Tennessee Biographies: Difference between revisions

*''American Genealogical-Biographical Index.'' Volumes 1–198+. Middletown, Connecticut: Godfrey Memorial Library, 1952–.  {{FHL|193375|item|disp=FHL 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 Family History Library Call Numbers.'' Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990. {{FHL|655803|item|disp=FHL film 1698167 item 4; fiche 6088377; book 973 D22am index}} 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>  

*''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>  

*McBride, Robert M. ''Biographical Directory of the Tennessee General Assembly.'' Nashville, Tennessee: Tennessee State Library and Archives and the Tennessee Historical Commission, 1975. {{FHL|976.8 D3mc|disp=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.  

*''Memorial and Biographical Record: An Illustrated Compendium of Biography, Containing a Compendium of Local Biography,'' ''Including Biographical Sketches of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Part of the Cumberland Region of Tennessee, with a Review of Their Life Work; Their Identity with the Growth and Development of This Region; Reminiscences of Personal History and Pioneer Life; and Other Interesting and Valuable Matter Which Should Be Preserved in History''. Also a ''Compendium of Biography, Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of the Greatest Men and Celebrities America Has Produced in Various Walks of Life, Including Great Statesmen, Lawyers, Jurists, Scientists, Editors, Poets, Writers, Financiers, Railroad Magnates, Army and Navy Officers, Inventors, Speculators, Scouts, Merchant Princes, Humorists, Manufacturers, Abolitionists, Explorers, All the Presidents, Etc.''Chicago, Illinois: George A. Ogle and Company, 1898. {{FHL|1291|film|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Film 1291}}. A partial index is included in this record.  

*Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster, editors. ''Tennessee: The Volunteer State, 1769-1923''. 4 vols. Nashville: S.J.Clarke Publishing Co., 1923. (Family History Library Book 976.8 D3m v. 1-4.) This indexed four-volume set includes church information and Tennessee history in addition to three volumes of biographies. <br>  

*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. {{FHL|976.8 D3s|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.8 D3s}}; Film {{FHL|220890|title-id|disp=833388}}. A surname index is included. [http://www.archive.org/details/sketchesofpromin01spee Free digital copy Sloan Foundation].

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: [[Image:{{BenjaminHawkins}}]] TENNESSEE - BIOGRAPHY