Tennessee Biographies: Difference between revisions

*''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–.  {{FSC|193375|item|disp=FS Library books 973 D22am ser. 2; film 1698167 (first of 31 films)}}; or online at [http://search.ancestry.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 FamilySearch Library Call Numbers.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. {{FSC|655803|item|disp=FS Library film 1698167 item 4; fiche 6088377; book 973 D22am index}} {{WorldCat|10570218|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}}

*Crutchfiled, James. ''Timeless Tennesseans''. Tomball, TX: Strode Publishers, 1984. {{FSC|294107|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 D3cj}} {{WorldCat|10570218|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}} 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. {{FSC|974123|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 H2ff}} {{WorldCat|44435788|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}}Includes full name indexes.<br>  

*Griffey, Irene, compiler. ''The Preemptors: Middle Tennessee's First Settlers''. Clarksville: P.p., 1989. {{FSC|507875|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 R2g}} {{WorldCat|20632828|item|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}} 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. {{FSC|220884|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 D3mc}} {{WorldCat|2006142|item|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}}There are six volumes, each representing a specific time period between 1796 and 1991. A surname index is included in each volume.  

*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. {{FSC|220890|item|disp=FS Library film 833388}} {{FSC|653116|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 D3s}} {{WorldCat|10557883|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}} A surname index is included. [https://www.archive.org/details/sketchesofpromin01spee Free digital copy Sloan Foundation].

*''Guide to the Draper Manuscripts'' by Josephine L. Harper.  Madison, Wisconsin: State. {{FSC|147518|item|disp=FS Library book 977.583/M1 A3h}}. This guide gives series and volume descriptions for some of the Draper manuscripts. There are several indexes at the end of the book, including a name and subject index, an additional personal data index, and a list of references to Illinois.

*''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts.'' <ref>Wolfe, Barbara Schull. ''Index to Lyman C. Draper Manuscripts.'' Logansport, Indiana: B.S. Wolfe, 197–?. {{FSC|446497|item|disp=FS Library book 977.583/M1 A3w}} </ref>The name index gives the series and volume numbers, but is not complete.

*Klebenow, Anne. ''200 Years Through 200 Stories: A Tennessee Bicentenial Collection''. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1996. {{FSC|1854502|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 D3k}} {{WorldCat|35784930|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}} Contains biographies of 200 persons important to Tennessee history arranged by time period.  

*Ray, Worth S. ''Tennessee Cousins: a History of Tennessee People''.1950. Reprint. Baltimore, Genealogical Pub. Co., 1989. {{FSC|514036|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 D2r 1968}} This history includes biographies of families of each county since the Watauga settlement.<br>