FamilySearch Wiki

Tennessee Biographies: Difference between revisions

Page Talk

Tennessee Biographies (view source)

Revision as of 15:20, 27 July 2010

6 bytes added ,  27 July 2010
m
typo
VisualWikitext
m (added book)
m (typo)
Line 30: Line 30:
*''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–.  [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=193375&disp=The+American+genealogical%2Dbiographical%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Books 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 films starting with 1698167]; or online at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f2=&gskw=American+Genealogical-Biographical+Index&f21=&f30=&f11=&rg_f10__date=&rs_f10__date=0&f26=&ctx=%2FMercury%2FPages%2FCardCatListBoolean.aspx&ccType=search&db=dbatitles&ti=5561&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3&_F0003A49-int=1 Ancestry] ($) or [http://www.godfrey.org/ Godfrey Memorial Library] ($). 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. To help interpret citations and to locate the original sources, use the colored pages in some volumes, or use: ''Key Title Index to the American Genealogical Biographical Index: Register of Family History Library Call Numbers.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+D22am+index FHL US/CAN Book 973 D22am index]; Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1698167 item 4]; Fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog++ 6088377]. This shows the call numbers for those sources that are at the Family History Library.  
*''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–.  [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=193375&disp=The+American+genealogical%2Dbiographical%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Books 973 D22am ser. 2; on 31 films starting with 1698167]; or online at [http://search.ancestryinstitution.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f2=&gskw=American+Genealogical-Biographical+Index&f21=&f30=&f11=&rg_f10__date=&rs_f10__date=0&f26=&ctx=%2FMercury%2FPages%2FCardCatListBoolean.aspx&ccType=search&db=dbatitles&ti=5561&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3&_F0003A49-int=1 Ancestry] ($) or [http://www.godfrey.org/ Godfrey Memorial Library] ($). 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. To help interpret citations and to locate the original sources, use the colored pages in some volumes, or use: ''Key Title Index to the American Genealogical Biographical Index: Register of Family History Library Call Numbers.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+D22am+index FHL US/CAN Book 973 D22am index]; Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog%20%20&columns=*,0,0 1698167 item 4]; Fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=655803&disp=Key+title+index+to+the+American+genealog++ 6088377]. This shows the call numbers for those sources that are at the Family History Library.  
*Crutchfiled, James. ''Timeless Tennesseans''. Tomball, TX: Strode Publishers, 1984. (Family History Library Book 976.8 D3cj.) Indexed biographical sketches and illustrations.<br>  
*Crutchfiled, James. ''Timeless Tennesseans''. Tomball, TX: Strode Publishers, 1984. (Family History Library Book 976.8 D3cj.) Indexed biographical sketches and illustrations.<br>  
*''First Families of Tennessee: a Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants''. Knoxville, Tennessee : East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. (Family History Library Book 976.8 H2ff.) Includes full name indexes.<br>
*''First Families of Tennessee: a Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants''. Knoxville, Tennessee&nbsp;: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. (Family History Library Book 976.8 H2ff.) Includes full name indexes.<br>  
*Griffey, Irene, compiler. ''The Preemptors: Middle Tennessee's First Settlers''. Clarksville: P.p., 1989. (Family History Library Book 976.8 R2g.) Notes if grants were made to the resident (at the time that the commissioners visited in 1782-3) or to an assignee.<br>  
*Griffey, Irene, compiler. ''The Preemptors: Middle Tennessee's First Settlers''. Clarksville: P.p., 1989. (Family History Library Book 976.8 R2g.) Notes if grants were made to the resident (at the time that the commissioners visited in 1782-3) or to an assignee.<br>  
*McBride, Robert M. ''Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3mc FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;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. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3mc FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;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.  
Line 37: Line 37:
*Speer, William S. ''Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. 1888.'' Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1997. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3s FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.8 D3s]; Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=220890&disp=Sketches+of+prominent+Tennesseans++ 833388]. A surname index is included. [http://www.archive.org/details/sketchesofpromin01spee Free digital copy Sloan Foundation].
*Speer, William S. ''Sketches of Prominent Tennesseans: Containing Biographies and Records of Many of the Families Who Have Attained Prominence in Tennessee. 1888.'' Reprint, Greenville, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1997. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=976.8+D3s FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.8 D3s]; Film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=220890&disp=Sketches+of+prominent+Tennesseans++ 833388]. A surname index is included. [http://www.archive.org/details/sketchesofpromin01spee Free digital copy Sloan Foundation].


he 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 Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under:  
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:  
Line 57: Line 57:
'''Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center'''<br>7779 Poplar Pike <br>Germantown, TN 38138<br>Telephone: 901-757-8480<br>Internet: [http://www.germantown-tn.gov/index.aspx?page=765 http://www.germantown-tn.gov]  
'''Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center'''<br>7779 Poplar Pike <br>Germantown, TN 38138<br>Telephone: 901-757-8480<br>Internet: [http://www.germantown-tn.gov/index.aspx?page=765 http://www.germantown-tn.gov]  


The [[Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center|Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center]] (GRHGC) is the special collections division of Germantown Community Library. It is a repository for non-circulating books, microfilm,&nbsp;periodicals, photographs, and maps&nbsp;for genealogical and historical research&nbsp;for the Mid-South, Eastern and Southern states.  
The [[Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center|Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center]] (GRHGC) is the special collections division of Germantown Community Library. It is a repository for non-circulating books, microfilm,&nbsp;periodicals, photographs, and maps&nbsp;for genealogical and historical research&nbsp;for the Mid-South, Eastern and Southern states.


=== Select Bibliography  ===
=== Select Bibliography  ===
Pipkincm
3,967

edits

Retrieved from "https://integration-ru.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/398173"