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The term genealogy is used in this wiki and in the Family History Library Catalog to describe a variety of records containing family information previously gathered by other researchers, societies, or archives.  
The term genealogy is used in this wiki and in the Family History Library Catalog to describe a variety of records containing family information previously gathered by other researchers, societies, or archives.  


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Family histories sections have been started on each Tennessee county page. The goal is to identify all known published genealogies for each county's families.  
Family histories sections have been started on each Tennessee county page. The goal is to identify all known published genealogies for each county's families.  


For folks who settled in Tennessee before it became a state in 1796, the following publication, based on a lineage society that accepts as members people who descend from documented pre-1796 pioneers, is a tremendous resource:
For folks who settled in Tennessee before it became a state in 1796, the following publication, based on a lineage society that accepts as members people who descend from documented pre-1796 pioneers, is a tremendous resource:  


*East Tennessee Historical Society. ''First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants''. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=974123 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff].
*East Tennessee Historical Society. ''First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants''. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=974123 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 H2ff].
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