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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> [http://www.knoxlib.org/about/services/ask-librarian Ask a librarian] form. <br> | ||
'''Address:'''< | '''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> | ||
:601 South Gay Street 3rd Floor | :601 South Gay Street 3rd Floor | ||
:Knoxville, TN 37902 <br> | :Knoxville, TN 37902 <br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:''' 865-215-8801<br> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="handl" /> 865-215-8801<br> | ||
'''Hours:'''<ref name="handl" /> {{Adoption TNGenWeb}} | |||
:Sun:1:00 – 5:00<br>Mon:9:00 – 8:30<br>Tues:9:00 – 8:30<br>Wed:9:00 – 5:30<br>Thurs:9:00 – 5:30<br>Fri:9:00 – 5:30<br>Sat:9:00 – 5:00<br> <br> | |||
*[ | '''Directions, map, and public transportation:''' | ||
*[http://www.katbus.com/ KAT City Buses]: Knoxville Station, hub of the city bus system, is four blocks east of the library. [ | |||
*[http://www.mapquest.com/?version=1.0&hk=7-nyCfmy7p MapQuest Directions and Map] | |||
*[http://www.katbus.com/ KAT City Buses]: Knoxville Station, hub of the city bus system, is four blocks east of the library. Routes [http://www.katbus.com/maps/route10.pdf 10], [http://www.katbus.com/maps/route11.pdf 11], [http://www.katbus.com/maps/route17.pdf 17], and [http://www.katbus.com/maps/route42.pdf 42] all cross Gay Street at or near Church Street, one block south of the library.<br> | |||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
*[ | *[http://www.knoxlib.org/ Knox County Public Library] hours and locations, go to catalog, explore the collection, calendar and programs, about, local and family history, kid zone, teen central, news, and events. <br> | ||
*[http://cat.knoxlib.org/uhtbin/cgisirsi/?ps=CqLAlqVghq/MILLERTOWN/249110466/60/1180/X KCPL catalog online]{{WC}} has keyword, author, title, subject, or series searches, and in [http://www.WorldCat.org WorldCat]. <br> | |||
=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
The Knox County Public Library's [ | 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.<ref name="DB85" /> | ||
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.<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.<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> | ||
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. | 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. | ||
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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. | 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 [ | The Knox County Public Library also offers the free online [http://cmdc.knoxlib.org/ Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection]. | ||
=== Guides === | === Guides === | ||
*[http://www.knoxlib.org/local-family-history Local and Family History] Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, Knox County Archives, East Tennessee Historical Society and Museum, Historical Resources A - Z, Getting Started with Genealogy, Events, and New at McClung. | |||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
[ | Many photographs are online in the [http://cmdc.knoxlib.org/ McClung Digital Collection]. | ||
=== Alternate Repositories === | === Alternate Repositories === | ||
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*[[National Archives at Atlanta]] records of federal agencies and courts for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, Indian records, and military records.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/genealogy.html Checklist of Records Available for Research into Family History at NARA's Southeast Region] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 13 February 2014).</ref> | *[[National Archives at Atlanta]] records of federal agencies and courts for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, Indian records, and military records.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/genealogy.html Checklist of Records Available for Research into Family History at NARA's Southeast Region] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 13 February 2014).</ref> | ||
*[[Tennessee State Library and Archives]], Nashville, African Americans, vital records, censuses, county records, tax lists, local histories, school censuses, manuscripts, military records, Native Americans, newspapers, obituary lists, maps, state agency records, petitions, Tennessee postcards, city directories, prison inmates, and TN county historians.<ref>[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm Research and Collections] in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' (accessed 23 May 2010).</ref> | *[[Tennessee State Library and Archives]], Nashville, African Americans, vital records,censuses, county records, tax lists, local histories, school censuses, manuscripts, military records, Native Americans, newspapers, obituary lists, maps, state agency records, petitions, Tennessee postcards, city directories, prison inmates, and TN county historians.<ref>[http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm Research and Collections] in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' (accessed 23 May 2010).</ref> | ||
'''''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 databases like Footnote.com, HeritageQuest, and TN Sanborn maps. | *[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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*[[Bristol Public Library]], Bristol, VA, not a big library, but important for finding families traveling the [[Great Valley Road]] into Tennessee and Kentucky.<ref name="DB105" /> | *[[Bristol Public Library]], Bristol, VA, not a big library, but important for finding families traveling the [[Great Valley Road]] into Tennessee and Kentucky.<ref name="DB105" /> | ||
*[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research|Clayton Library]], Houston, TX, censuses, military, passenger lists, periodicals, family histories, maps, Texas and Southern U.S. records, vertical files, British vital records index, German, Canadian records.<ref>[http://houstonlibrary.org/research/special-collections/clayton-library-center-genealogical-research/collections Collections] in '' Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research'' (accessed 14 January 2021).</ref> | *[[Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research|Clayton Library]], Houston, TX, censuses, military, passenger lists, periodicals, family histories, maps, Texas and Southern U.S. records, vertical files, British vital records index, German, Canadian records.<ref>[http://houstonlibrary.org/research/special-collections/clayton-library-center-genealogical-research/collections Collections] in '' Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research'' (accessed 14 January 2021).</ref> | ||
*[ | *[[Family History 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]] '' 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> | *[[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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Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] Ask a librarian form. Address:[2]
Telephone:[2] 865-215-8801 Hours:[2] Template:Adoption TNGenWeb
Directions, map, and public transportation:
Internet sites and databases:
has keyword, author, title, subject, or series searches, and in WorldCat. Collection Description[edit | edit source]The Knox County Public Library's 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.[3] 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.[4] 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 Calvin M. McClung Digital Collection. Guides[edit | edit source]
Tips[edit | edit source]Many photographs are online in the McClung Digital Collection. Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at the Knox County Public Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following. In the Same Building
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