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Places to find Tennessee genealogy resources and records

Resources specific to the State are shown below. If you know which county or town your ancestors lived in, select the county under "Resources by County" to see county resources. From there you can also select the town or city to see resources for the locale. If you know the town but not the county, check the "Index of Towns" or use the "County Search Tool".  

Tennessee - Established Jun 1, 1796 - State Capital: Nashville

Tennessee

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282 free genealogy resources for researching family history and records in Tennessee:

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Biographies (19) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Cemetery Records (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Census Records (12) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Church Records (8) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Immigration Records (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
African-American Collections
Chinese Heritage (National Archives)
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
FindMyPast
Leonard Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic & Gulf Ports, 1820-1874
Markings on the Manifest's Left Margin
On the Trail of the Immigrant
Passengers and immigrants to America
The Great Migration - Colonial America
Where to find passenger lists
Local Histories (53) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities
Alfred Lord Tennyson a memoir
American Association for State and Local History
American Library Association (ALA)
Annals and family records of Winchester, Conn. with exercises of the centennial celebration, on the 16th and 17th days of August, 1871
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Archive.org
Biographical Review
Calendar of the Tennessee and King's Mountain papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts
Calvin Morgan McClung Historical Collection of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, pictures and maps relating to early western travel and the history and genealogy of Tennessee and other southern states
Century review, 1805-1905, Maury County, Tennessee a condensation of the most important events of the past one hundred years
Chronicling America
Colonial families of the United States of America, Vol. VI
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
FamilySearch
Hancock's diary, or, A history of the Second Tennessee Confederate Cavalry with sketches of First and Seventh battalions, also, portraits and biographical sketches
Historic Map Works
History of Davidson County, Tennessee with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Hixson of Tennessee
Internet Public Library: History
Inventory of the county archives of Tennessee
JSTOR Journals and Books online
Library of Congress
Life on the Frontier for the Williams Family
Map of the United States in 1800
Maury County, Tennessee wills and settlements, 1807-1824 and 1820 census
Midwest Genealogy Center suggested links
Nashville Athens of the South
Notable men of Tennessee from 1833 to 1875 their times and contemporaries
Notable men of Tennessee personal and genealogical, with portraits
Population schedule of the United States census of 1830 for Rhea County, Tennessee
Prominent Tennesseans, 1796-1938
Record of wills of Rhea County, Tenn. for the period of years 1808-1851
Report of the Adjutant General of the state of Tennessee of the military forces of the state, from 1861 to 1866
Sketches and eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee
Sketches of the bench and bar of Tennessee
Some Tennessee heroes of the Revolution
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
Standard history of Knoxville, Tennessee with full outline of the natural advantages, early settlement, territorial government, Indian troubles, and general and particular history of the city down to the present time
Taylor of Tennessee
Tennessee old and new 1796-1946
The Scenic resources of the Tennessee Valley a descriptive and pictorial inventory
The civil and political history of the state of Tennessee from its earliest settlement up to the year 1796 including the boundaries of the state
The economic and social beginnings of Tennessee
The history of Hamilton County and Chattanooga, Tennessee
The history of Roane County, Tennessee, 1801-1870
The natural and aboriginal history of Tennessee up to the first settlements therein by the white people, in the year 1768
The secession and reconstruction of Tennessee
Western History Association
Your Ancestors Magazine
Zur Erinnerung an die centennial Feier
Maps (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Marriage Records (2) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Military Records (31) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Native American (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Newspapers (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Photos & Illustrations (9) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Vital Records (4) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Wills (2) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Additional Resources
American History & Genealogy
A godchild of Washington a picture of the past
Abraham Lincoln, lawyer
American Ancestors Jewish Heritage Center
American Association for State and Local History
American Catholic Historical Society
American Historical Association
American Jewish Historical Society
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Civil War Soldiers Index 1861-1865
Coastal Georgia Genealogical Society
Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
Cumberland County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection
Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 copied from a loose bundle of Treasury papers in the Public Record Office, London, England
Facts about the Civil War
Famous Mayflower Descendants
Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory
Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871
FultonHistory online newspapers and postcards
Genealogy, A Journal of American Ancestry
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. Records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785
History Channel
History of Pike County, Illinois
History of Science Society
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Internet Public Library: History
Latin American Network Information Center
Linkpendium's State by State Search Engine
Lost amid the fogs sketches of life in Newfoundland, England's ancient colony
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
Native American Genealogy Books for Sale
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Organization of American Historians
Portraits of Native American Indians
Ray's Place - New England Genealogy and much more
Registers of the Huguenot Society of America
Society of American Archivists
Soldiers of the Civil War
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The American Monthly Magazine
The narrative of Colonel David Fanning (A Tory in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain), giving an account of his adventures in North Carolina from 1775 to 1783
Twenty Years among our hostile Indians
U.S. Navy Personnel Research Guide
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Veterans History Project
Western History Association
WorldConnect
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**Resources by County**
Anderson County, TN
Bedford County, TN
Benton County, TN
Bledsoe County, TN
Blount County, TN
Bradley County, TN
Campbell County, TN
Cannon County, TN
Carroll County, TN
Carter County, TN
Cheatham County, TN
Chester County, TN
Claiborne County, TN
Clay County, TN
Cocke County, TN
Coffee County, TN
Crockett County, TN
Cumberland County, TN
Davidson County, TN
DeKalb County, TN
Decatur County, TN
Dickson County, TN
Dyer County, TN
Fayette County, TN
Fentress County, TN
Franklin County, TN
Gibson County, TN
Giles County, TN
Grainger County, TN
Greene County, TN
Grundy County, TN
Hamblen County, TN
Hamilton County, TN
Hancock County, TN
Hardeman County, TN
Hardin County, TN
Hawkins County, TN
Haywood County, TN
Henderson County, TN
Henry County, TN
Hickman County, TN
Houston County, TN
Humphreys County, TN
Jackson County, TN
Jefferson County, TN
Johnson County, TN
Knox County, TN
Lake County, TN
Lauderdale County, TN
Lawrence County, TN
Lewis County, TN
Lincoln County, TN
Loudon County, TN
Macon County, TN
Madison County, TN
Marion County, TN
Marshall County, TN
Maury County, TN
McMinn County, TN
McNairy County, TN
Meigs County, TN
Monroe County, TN
Montgomery County, TN
Moore County, TN
Morgan County, TN
Obion County, TN
Overton County, TN
Perry County, TN
Pickett County, TN
Polk County, TN
Putnam County, TN
Rhea County, TN
Roane County, TN
Robertson County, TN
Rutherford County, TN
Scott County, TN
Sequatchie County, TN
Sevier County, TN
Shelby County, TN
Smith County, TN
Stewart County, TN
Sullivan County, TN
Sumner County, TN
Tipton County, TN
Trousdale County, TN
Unicoi County, TN
Union County, TN
Van Buren County, TN
Warren County, TN
Washington County, TN
Wayne County, TN
Weakley County, TN
White County, TN
Williamson County, TN
Wilson County, TN

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