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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> | '''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> | ||
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=Greene+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Greene, Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 150,000 entries! | 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=Greene+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Greene (County), Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 150,000 entries! | ||
For early settlers (pre-1796), start with: | For early settlers (pre-1796), start with: | ||
*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|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff}}. [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.] | *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|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff}}. [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.] | ||
Books that discuss multiple local families include: | Books that discuss multiple local families include: | ||
*Greene County History Book Committee. ''Historic Greene County, Tennessee and Its People 1783-1992''. Waynesville, N.C.: Don Mills, 1992. {{FHL|470786|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 H2g}} and Index: {{FHL|470786|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 H2g index}}. | *Greene County History Book Committee. ''Historic Greene County, Tennessee and Its People 1783-1992''. Waynesville, N.C.: Don Mills, 1992. {{FHL|470786|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 H2g}} and Index: {{FHL|470786|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.891 H2g index}}. | ||