{"id":501,"date":"2022-01-10T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/bledsoe\/?p=501"},"modified":"2022-01-10T15:00:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:00:48","slug":"tennessee-electronic-library-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/bledsoe\/tennessee-electronic-library-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Electronic Library Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a Tennessee resident, you can access many resources on-line through the Tennessee Electronic Library.&nbsp; Some of these resources require individual subscriptions, but access is free for Tennessee residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tntel.info\/resource-search?text=&amp;field_resource_category_1=34&amp;tag=All&amp;vendor=All\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to visit the TEL site for genealogy research.<\/p>\n<p>Sample resources<\/p>\n<p><em>The Tennessean<\/em> (1812 &#8211; 2002)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Digitized pages of The Tennessean (1812-2002) provide unique historical insight into the regional issues and concerns, such as local government, industrialization, prohibition, and racial struggles. Audience: Middle School, High School, College\/Research, Public, Genealogy<\/p>\n<p>Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Search America&#8217;s historic newspaper pages from 1789-1963 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present including 125 newspapers from Tennessee. Audience: Public, Genealogy<\/p>\n<p>Digital Library of Tennessee<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Digital Library of Tennessee provides free access to unique materials from museums, libraries, and archives across the state. Audience: Public, Genealogy<\/p>\n<p>Digital Public Library of America<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) brings together the riches of America\u2019s libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world. Audience: Public, Genealogy<\/p>\n<p>HeritageQuest Online<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Collection of genealogical and historical sources, with coverage dating back to the 1700s. Search U.S. census records, full-text family and local history books, Freedman&#8217;s Bank records and more. Audience: High School, College\/Research, Public, Genealogy<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Records on Ancestry.com<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Tennessee records, including birth, death, and tax lists are available online thru a partnership with Ancestry.com. While other Ancestry.com resources require a subscription; these records are free for Tennesseans. Audience: High School, College\/Research, Public, Genealogy<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Digital repository of Tennessee history and culture featuring historical records, photographs, documents, maps, postcards, film, audio and other original materials of enduring value. 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