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.







Maury County, Tennessee Will Books A, B, C-1, D, and E, 1807-1832


Book Description

By: Jill K. Garrett & Marise P. Lightfoot, Pub. 1964, Reprinted 2018, 288 pges, index, ISBN # 0-89308-362-3. Maury county was created in 1807 from the vast Indian lands located in Middle Tennessee. It is surrounded by the counties of: Bedford, Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marshall, Rutherford and Williamson. Wills are wonderful source for the researcher due to many and variety of family members being mentioned. Many times marriages of various family members can be discovered within a will.




Index to the 1820 Census of Tennessee


Book Description

Overall, this is an alphabetical index to 35,000 Tennessee heads of households listed in the fourth federal census, taken in 1820, with reference to the individual's county of residence and the page number of the census schedule wherein full data on the household and its occupants may be found.