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Top Ten Tennessee History Reference Books. The webmistress of the Jefferson county usgenweb website "tried to create a list of her personal [http://jefferson.tngenealogy.net/research-aids/56-research-guidance/559-top-ten-tennessee-history-reference-books Top Ten Tennessee History Reference Books."] | Top Ten Tennessee History Reference Books. The webmistress of the Jefferson county usgenweb website "tried to create a list of her personal [http://jefferson.tngenealogy.net/research-aids/56-research-guidance/559-top-ten-tennessee-history-reference-books Top Ten Tennessee History Reference Books."] | ||
The best local history for genealogists is: | The best local history for genealogists is: | ||
*Goodspeed firm, publishers, Chicago. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/historyoftenness00good History of Tennessee, from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties]. ''Nashville, Tenn., The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886. Free digital copy. | *Goodspeed firm, publishers, Chicago. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/historyoftenness00good History of Tennessee, from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties]. ''Nashville, Tenn., The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886. Free digital copy. | ||
*''Goodspeed History of Tennessee <ref>''Goodspeed History of Tennessee''. [Nashville, Tennessee]: Restoration and Reproduction Section, Library and Archives Division, Tennessee Dept. of Education, 1965. Micro-reproduction of county sections of: ''History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present''. Nashville, Tennessee: Goodspeed Publishing, 1886–1887. {{FHL|899865|film}}</ref>''This source contains histories of Tennessee counties, including a military history and an appendix of biographies. | *''Goodspeed History of Tennessee <ref>''Goodspeed History of Tennessee''. [Nashville, Tennessee]: Restoration and Reproduction Section, Library and Archives Division, Tennessee Dept. of Education, 1965. Micro-reproduction of county sections of: ''History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present''. Nashville, Tennessee: Goodspeed Publishing, 1886–1887. {{FHL|899865|film}}</ref>''This source contains histories of Tennessee counties, including a military history and an appendix of biographies. | ||
Here is a list of some Tennessee state histories: | Here is a list of some Tennessee state histories: | ||
*Carpenter, W.H. ''The History of Tennessee from Its EarliestSettlement to the Present Time''. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1856. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoftenness00carpiala Internet Archive]. | *Carpenter, W.H. ''The History of Tennessee from Its EarliestSettlement to the Present Time''. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1856. Digital version at [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoftenness00carpiala Internet Archive]. | ||
*Hale, Will T. and Merritt, Dixon L. '' | *Hale, Will T. and Merritt, Dixon L. ''A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans - The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities''. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1913. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=30088 Ancestry] ($); [http://www.archive.org/details/ahistorytenness01merrgoog Internet Archive]. | ||
*Hamer, Philip M. ''Tennessee, a History, 1673-1932,'' 4 volumes. New York: American Historical Society, 1935. | *Hamer, Philip M. ''Tennessee, a History, 1673-1932,'' 4 volumes. New York: American Historical Society, 1935. | ||
*Haywood, John.[http://www.archive.org/details/civilpoliticalhi00hayw ''The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796, including the Boundaries of the State'']'''''.'''Nashville, Tennessee: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1891. Free ditigal copy.'' | *Haywood, John.[http://www.archive.org/details/civilpoliticalhi00hayw ''The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796, including the Boundaries of the State'']'''''.'''Nashville, Tennessee: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1891. Free ditigal copy.'' | ||
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*''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century:'' <ref>Ramsey, James Gettys McGready. ''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century:'' Comprising Its Settlement as the Watauga Association, from 1769–1777; a Part of North Carolina, from 1777 to 1784; the State of Franklin, from 1788 to 1790; the Territory of the U.S. South of the Ohio, from 1790 to 1796; the State of Tennessee, from 1790 to 1800''. 1853. Reprint, Not published: 1967. (Family History Library book {{FHL|221607|title-id|disp=976.8 H2r; film 24525}}.) </ref>This extensive history of the early settlement era includes a map, a few biographical sketches, and an index. | *''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century:'' <ref>Ramsey, James Gettys McGready. ''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century:'' Comprising Its Settlement as the Watauga Association, from 1769–1777; a Part of North Carolina, from 1777 to 1784; the State of Franklin, from 1788 to 1790; the Territory of the U.S. South of the Ohio, from 1790 to 1796; the State of Tennessee, from 1790 to 1800''. 1853. Reprint, Not published: 1967. (Family History Library book {{FHL|221607|title-id|disp=976.8 H2r; film 24525}}.) </ref>This extensive history of the early settlement era includes a map, a few biographical sketches, and an index. | ||
*Smith, Daniel. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/shortdescription00smit A Short Description of the State of Tennessee ]: lately called the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio ; to accompany and explain a map of that country.'' (A very early history.) Philadelphia: Printer for Mathew Carey by Lang and Ustick, 1796. Free digital copy. | *Smith, Daniel. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/shortdescription00smit A Short Description of the State of Tennessee ]: lately called the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio ; to accompany and explain a map of that country.'' (A very early history.) Philadelphia: Printer for Mathew Carey by Lang and Ustick, 1796. Free digital copy. | ||
*''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture'' <ref>West, Carroll Van. ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History &amp;amp;amp; Culture''. Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998. (Family History Library book http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Tennessee+encyclopedia+of+history+an%20%20&amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 976.8 H2tefckLR {{dead link}}.) </ref>This comprehensive alphabetical work contains topics, biographies, and events representing aspects and disciplines of Tennessee’s history. | *''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture'' <ref>West, Carroll Van. ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History &amp;amp;amp;amp; Culture''. Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998. (Family History Library book http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&amp;amp;amp;amp;disp=The+Tennessee+encyclopedia+of+history+an%20%20&amp;amp;amp;amp;columns=*,0,0 976.8 H2tefckLR {{dead link}}.) </ref>This comprehensive alphabetical work contains topics, biographies, and events representing aspects and disciplines of Tennessee’s history. | ||
*Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster, editors. ''Tennessee: The Volunteer State, 1769-1923''. 4 vols. Nashville: S.J.Clarke Publishing Co., 1923. (Family History Library Book 976.8 D3m v. 1-4.) This indexed four-volume set includes church information and Tennessee history in addition to three volumes of biographies. <br> | *Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster, editors. ''Tennessee: The Volunteer State, 1769-1923''. 4 vols. Nashville: S.J.Clarke Publishing Co., 1923. (Family History Library Book 976.8 D3m v. 1-4.) This indexed four-volume set includes church information and Tennessee history in addition to three volumes of biographies. <br> | ||