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The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from many Tennessee cemeteries. The DAR collection is described in the [[Tennessee Genealogy|Tennessee Genealogy]] article. | The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from many Tennessee cemeteries. The DAR collection is described in the [[Tennessee Genealogy|Tennessee Genealogy]] article. | ||
Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions. The USGenWeb Archives | Genealogical society members often copy and publish tombstone inscriptions. The USGenWeb Archives has records of more than 800 cemeteries listed county-by-county on their Internet site: | ||
*''[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/tenn.html The Tennessee Tombstone Transcription Project in USGenWeb Archives Digital Library].'' Highlighted cemeteries include tombstone abstracts. | *''[http://www.usgwtombstones.org/tennessee/tenn.html The Tennessee Tombstone Transcription Project in USGenWeb Archives Digital Library].'' Highlighted cemeteries include tombstone abstracts. | ||
*Search [http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchtn.htm Tennessee tombstone abstracts] | *Search [http://www.usgwarchives.net/search/search.cgi/searchtn.htm Tennessee tombstone abstracts] | ||
Once a cemetery listing is found for relatives in books or online, local volunteers through [http://www.raogk.org/tennesse.htm Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness], in many Tennessee counties, are willing to visit the cemetery and photograph gravestones for free. | Once a cemetery listing is found for relatives in books or online, local volunteers through [http://www.raogk.org/tennesse.htm Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness], in many Tennessee counties, are willing to visit the cemetery and photograph gravestones for free. | ||
A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts and the book and film numbers to locate them at the Family History Library as of 1988 is: | A county-by-county list of cemetery record transcripts and the book and film numbers to locate them at the Family History Library as of 1988 is: | ||