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Allison, John Roy V. ''Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits.'' Two Volumes. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association, 1905. (FHL film 24567.) A surname index is included. | Allison, John Roy V. ''Notable Men of Tennessee: Personal and Genealogical with Portraits.'' Two Volumes. Atlanta, Georgia: Southern Historical Association, 1905. (FHL film 24567.) A surname index is included. | ||
''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–. | ''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–. (FHL book 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 films starting with 1698167.) This is a continuing series. An earlier edition of 48 volumes was published as The American Genealogical Index 1942–1951. The expanded edition consists of more than 198 volumes, indexing over 12 million brief citations (name, date, and source) to more than 1,150 manuscripts, periodicals, or books. This index is also available for a membership fee through Ancestry.com: | ||
[http://www.ancestry.com/agbi.htm www.ancestry.com/agbi.htm] | [http://www.ancestry.com/agbi.htm www.ancestry.com/agbi.htm] | ||
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McBride, Robert M. ''Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975. (FHL book 976.8 D3mc.) There are six volumes, each representing a specific time period between 1796 and 1991. A surname index is included in each volume. | McBride, Robert M. ''Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975. (FHL book 976.8 D3mc.) There are six volumes, each representing a specific time period between 1796 and 1991. A surname index is included in each volume. | ||
''Memorial and Biographical Record: An Illustrated Compendium of Biography, Containing a Compendium of Local Biography,'' ''Including Biographical Sketches of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Part of the Cumberland Region of Tennessee, with a Review of Their Life Work; Their Identity with the Growth and Development of This Region; Reminiscences of Personal History and Pioneer Life; and Other Interesting and Valuable Matter Which Should Be Preserved in History''. Also a ''Compendium of Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of the Greatest Men and Celebrities America Has Produced in Various Walks of Life, Including Great Statesmen, Lawyers, Jurists, Scientists, Editors, Poets, Writers, Financiers, Railroad Magnates, Army and Navy Officers, Inventors, Speculators, Scouts, Merchant Princes, Humorists, Manufacturers, Abolitionists, Explorers, All the Presidents, Etc. ''Chicago, Illinois: George A. Ogle and Company, 1898. (FHL film 1291.) A partial index is included in this record. | ''Memorial and Biographical Record: An Illustrated Compendium of Biography, Containing a Compendium of Local Biography,'' ''Including Biographical Sketches of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Part of the Cumberland Region of Tennessee, with a Review of Their Life Work; Their Identity with the Growth and Development of This Region; Reminiscences of Personal History and Pioneer Life; and Other Interesting and Valuable Matter Which Should Be Preserved in History''. Also a ''Compendium of Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of the Greatest Men and Celebrities America Has Produced in Various Walks of Life, Including Great Statesmen, Lawyers, Jurists, Scientists, Editors, Poets, Writers, Financiers, Railroad Magnates, Army and Navy Officers, Inventors, Speculators, Scouts, Merchant Princes, Humorists, Manufacturers, Abolitionists, Explorers, All the Presidents, Etc.''Chicago, Illinois: George A. Ogle and Company, 1898. (FHL film 1291.) A partial index is included in this record. | ||
''The Calvin M. McClung Collection'', which is described in the “[[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” section of this outline, contains biographical material for residents of Tennessee. | ''The Calvin M. McClung Collection'', which is described in the “[[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]” section of this outline, contains biographical material for residents of Tennessee. | ||
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The Surname Search of the Family History Library Catalog will lead you to biographies and published family histories on specific surnames. Using the term “Tennessee” in the Keyword Search will narrow the search to families in Tennessee. | The Surname Search of the Family History Library Catalog will lead you to biographies and published family histories on specific surnames. Using the term “Tennessee” in the Keyword Search will narrow the search to families in Tennessee. | ||
The Family History Library has many collected biographies and local or county histories with biographical sketches on residents. These can be found in | The Family History Library has many collected biographies and local or county histories with biographical sketches on residents. These can be found in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
TENNESSEE - BIOGRAPHY | TENNESSEE - BIOGRAPHY | ||
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http://geneasearch.com/biography/states/tennessee.htm | http://geneasearch.com/biography/states/tennessee.htm | ||
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