Chattanooga Public Library Downtown

United States Tennessee Archives and Libraries Chattanooga Public Library Downtown

Chattanooga Public Library Downtown

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:^[1] localhistory@lib.chattanooga.gov

Address:^[1]

1001 Broad Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402

Telephone:^[1] 423-757-5310

Hours:^[1] Mondays-Thursdays 9a.m.-8p.m.; Fridays-Saturdays 9a.m.-6p.m.; closed Sundays

Directions, maps, and public transportation:^[2]

Google Map of Chattanooga Public Library

Internet sites and databases:

Repository Internet site {create a link for each bullet, and then give a line or two listing content so the reader will know if it is worthwhile to click on that link}.
Repository catalog online.
Repository database.
other(s).

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Includes the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on North Carolina.^[3] Internet genealogy databases, census, newspapers, obituary index, county records, 30,000 books, manuscripts, and genealogical periodicals.^[4]

Tips[edit | edit source]

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Guides[edit | edit source]

{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. }

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

{ List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.}

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Chattanooga Public Library Downtown, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}
such as: NARA I
NARA II
National Archives at _____
State Archives
State Library

Similar Collections

National Personnel Records Center
LC
FHL

Neighboring Collections

State Vital Records Office
County Vital Records Office
City Vital Records Office
County Archives
County Orphan's Court
County Probate Court
County Recorder
County Coroner
State Historical Society
County and local historical societies
State Genealogical Society
County and local historical societies
Public Libraries
Museums and heritage societies
University Libraries
U.S. District Court
Church archives
Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]

Sources[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Contact Us in Chattanooga Public Library (accessed 18 February 2014).
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named S1
↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 85. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
↑ Local History and Genealogy Department in Chattanooga Public Library (accessed 11 February 2014).

[Contact_Us-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Contact Us in Chattanooga Public Library (accessed 18 February 2014).

[S1-2] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named S1

[DB85-3] William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 85. At various libraries (WorldCat). FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.

[4] Local History and Genealogy Department in Chattanooga Public Library (accessed 11 February 2014).

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