Online Research

Times have changed so much from when I started my research for my allusive ancestors.  I often think it would have been easier way back when if the internet had been available.  I have added family to my list over the years, but even with the internet I am still searching.  Listed here are a few of my favorite places to search.

• Archives

  • National Archives

    • Records Research

    • Public Access Search

    • Archival Databases

    • Military Records

• State Archives

• Tennessee State Archives

• Research and Collections

• Online Exhibits

• LARC Catalog Search

• State Genealogy Libraries and Depositories

  • Tennessee State Library and Archives

  • University of Tennessee

  • Memphis Public Library and Information Center

  • University of Memphis Libraries

  • East Tennessee State University

  • Tennessee Legislative Reference Library

• Genealogy Libraries (Online Free and Subscriptions)

  • AccessGenealogy (Free)

  • Nashville Public Library (Free)

  • Family Search (Free)

  • Cindy's List (Free)

  • USGenWeb (Free)

  • American Local History Network (Free)

  • Ancestry (subscription)

  • Fold 3 (subscription) 

• African American Resources

  • Slave Narratives

  • Tennessee African American Cemeteries

  • Tennessee African American Census

  • Tennessee African American Griots

• Biographies

• AccessGenealogy Biographies

• Books Online

  • AHGP Books Online

  • Genealogy Library

• Cemeteries Records

  • AHGP Cemetery Transcription Project

  • AccessGenealogy Cemetery Records

  • USGenWeb - Cemetery Database

  • Spanish American War Veterans Buried in Tennessee

  • Interment

• Census Records

  • AccessGenealogy Census Records

  • Family Search Census Records

  • Tennessee Census Records

  • Census Images

  • USGenWeb, Census Project Tennessee

• City Directories

  • Gazetteer of the United States

  • Nashville City Directory 1853/54

  • Nashville City Directory 1855/56

  • Nashville City Directory 1857

  • Nashville City Directory 1860/61

  • Nashville City Directory 1865

  • Nashville City Directory 1866

  • Nashville City Directory 1867

  • Nashville City Directory 1868

  • Nashville City Directory 1869

  • Nashville City Directory 1870

  • Nashville City Directory 1871

  • Nashville City Directory 1880

  • Nashville City Directory 1881

  • Nashville City Directory 1924

• Databases

• Tennessee Databases

• Genealogy Societies

  • Tennessee Genealogy Society

  • Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society

  • Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society

  • Midwest Tennessee Genealogical Society

  • Tennessee Valley Genealogy Society

• Land/Map Records

  • Tennessee County Maps

  • Perry-Castaneda Library, Tennessee Map Collection

  • Historical Maps of Tennessee

  • Maps of Franklin Tennessee (Battle of Franklin, 1864)

• Mailing Lists

  • RootsWeb provides many list for those searching, you usually find helpful people on the lists and provide good information on where to search!!

    • 4TH-TENNESSEE-CAVALRY | DanvilleCrossing | DanvilleQueries | ETN | ETN-OZ | FRANKLIN-STATE | Mid-TN | NE-TN | SE-TN | SW-TN | TENNESSEE | TENNESSEE-TTTP | TN-CEMETERIES | TN-CENSUS-LOOKUP | TN-CHESTNUTRIDGECOUSINS | TN-CIVIL-WAR | TN-COUSINS | TN-FREEDMEN | TN-GHOSTTOWNS | TN-INDIAN-TRIBES | TN-KISSINGCOUSINS | TN-MEMORIES | TN-MYSTERIES | TN-NATIVEAMERICAN | TN-NEWMADRID-QUAKE | TN-NEWSPAPER | TN-ROLLCALL | TN-ROOTWALKER | TN-SOUTHCENTRAL | TN-UPPER-CUMBERLAND | TN-VETERANS | TNCHAT | TNGENWEB | TNROOTS | TN_CHS_GENEALOGY | UPPEREASTTN | WEST-TNCHAT | WESTTN

    • Anderson | Bedford | Benton | Bledsoe | Blount | Bradley | Campbell | Cannon | Carroll | Carter | Cheatham | Chester | Claiborne | Clay | Cocke | Coffee | Crockett | Cumberland | Davidson | Decatur | Dekalb | Dickson | Dyer | Fayette | Fentress | Franklin | Gibson | Giles | Grainger | Greene | Grundy | Hamblen | Hamilton | Hancock | Hardeman | Hardin | Hawkins | Haywood | Henderson | Henry | Hickman | Houston | Humphreys | Jackson | James | Jefferson | Johnson | Knox | Lake | Lauderdale | Lawrence | Lewis | Lincoln | Loudon | Macon | Madison | Marion | Marshall | Maury | McMinn | McNairy | Meigs | Monroe | Montgomery | Moore | Morgan | Obion | Overton | Perry | Pickett | Polk | Putnam | Rhea | Roane | Robertson | Rutherford | Scott | Sequatchie | Sevier | Shelby | Smith | Stewart | Sullivan | Sumner | Tipton | Trousdale | Unicoi | Union | Van Buren | Warren | Washington | Wayne | Weakley | White | Williamson | Wilson

• Military Records

  • Civil War Resources

    • AHGP Civil War Project

    • Civil War Era Database

    • Civil War Source Book

    • Civil War in Tennessee

    • Tennessee Civil War GIS Project

• War of 1812

  • Muster Roll East Tennessee Mounted Gunmen

  • Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Indian War of 1812)

• Native Americans

  • AHGP Native Americans

  • Tennessee Indian Tribes

  • Cherokee Villages

  • Tennessee River Tribes

  • Native American Rolls

• Newspapers

• 19th Century Newspapers - Search

  • Chattanooga Daily Gazette - 1864-1865

  • Chattanooga Daily Rebel - 1862-1863

  • Chattanooga Advertiser - 1844-1862

  • Jonesborough Whig, and Independent Journal - 1839-1843

  • Memphis Appeal (Memphis, TN) - 1892-1899

  • Nashville Union (Nashville, TN) - 1845-1868

  • Maryville Republican (Maryville, TN) - 1876

• Tennessee Obituaries

  • AHGP Obituary Resource Center

  • Genealogy.com

  • TNOBIT

  • Public Libaries

  • Obituary Dataabases

  • Records Project

• Vital Records

• Tennessee Vital Record, 1st Floor, Central Service Bldg., Nashville, TN 37243

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