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General Genealogy

Blacksheep Ancestors of Tennessee

Census Records

TN Census Records by US Census Project
TN Census Records by Census-online.com
TN Census Records by Censusfinder.com
TN Census Records on line by DistantCousin.com
1880 TN Census Search by FamilySearch.org LDS

Special Census Records

TN Census Tract Maps (finding District Numbers & Wards) by UTK.edu
Berry (Barry - Bery) Surname extracted from 1870 TN Census's by USGenweb
Brewster (Bruster) Surname extracted from 1860 TN Census's by USGenweb
Davis Surname extracted from 1803-1850 TN Early Census's by USGenweb
Frazier (& variants) Surname extracted from 1850 TN Census's | Frazier 1860 TN | Frazier 1870 TN by USGenweb

Gibson Surname extracted from 1860 TN Census's by USGenweb

Isbell (Isbill) Surname extracted from 1860 TN Census's by USGenweb

Langford (Lankford) Surname extracted from 1860 TN Census's by USGenweb

May Surname extracted from 1830 & 1840 TN Census's by USGenweb

McCoy Surname extracted from 1820 TN Census's by USGenweb

Cemetery Transcriptions

TN Cemetery Directory by Cemetery Junction

TN Tombstone Project by Rootsweb

TN Cemetery Transcriptions by Interment.net

Searchable Inscriptions TN by FindaGrave.com

Chambers family extracted Gravesites (all TN) by USGenweb

Kerr family extracted Gravesites (all TN) by USGenweb

Moon family extracted Gravesites (all TN) by USGenweb

TN Confederate Soldiers in Crown Hill Cemetery (Indianapolis) - by USGenweb

TN Confederate Prisoners buried in Greenbush Cemetery (Layfayette, IN) - USGenweb

TN Confederate Soldiers buried in University of Virginia Cemetery USGenweb

TN Union Soldiers buried in Arlington National Cemetery by USGenweb

Court Records - Probates - Wills

TN State Penitentiary Inmates 1831-1850 TN State Library

TN Property Claims 1871-1873 (Southern Claims Commission) TN State Library

Cultural Information
African American

TN People of Color by TNGenweb

1861-1869 TN Freedmen's Bureau Marriages by Freedmen's Bureau.com

1860 Slavery Statistics of TN by J Weaver

TN Native American Tribes by AccessGenealogy.com

The First People of TN by TNGenweb

Cherokee

Cherokee Town Names by Bureau of Ethnology 1883

Cherokee by Blood by TNGenweb

Cherokee History-Locations-Tribal Divisions in TN by Access Genealogy

1835 Cherokee Census Index of TN: A-F | G-L | M-S | T-Z by Access Genealogy

Chickasaw:

Chickasaw Cessions of TN by TNGenweb

Chickasaw History-Locations-Tribal Divisions by AccessGenealogy

Creek:

1832 Creek Census by Indian Tribal Town Name Access Genealogy

1860 Creek Nation Census A-L

M-Y Tex Lance

1882 Creek Census by Tribal Town by Tex Lance

Shawnee

Shawnee History - Locations - Tribal Divisions Access Genealogy

1871 Shawnee Census Access Genealogy

Local History

The Goodspeed Publishing Company: A History of Tennessee (by county) by TNGenweb.org

TN County Formation Maps by SE Genealogy.com

Historical Maps of TN by Alabama University

Appalachian Pioneers by Javan

Military Records
Revolutionary War
Native American Vets

Revolutionary War Soldiers of TN by TNGenweb

War of 1812
Capt James Tait's TN Volunteers by Combs-families.org

Muster Roll East TN Mounted Gunmen; Capt John Trimble by TNGenweb.org

Battle of Horseshoe Bend, TN by TNGenweb.org

1835 TN Pension Roll by USGenweb

1836 - 1839 Indian Wars
1836 TN State Volunteers by TNGenweb.org

Civil War
TN Confederate Units Histories & Rosters by TNGenweb.org

TN Confederate Soldiers Killed in 1st & 2nd Battles of Manassas by USGenweb

TN Confederate Pension Applications by TN State Library

TN Federal Union Units Histories & Rosters by TNGenweb.org

World War I
TN State WWI Veterans by TN State Library

World War II
TN Crewmen aboard USS Bosque (returning 11-10-1945 from Tokyo Harbor) by USGenweb

TN WWII Casualties Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy

Newspapers and Obituaries

TN Obit Project by USGenweb

TN Obituaries and Newspaper Links by Daddezio.com

TN Obituary Links (and more) by ObitCentral.com

Nashville, TN Obits 1964-present by Nashville Public Library

TN Newspaper Abstracts by Rootsweb

Societies

Directory to TN Genealogy Societies & Libraries by CensusFinder.com

Vital Records

TN State Marriage Project (various areas & dates) by USGenweb

TN State Marriage Search (various areas & dates) by Genlookups.com

1861-1869 TN Freedmen's Bureau Marriages by Freedmens Bureau.com

1864-1905 Marriages Recorded in Nashville, TN by Nashville Public Library

1787-1866 TN State Marriages (Fee Site) by Genealogy.com

1908-1912 TN State Death Records Index by TN State Library
1914-1925 TN State Death Records Index by TN State Library
TN Death Records on line (various areas & dates) by Deathindexes.com
1848-1925 Memphis and Shelby Co Death Records by Memphis Library.org
Social Security Death Index by Deathindexes.com