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'''Gordon Aronhime''' (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/aronhime/ online].<ref>[http://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2008/10/12/original-virginia-records-imaged-and-indexed-online/"Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online,"] ''Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog,'' 12 October 2008.</ref>
For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:  


As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Sullivan+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Sullivan (County), Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 60,000 entries.  
*East Tennessee Historical Society. ''First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants''. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. {{FHL|974123|item|disp=FHL Book 976.8 H2ff}}.


For early settlers (pre-1796), start with:
'''Gordon Aronhime''' (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/aronhime/ online].<ref>[http://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2008/10/12/original-virginia-records-imaged-and-indexed-online/"Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online,"] ''Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog,'' 12 October 2008.</ref>


*East Tennessee Historical Society. ''First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants''. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. {{FHL|974123|item|disp=FHL Book 976.8 H2ff}}.
As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Sullivan+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Sullivan (County), Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 60,000 entries.


A book that discusses many local families is:
A book that discusses many local families is:  


*Holston Territory Genealogical Society and Sullivan County Historical and Genealogical Society. ''Families and History of Sullivan County, Tennessee''. 2 vols. [Tenn.]: Holston Territory Genealogical Society, 1992-2006; Nashville, Tenn.: Turner Pub. Co., 2006. {{FHL|568398|item|disp=FHL Book 976.896 H2h}}.
*Holston Territory Genealogical Society and Sullivan County Historical and Genealogical Society. ''Families and History of Sullivan County, Tennessee''. 2 vols. [Tenn.]: Holston Territory Genealogical Society, 1992-2006; Nashville, Tenn.: Turner Pub. Co., 2006. {{FHL|568398|item|disp=FHL Book 976.896 H2h}}.
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