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''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States|United States ]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee|Tennessee]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tennessee Biography|Biography]]'' | ||
Biographies provide useful genealogical information such as an individual’s birth date and place (including foreign birthplace where applicable); family members; occupation; education; and social, political, and religious affiliations. They may also contain a physical description, previous residences, and immigration information. Biographies are the product of family knowledge or previous research, often compiled on the early settlers and prominent citizens of the state, county, or town. Many lesser known individuals may have biographical sketches written about them, especially in local histories. | Biographies provide useful genealogical information such as an individual’s birth date and place (including foreign birthplace where applicable); family members; occupation; education; and social, political, and religious affiliations. They may also contain a physical description, previous residences, and immigration information. Biographies are the product of family knowledge or previous research, often compiled on the early settlers and prominent citizens of the state, county, or town. Many lesser known individuals may have biographical sketches written about them, especially in local histories. | ||
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Speer, William S. ''Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. 1888.'' Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1997. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3s 976.8 D3s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=220890&disp=Sketches+of+prominent+Tennesseans++ 833388].) A surname index is included. [http://www.archive.org/details/sketchesofpromin01spee Free digital copy Sloan Foundation]. | Speer, William S. ''Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. 1888.'' Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1997. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3s 976.8 D3s]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=220890&disp=Sketches+of+prominent+Tennesseans++ 833388].) A surname index is included. [http://www.archive.org/details/sketchesofpromin01spee Free digital copy Sloan Foundation]. | ||
'''Other Tennessee Biography Collections:''' | |||
Crozier, William Armstrong. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/keytosouthernped00croz A key to Southern pedigrees ]: being a comprehensive guide to the colonial ancestry of families in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia and Alabama.'' Hasbrouck Heights, N.J. : The Genealogical Association, 1911. Free digital copy. | |||
Temple, Oliver Perry and Mary Boyce Temple. ''Notable Men of Tennessee, from 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries.'' New York, New York : Cosmopolitan Press, 1912. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25364 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH32&CISOPTR=52982 BYU Family History Archives]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=ha0DAAAAYAAJ Google Books] [full view]; and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn10024_notablemen World Vital Records] ($). | Temple, Oliver Perry and Mary Boyce Temple. ''Notable Men of Tennessee, from 1833 to 1875: Their Times and Their Contemporaries.'' New York, New York : Cosmopolitan Press, 1912. Digital versions available at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=25364 Ancestry] ($); [http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH32&CISOPTR=52982 BYU Family History Archives]; [http://books.google.com/books?id=ha0DAAAAYAAJ Google Books] [full view]; and [http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/indexinfo.aspx?ix=qcdtn10024_notablemen World Vital Records] ($). | ||