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===Contact Information=== | ===Contact Information=== | ||
''' | '''Email:''' <br> | ||
'''Address:'''< | '''Address:'''<br> | ||
:7779 Poplar Pike<br> | :7779 Poplar Pike<br> | ||
:Germantown, TN 38138<br> | :Germantown, TN 38138<br> | ||
'''Telephone:''' | '''Telephone:''' | ||
*Regional Historical and Genealogical Center 901-757-8480<br> | *Regional Historical and Genealogical Center 901-757-8480<br> | ||
*Tennessee Genealogical Society 901-754-4300 <br> | *Tennessee Genealogical Society 901-754-4300 <br> | ||
''' | '''Holidays:''' New Year's Day, Martin Luther King birthday, President's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and following Friday, and Christmas Day. | ||
'''Directions, maps:''' [http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis click here]. '''Buses:''' Memphis (MATA) bus [http://www.matatransit.com/mapsandschedules/route-schedules route 50 and route 69] stop near the Center. | |||
'''Directions, maps:''' | |||
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | '''Internet sites and databases:''' <br> | ||
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*[https://www.germantown-tn.gov/play/germantown-regional-history-and-genealogy-center Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center] mission, description, collections, programs and events.<br> | *[https://www.germantown-tn.gov/play/germantown-regional-history-and-genealogy-center Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center] mission, description, collections, programs and events.<br> | ||
*[http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society] history, mission, news, research help, events, meetings, classes, photographs. | *[http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society] history, mission, news, research help, events, meetings, classes, photographs. | ||
===Collection Description=== | ===Collection Description=== | ||
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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | '''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Tennessee State Library and Archives|Tennessee State Library and Archives]], Nashville, African Americans, vital records, | *[[Tennessee State Library and Archives|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>"Research and Collections" in ''Tennessee Archives and Libraries'' in Tennessee Department of State at http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/Collections.htm (accessed 23 May 2010).</ref> <br> | ||
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
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'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | '''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[ | *[https://www.memphislibrary.org/learn/history/genealogy/ Memphis Public Library], microfilmed and indexed Memphis and Shelby County records, censuses, genealogies, periodicals, especially for the southern USA, passenger lists, Dawes Comm. index, DAR lineages, Ancestry.com. | ||
*[ | *[https://www.shelbytnhealth.com/285/BirthDeath-Certificates Memphis and Shelby County Health Department] | ||
*[ | *[https://register.shelby.tn.us/archives Shelby County Archives] | ||
*[https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/74/County-Clerk Shelby County Clerk] | *[https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/74/County-Clerk Shelby County Clerk] | ||
*[ | *[https://register.shelby.tn.us/ Shelby County Register] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/227/Probate-Court Shelby County Probate Court] | ||
*[ | *[https://www.shelbycountytn.gov/338/Circuit-Court-Clerk Shelby County Clerk of the Circuit Court] | ||
*[http://chancerycourt.shelbycountytn.gov/ Shelby County Clerk of the Chancery Court] | *[http://chancerycourt.shelbycountytn.gov/ Shelby County Clerk of the Chancery Court] | ||
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*[http://www.thehermitage.com/ The Hermitage Museum], home of President Andrew Jackson, Nashville, to learn about | Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Tipton County, Tennessee|Tipton]], [[Fayette County, Tennessee|Fayette]], [[Marshall County, Mississippi Genealogy|Marshall MS]], [[DeSoto County, Mississippi Genealogy|DeSoto MS]], [[Crittenden County, Arkansas Genealogy|Crittenden AR]], [[Mississippi County, Arkansas Genealogy|Mississippi AR]].<br> | ||
*[http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ | *[http://www.thehermitage.com/ The Hermitage Museum], home of President Andrew Jackson, Nashville, to learn about Tennessee lifestyles.<br> | ||
*[http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/ Vanderbilt University Library], Nashville, biography, history, newspapers, ProQuest, America History & Life. | |||
*[http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=71 Tennessee State University Library], Nashville, biography, ethnic studies, history, newspapers, JSTOR, Civil War. | *[http://www.tnstate.edu/interior.asp?mid=71 Tennessee State University Library], Nashville, biography, ethnic studies, history, newspapers, JSTOR, Civil War. | ||
*[http://www.lib.utk.edu/ University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries] documentary histories, ArchivesUSA, newspapers, and ProQuest. | *[http://www.lib.utk.edu/ University of Tennessee Knoxville Libraries] documentary histories, ArchivesUSA, newspapers, and ProQuest. | ||
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/patrons/genealogists.html State Library of North Carolina], Raleigh, family history, Bibles, marriages, deaths, newspapers, deeds, photos. | *[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/patrons/genealogists.html State Library of North Carolina], Raleigh, family history, Bibles, marriages, deaths, newspapers, deeds, photos. | ||
*[http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/news/ngs/index.html North Carolina State Archives], Raleigh, census, military, courts, bond, deed, estate, vital record, tax, wills. | *[http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/news/ngs/index.html North Carolina State Archives], Raleigh, census, military, courts, bond, deed, estate, vital record, tax, wills. | ||
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Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Kentucky Archives and Libraries|Kentucky]], [[Virginia Archives and Libraries|Virginia]], [[Georgia Archives and Libraries|Georgia]], [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Mississippi]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Missouri Archives and Libraries|Missouri]].<br> | |||
*[[National Archives at Atlanta]] (''i.e.'' Morrow), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers arrival indexes, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, workshops. | *[[National Archives at Atlanta]] (''i.e.'' Morrow), federal censuses, Ancestry.com, military, pensions, bounty-land, photos, passengers arrival indexes, naturalizations, Native Americans, African Americans, workshops. | ||
*[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<br> | *[[Allen County Public Library|Allen County Public Library]] (Indiana) has a premier genealogical periodical collection, genealogies, local histories, databases, military, censuses, directories, passenger lists, American Indians, African Americans, Canadians.<br> | ||
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]Email: Address:
Telephone:
Holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King birthday, President's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and following Friday, and Christmas Day. Directions, maps: click here. Buses: Memphis (MATA) bus route 50 and route 69 stop near the Center. Internet sites and databases:
Collection Description[edit | edit source]The Tennessee Genealogical Society uses this facility as its headquarters and repository. This collection emphasizes the Mid-South, Eastern, and Southern States. The Tennessee collection includes genealogy, local history, politics, government, family histories, and personal papers. Their genealogical collection contains databases, Tennessee Genealogical Society articles online, bibliographies, biographies, vital records, cemeteries, census, church, city directories, local histories, oral histories, court records, heraldry, immigration records, land, tax, maps, newspapers, military, periodicals, photographs, research guides, abstracts, indexes, recommended websites, and CDs. Researchers can use vertical files that have clippings and loose papers of biographies, cemeteries, family surname files, churches, clubs, and obituaries, among others. The Center has over 440 microfilms of censuses, court records, and newspapers. Specialized collections consist of Civil War histories, American Indians of the South including Dawes Commission and Guion Miller rolls, DAR records, ships passenger lists, European and U.S. history, biographies of royalty and statesmen, journals, and diaries.[1] Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]If you cannot visit or find a source at theGermantown Regional History and Genealogy Center, a similar source may be available at one of the following. Overlapping Collections
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