. If they do not have the records, then
they direct you to those who do have that time of record. The
County
Records has court cases, earliest county records, tax lists,
inventories of county records, and school census records.
The History and Genealogy page has links to
visitor information
and SERVICES BY MAIL.
Fees are available on the
Order Forms
web page. Interlibrary loan is only available to libraries in Tennessee,
however, microfilm may be purchased by contacting the Preservation
Services staff. |
Tennessee Biography |
1796-1938
Prominent Tennesseans, 1796-1938
 - online at Ancestry.com |
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pub. 1905
Notable men of Tennessee : personal and genealogical, with portraits
- online at Ancestry.com |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
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1810 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1820 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1830 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1835
Census records and Cherokee muster rolls for Southern States of Alabama
1835, Georgia 1835, North Carolina 1835, Tennessee, and Mississippi 1834
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1840 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
1840
Revolutionary War Pensioner Census, 1840
 - online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 U.S. Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850-1880 U.S. Mortality Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 U.S. Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1870 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1880 U. S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1890 U. S. Veteran Census - online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1930 U.S. Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
Tennessee
Libraries |
WORLD-WIDE
www.FamilySearch.org - free index
online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The largest collection of genealogy records is in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Their web site includes a free index to an online database
currently called the Ancestral File and other major collections including
the 1880 US Census and the 1881 United Kingdom Census.
The web site also
contains an online catalog to their massive genealogy collection. Local,
state, and country records have been gathered throughout the world. Individual lists of
U.S. statewide records can be viewed online
including one for
Tennessee. If the record has been microfilmed it can be rented and viewed
at a Family History Center near you. Hours and addresses are available on
the Find
a Family History Center Near You web page. Access is open to everyone. |
WORLD-WIDE
Tennessee State Database
- online at Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com began gathering, indexing, and placing
genealogical records on the internet in the 1990's. Their collection not
includes thousands of genealogical records and publications. Compared to
how much they have and what you pay, the cost is reasonable. It is a great
pleasure to find your ancestors in their databases. And now with their
Free Family Tree that you
can establish on their site, their search engine can and will Search Billions of Names at Ancestry.com.
All you have to do is enter a few names and a few dates and your on your
way to discovering your ancestors. It is so easy, it is just plain fun. |
Tennessee Map |
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1895
U.S. 1895 Atlas (Tennessee map) - free online |
2000
Tennessee
State Map Collection - free online at geology.com
This page shows county outlines, elevations, rivers
with names, a political map showing the names of 95 counties, and a road map with the numbers of major highways. |
Tennessee Military |
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1861-1866
Tennessee, Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1861-1866
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Tennessee
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1917-1918
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (Can search by given name, even middle name)
- online at Ancestry.com |
Tennessee Vital Records
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1720-1926
Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee Marriage Index
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CD by Ancestry |
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1728-1850
Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia Marriage
Index
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CD by Ancestry |
1914-1921
Statewide Index to Tennessee Death Records - free online at Tennessee
State Library and Archives
Currently this is a partial index. They are actively
working to make it a full index from 1914 on. This is one site you may
want to check from time to time. |
1937-present
United States Social Security Death Index
- free online at RootsWeb |
Towns and Cities in Tennessee
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A B C
D E F G H
I J K L M
N O P Q R S
T U V W X Y
Z
A
Ashland City, Cheatham,
Tennessee, USA
B
Bakerville, Humphreys,
Tennessee, USA
C
Camden, Benton, Tennessee, USA
Carter's Creek, Maury, Tennessee, USA
Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, USA
Clinton, Anderson, Tennessee, USA
Columbia, Maury, Tennessee,
USA
E
Elizabethtown, Carter, Tennessee, USA
F
Flatwoods, Wayne, Tennessee, USA
H
Henderson, Chester,
Tennessee, USA
Huntingdon, Carroll, Tennessee, USA
L
Lawrenceburg,
Lawrence, Tennessee, USA
Lynnville, Giles, Tennessee, USA
M
Maryville, Blount,
Tennessee, USA
Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee,
USA
Mt. Pleasant, Maury,
Tennessee, USA
N
Nashville, Davidson,
Tennessee, USA
New Tazewell,
Claiborne, Tennessee, USA
P
Pikeville, Bledsoe,
Tennessee, USA
S
Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
Shore, Giles, Tennessee, USA
Sparta, White Tennessee, USA
T
Tazewell, Claiborne,
Tennessee, USA
Tullahoma, Coffee,
Tennessee, USA
W
Waynesboro, Wayne,
Tennessee, USA
Woodbury, Cannon, Tennessee,
USA
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