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If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following. | ||
'''''In the Same Building''''' | '''''In the Same Building''''' | ||
* | *[[East Tennessee Historical Society]] has for over 175 years recorded stories, collected artifacts, and educated visitors with lectures, and publications such as ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44435788 First Families of Tennessee]'', and the new ''Civil War Families of Tennessee''. The original submission files for ''First Families of Tennessee'' and surname files are accessible to the public. | ||
*'''Knox County Archives''' collects the government records and county history, such as divorces, deeds, probates, County-Chancery-Circuit-Criminal-Juvenile-Superior court, tax, and school records, and online databases. | *'''Knox County Archives''' collects the government records and county history, such as divorces, deeds, probates, County-Chancery-Circuit-Criminal-Juvenile-Superior court, tax, and school records, and online databases. | ||
*'''Museum of East Tennessee History''' showcases the history of 35 regional counties. | *'''Museum of East Tennessee History''' showcases the history of 35 regional counties. | ||
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | ||
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<br> '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | <br> '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[http://www2.youseemore.com/knoxville/default.asp Knoxville Public Library], online genealogy databases like Cyndi's List, Ellis Island, FamilySearch, and Rootsweb. | |||
*[http://blogs.knoxlib.org/ Knox County Library], cardholder access to databases like Footnote.com, HeritageQuest, and TN Sanborn maps. | |||
*[http://www.knoxcounty.org/clerk/index_new.php Knox County Clerk], probates since 1789; marriages, divorces, court records since 1792; tax records since 1806.<ref name="Handybook">''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50140092 Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed.]'' (Draper, Utah: Everton Publ., 2002), 641.</ref> | |||
*[http://www.knoxcounty.org/register/index.php Knox County Register of Deeds], land records since 1791.<ref name="Redbook">Alice Eichholz, ed. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed.]'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 638.</ref> | |||
*[http://www.knoxcounty.org/circuit/index.php Knox County Clerk of the Circuit Court], court records since 1792; probate records since 1792.<ref name="Redbook" /> | |||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwag/index.htm Watauga Association of Genealogists], Johnson City, meetings, services, publications, genealogists. | |||
*[http://www.thehermitage.com/ The Hermitage Museum], home of President Andrew Jackson, Nashville, to learn about Tennesse lifestyles.<br> | |||
*County Vital Records Office | *County Vital Records Office | ||
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*Tennessee Genealogical Society Library | *Tennessee Genealogical Society Library | ||
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Georgia]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Mississippi]], [[Missouri Archives and Libraries|Missouri]], [[Virginia Archives and Libraries|Virginia]]. | *Repositories in '''''other surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Georgia]], [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Mississippi]], [[Missouri Archives and Libraries|Missouri]], [[Virginia Archives and Libraries|Virginia]]. | ||
*[http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/news/ngs/index.html North Carolina State Archives], Raleigh, NC, census, military, courts, bond, deed, estate, vital record, tax, wills. | |||
*[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, IN, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/pdf/AboutUsBrochure.pdf The Genealogy Center: A Tradition of Excellence] in ''Genealogy Center - Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 19 February 2014).</ref> | *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]], Fort Wayne, IN, premier periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, ethnic collections, and Canadians.<ref>[http://www.genealogycenter.org/pdf/AboutUsBrochure.pdf The Genealogy Center: A Tradition of Excellence] in ''Genealogy Center - Allen County Public Library'' (accessed 19 February 2014).</ref> | ||
*Bristol Public Library, Bristol Virginia | *Bristol Public Library, Bristol Virginia | ||