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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- See United States Newspapers for more databases
- 1793-1982 Tennessee Newspaper Archives (1793 - 1982), GenealogyBank, ($)
- 1800s-1999 U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999 at Ancestry - index ($)
- 1870-2009 Tennessee Newspapers (1870-2009), MyHeritage, ($)
- Names and Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com (Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky) at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
- Tennessee Online Historical Newspapers
- Chronicling America Tennessee Digitized Newspapers
- Tennessee Newspapers ($)
- NewspaperArchive
- Tennessee, U.S., Newspapers.com Stories and Events Index at Ancestry — index & images ($)
- Newspapers.com
- Tennessee State Library and Archives, 19th Century Newspapers, requires Tennessee residence
- Tennessee Newspapers
- USNPL: Tennessee - This site provides links to Tennessee historical newspaper and current newspaper websites
- The University of Tennessee Libraries' "Research Guide to Newspapers" helps researchers know of the newspapers available in their collection and provides links to websites with newspapers.
Resources for Tennessee Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
The Tennessee State Library and Archives has an extensive collection of almost all Tennessee newspapers. For a list of what is at the Tennessee State Library and Archives, see their Internet site:
More than 6,000 newspapers have been identified for the Tennessee Newspaper Project. Their Internet site has a database you can search to find a newspaper’s title, town, life span, and repository:
- Tennessee Newspaper Project in the University of Tennessee—Knoxville Libraries.
Contact the repository for further details. Many allow you to borrow microfilm copies through interlibrary loan.
Locating Tennessee Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Newspaper Directory
The U.S. Newspaper Directory, 1690-Present is a national directory from the Library of Congress of over 140,000 newspaper titles. The directory provides a list of libraries from around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.
FamilySearch
For more resources regarding local newspapers for Tennessee, use the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- TENNESSEE - NEWSPAPERS
- TENNESSEE, [COUNTY], NEWSPAPERS
- TENNESSEE, [COUNTY], [TOWN] - NEWSPAPERS
- TENNESSEE - OBITUARIES
- TENNESSEE, [COUNTY] - VITAL RECORDS
Digital Newspapers Online[edit | edit source]
Chronicling America has some historical issues for the state of Tennessee online.
Published Newspaper Resources[edit | edit source]
The FamilySearch Library has some Tennessee newspapers and newspaper extracts on microfilm; for example:
- Creekmore, Pollyanna. Tennessee Newspaper Extracts and Abstracts. Knoxville, Tennessee: Clinchdale Press, 1995–. FS Catalog book 976.885/K1 B38c v. 1-2 This is a work in progress. Two volumes have been published covering the years 1816–1839. A third volume covering 1840–1849 is being prepared.
- Eddlemon, Sherida K. Genealogical Abstracts of Tennessee Newspapers. 3 vols. Bowie, Maryland: Heritage, 1988. FS Catalog book 976.8 D2e Three Volumes. Volume 1 covers 1791–1808, volume 2 covers 1803 to 1812, and volume 3 covers 1821–1828.
The Christian Advocate is a Methodist newspaper. Death records from this publication have been abstracted:
- Smith, Jonathan K.T. Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Nashville Christian Advocate. [1847-1914] 10 vols. [Jackson, Tenn.]: J.K.T. Smith, 1997-2003. FS Catalog book 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851 digital versions at David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository. [Website expands upon the publications and includes deaths from the 1830s, 1840s, 1910s and 1920s.]
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