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[http://www.lambuth.edu '''Memphis Conference United Methodist Archives''']<br>Luther L. Gobbel Library<br>Lambuth University<br>705 Lambuth Boulevard<br>Jackson, TN 38301<br>Telephone: 901-425-3270 | [http://www.lambuth.edu '''Memphis Conference United Methodist Archives''']<br>Luther L. Gobbel Library<br>Lambuth University<br>705 Lambuth Boulevard<br>Jackson, TN 38301<br>Telephone: 901-425-3270 | ||
Lambuth University Library houses an excellent collection of original Methodist newspapers, such as ''The Christian Advocate''. Death notices and obituaries for prominent Methodists from all over the region appeared in these newspapers. FHL has acquired abstracts and indexes: | Lambuth University Library houses an excellent collection of original Methodist newspapers, such as ''The Christian Advocate''. Death notices and obituaries for prominent Methodists from all over the region appeared in these newspapers. FHL has acquired abstracts and indexes: | ||
*Smith, Jonathan K.T. ''Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Louisville and Nashville Christian Advocate and the Nashville Christian Advocate''. [1852-1856] Jackson, Tenn.: J.K.T. Smith, 1997. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=654196 FHL US/CAN Book 976.855/N1 V48sj]. | *Smith, Jonathan K.T. ''Genealogical Abstracts from Reported Deaths, the Louisville and Nashville Christian Advocate and the Nashville Christian Advocate''. [1852-1856] Jackson, Tenn.: J.K.T. Smith, 1997. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=654196 FHL US/CAN Book 976.855/N1 V48sj]. | ||
*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. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=789366 FHL US/CAN Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851] ff. | *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. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=789366 FHL US/CAN Books 976.855/N1 V48s 1847-1851] ff. Free digital versions at [http://www.tngenweb.org/records/tn_wide/obits/nca/index.html David Donahue Memorial: Tennessee Records Repository]. | ||
For a general history of early Methodism in Tennessee, see: | For a general history of early Methodism in Tennessee, see: | ||
*McFerrin, John B. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/historymethodis00mcfegoog History of Methodism in Tennessee 1808-1818.] ''Nashville, Tenn.: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1871. Free digital copy, courtesy: Google Books. | *McFerrin, John B. ''[http://www.archive.org/details/historymethodis00mcfegoog History of Methodism in Tennessee 1808-1818.] ''Nashville, Tenn.: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1871. Free digital copy, courtesy: Google Books. | ||