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The Knox County Public Library's [http://www.knoxlib.org/local-family-history/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection McClung Historical Collection] on the 3rd floor of the East Tennessee History Center is the premier genealogy repository for this part of Tennessee featuring an index to early '''''Tennessee''''' and '''''North Carolina''''' families. This is the best family history and genealogy index for these two states. | The Knox County Public Library's [http://www.knoxlib.org/local-family-history/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection McClung Historical Collection] on the 3rd floor of the East Tennessee History Center is the premier genealogy repository for this part of Tennessee featuring an index to early '''''Tennessee''''' and '''''North Carolina''''' families. This is the best family history and genealogy index for these two states. | ||
The McClung Historical Collection’s primary focus is east Tennessee; it holds one of the country’s leading research collections about the region, including Internet genealogy databases, more than 75,000 books, 3,000 genealogies, manuscripts, censuses, state and local government records, newspapers, Knoxville city directories, maps, and photos. In addition to the east Tennessee material, the collection also contains research guides and census indexes for many states in the United States, especially 11 states in the South. The Knox County Public Library also offers the free online [http://cmdc.knoxlib.org/ Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection].<ref name="DB85" /> <ref>[http://www.knoxlib.org/local-family-history/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref> | The McClung Historical Collection’s primary focus is east Tennessee; it holds one of the country’s leading research collections about the region, including Internet genealogy databases, more than 75,000 books, 3,000 genealogies, manuscripts, censuses, state and local government records, newspapers, Knoxville city directories, maps, and photos. | ||
Court records include deeds, marriages, tax lists, guardian records, vital records, wills, and estates from the east Tennessee counties of Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Carter, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Johnson, Loudon, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Polk, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, and Washington. | |||
In addition to the east Tennessee material, the collection also contains research guides and census indexes for many states in the United States, especially 11 states in the South. The Knox County Public Library also offers the free online [http://cmdc.knoxlib.org/ Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection].<ref name="DB85" /> <ref>[http://www.knoxlib.org/local-family-history/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref> | |||
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