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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref>[http://www.knoxlib.org/about/services/ask-librarian Ask a librarian] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 19 February 2014).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref>[http://www.knoxlib.org/about/services/ask-librarian Ask a librarian] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 19 February 2014).</ref> [http://www.knoxlib.org/about/services/ask-librarian Ask a librarian] form. <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="handl">[http://www.knoxlib.org/about/hours-and-locations/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 19 February 2014).</ref> | '''Address:'''<ref name="handl">[http://www.knoxlib.org/about/hours-and-locations/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 19 February 2014).</ref> | ||
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:Knoxville, TN 37902 <br><br> | :Knoxville, TN 37902 <br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="handl" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="handl" /> 865-215-8801<br> | ||
'''Hours:'''<ref name="handl" /> {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | '''Hours:'''<ref name="handl" /> {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | ||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Chattanooga Public Library Downtown]], has the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on '''''North Carolina''''',<ref name="DB85">Dollarhide and Bremer, 85.</ref> | *[[Chattanooga Public Library Downtown]], has the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on '''''North Carolina''''',<ref name="DB85">Dollarhide and Bremer, 85.</ref> Internet genealogy databases, census, newspapers, obituary index, county records, 30,000 books, manuscripts, and genealogical periodicals.<ref>[https://chattlibrary.org/local-history/ Local History and Genealogy Department] in ''Chattanooga Public Library'' (accessed 14 January 2021).</ref> | ||
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[https://www.knoxlib.org/ Knoxville Public Library], online genealogy databases like Cyndi's List, Ellis Island, FamilySearch, and Rootsweb. | *[https://www.knoxlib.org/ 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 | *[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>''[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/clerk/index_new.php Knox County Clerk], probates since 1789; marriages, divorces, court records since 1792; tax records since 1806.<ref>''[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>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/register/index.php Knox County Register of Deeds], land records since 1791.<ref>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> | ||
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, UT, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, UT, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | ||
*[[Library of Virginia]], Richmond, large genealogy collection including births and deaths 1853-1896, marriages before 1936, histories, biographies, newspapers, Bibles, and huge manuscript collection (about half online), military and Civil War records, deeds, wills and other court records.<ref name="DB113">Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.</ref> <ref name="VDH">[http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vital_records/gene.htm Genealogy] in ''Virginia Department of Health'' (accessed 4 January 2014).</ref> Many early Tennessee settlers were from Virginia and North Carolina.<br> | *[[Library of Virginia]], Richmond, large genealogy collection including births and deaths 1853-1896, marriages before 1936, histories, biographies, newspapers, Bibles, and huge manuscript collection (about half online), military and Civil War records, deeds, wills and other court records.<ref name="DB113">Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.</ref> <ref name="VDH">[http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vital_records/gene.htm Genealogy] in ''Virginia Department of Health'' (accessed 4 January 2014).</ref> Many early Tennessee settlers were from Virginia and North Carolina.<br> | ||
*[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]], CA, holds the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]] | *[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]], CA, holds the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]] '' but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of '''''Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia ''''' families.<ref name="DB85" /> <ref>[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ The Tina Brayton Collection] in ''Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref> | ||
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