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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="Contact Us">[http://chattlibrary.org/contact Contact Us] in ''Chattanooga Public Library'' (accessed 18 February 2014).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref name="Contact Us">[http://chattlibrary.org/contact Contact Us] in ''Chattanooga Public Library'' (accessed 18 February 2014).</ref> [mailto:localhistory@lib.chattanooga.gov localhistory@lib.chattanooga.gov] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref name="Contact Us" /> | '''Address:'''<ref name="Contact Us" /> | ||
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:Chattanooga, TN 37402<br><br> | :Chattanooga, TN 37402<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Contact Us" /> | '''Telephone:'''<ref name="Contact Us" /> 423-757-5310<br> | ||
'''Hours:'''<ref name="Contact Us" /> | '''Hours:'''<ref name="Contact Us" /> Mondays-Thursdays 9a.m.-8p.m.; Fridays-Saturdays 9a.m.-6p.m.; closed Sundays<br> | ||
'''Map and public transportation:'''<br> | '''Map and public transportation:'''<br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
Includes the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref name="DB85">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 85. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> | Includes the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on '''''North Carolina'''''.<ref name="DB85">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 85. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Internet genealogy databases, censuses, newspapers, obituary index, county records, 30,000 books, manuscripts, and genealogical periodicals.<ref>[https://chattlibrary.org/resources-genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Department] in ''Chattanooga Public Library'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref> | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | '''''Similar Collections'''''<br> | ||
*[[Knox County Public Library|Knox County Public Library]], Knoxville, has the best index to '''''North Carolina''''' families,<ref name="DB85" /> | *[[Knox County Public Library|Knox County Public Library]], Knoxville, has the best index to '''''North Carolina''''' families,<ref name="DB85" /> Internet genealogy databases, 75,000 books, genealogies, ''First Families of Tennessee'', manuscripts, censuses, state and local government records, newspapers, Knoxville city directories, maps, and photos.<ref>[http://www.knoxlib.org/local-family-history/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref> '' In the same building:''<br> | ||
:*[[East Tennessee Historical Society]] has for over 175 years recorded stories, collected artifacts, and educated visitors with lectures, and publications such as ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44435788 First Families of Tennessee]'', and the new ''Civil War Families of Tennessee''. The original submission files for ''First Families of Tennessee'' and surname files are accessible to the public.<ref>[https://www.easttnhistory.org/FFT First Families of Tennessee] in ''East Tennessee Historical Society'' (accessed 4 January 2021).</ref> | :*[[East Tennessee Historical Society]] has for over 175 years recorded stories, collected artifacts, and educated visitors with lectures, and publications such as ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44435788 First Families of Tennessee]'', and the new ''Civil War Families of Tennessee''. The original submission files for ''First Families of Tennessee'' and surname files are accessible to the public.<ref>[https://www.easttnhistory.org/FFT First Families of Tennessee] in ''East Tennessee Historical Society'' (accessed 4 January 2021).</ref> | ||
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*[http://www.hctgs.org/ Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society] shares information on the Internet about county research and resources: Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, churches, communities, courts, deaths, deeds, families, histories, maps, marriages, military, obituaries, photos, queries, schools and wills.<ref>[http://www.hctgs.org/ Home] in ''Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogical Society'' (accessed 21 February 2014).</ref> | *[http://www.hctgs.org/ Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogy Society] shares information on the Internet about county research and resources: Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, churches, communities, courts, deaths, deeds, families, histories, maps, marriages, military, obituaries, photos, queries, schools and wills.<ref>[http://www.hctgs.org/ Home] in ''Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogical Society'' (accessed 21 February 2014).</ref> | ||
*[http://www.tned.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee], Chattanooga, recent civil/criminal court records.<ref>[http://www.tned.uscourts.gov/ Home] in ''U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee'' (accessed 20 February 2014).</ref> | *[http://www.tned.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee], Chattanooga, recent civil/criminal court records.<ref>[http://www.tned.uscourts.gov/ Home] in ''U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee'' (accessed 20 February 2014).</ref> | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties: in Tennessee:''''' | *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties: in Tennessee:''''' [[Anderson County, Tennessee|Anderson]], [[Bledsoe County, Tennessee|Bledsoe]], [[Bradley County, Tennessee|Bradley]], [[Marion County, Tennessee|Marion]], [[Meigs County, Tennessee|Meigs]], [[Rhea County, Tennessee|Rhea]], [[Sequatchie County, Tennessee|Sequatchie]], '''''in Georgia:''''' [[Dade County, Georgia Genealogy|Dade]], [[Walker County, Georgia Genealogy|Walker]], and [[Whitfield County, Georgia Genealogy|Whitfield]]. | ||
*[http://www.lib.utk.edu/ University of Tennessee Hodges Library], Knoxville, manuscripts, biographies, genealogies, county histories, church records, federal records, American Indians especially Cherokees, and river traffic. <ref name="DB105">Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref> | *[http://www.lib.utk.edu/ University of Tennessee Hodges Library], Knoxville, manuscripts, biographies, genealogies, county histories, church records, federal records, American Indians especially Cherokees, and river traffic. <ref name="DB105">Dollarhide and Bremer, 105.</ref> | ||
*[http://www.wagsnetn.org/ Watauga Association of Genealogists], Johnson City, meetings, services, publications, genealogists. | *[http://www.wagsnetn.org/ Watauga Association of Genealogists], Johnson City, meetings, services, publications, genealogists. | ||
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library], Salt Lake City, UT, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | *[https://www.familysearch.org/family-history-library/welcome-to-the-family-history-library Family History Library], Salt Lake City, UT, holds 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | ||
*[[Library of Virginia]], Richmond, large genealogy collection including births and deaths 1853-1896, marriages before 1936, histories, biographies, newspapers, Bibles, and huge manuscript collection (about half online), military and Civil War records, deeds, wills and other court records.<ref name="DB113">Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.</ref> <ref name="VDH">[http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vital_records/gene.htm Genealogy] in ''Virginia Department of Health'' (accessed 4 January 2014).</ref> Many early Tennessee settlers were from Virginia and North Carolina.<br> | *[[Library of Virginia]], Richmond, large genealogy collection including births and deaths 1853-1896, marriages before 1936, histories, biographies, newspapers, Bibles, and huge manuscript collection (about half online), military and Civil War records, deeds, wills and other court records.<ref name="DB113">Dollarhide and Bremer, 113.</ref> <ref name="VDH">[http://www.vdh.state.va.us/vital_records/gene.htm Genealogy] in ''Virginia Department of Health'' (accessed 4 January 2014).</ref> Many early Tennessee settlers were from Virginia and North Carolina.<br> | ||
*[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]], CA, holds the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]] | *[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]], CA, holds the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]] '' but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of '''''Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia ''''' families.<ref name="DB85" /> <ref>[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ The Tina Brayton Collection] in ''Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref> | ||
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