Guide to County Records and Genealogical Resources in Tennessee


Book Description

This fabulous work is a county-by-county guide to the genealogical records and resources at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville. Based largely on the Tennessee county records microfilmed by the LDS Genealogical Library, it is an inventory of extant county records and their dates of coverage. For each county the following data is given: formation, county seat, names and addresses of libraries and genealogical societies, published records (alphabetical by author), W.P.A. typescript records, microfilmed records (LDS), manuscripts, and church records. The LDS microfilm covers almost every record that could be used by the genealogist, from vital records to optometry registers, from wills and inventories to school board minutes. There also is a comprehensive list of statewide reference works.







Tennessee Cousins


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Brief family histories of people who lived in Tennessee in the 18th and 19th centuries.




Marriage and Divorce ...


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These reports are the result of a collection of statistics of marriage and divorce for the years 1922- They represent the fourth- investigation on the subject made by the federal government. The first investigation, made by the former Department of Labor, covered the 20-year period 1867-1886; the second investigation made by the Bureau of the Census, covered the 20-year period 1887-1906; and the third investigation, also made by the Bureau of the Census, covered the calendar year 1916 cf. 1922, Letter of transmittal, p. ii.







The Self Family and Other Related Families


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John W. Self (1583-1622) married Elizabeth Batten in 1610. They were parents of three children, possibly five. One of his descendants was Job Presely Self (1784-1890) who was born in North Carolina and moved to Monroe County, Tennessee. He married Sarah Julianna Jones. They were the parents of 13 children. Descendants live in Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Alabama, North Carolina and California.




History of Tennessee


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This volume contains biographical sketches of some 1,200 and genealogical data of some 30,000 other families / individuals for the following counties: Anderson, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Clairborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, James, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington.




The McCrays of America


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The McCrays originated in Scotland. A number of them went to Ireland as part of the Ulster plantations. Descendants of these McCrays eventually immigrated to America where several large branches of the family were created. These were the Pennsylvania McCrays, Virginia McCrays and Tennessee McCrays. Descendants live throughout the United States and have married into numerous families in America.