The Center for the Study of Tennesseans and War is located in Hoskins Library at the University of Tennessee. It is our mission to research, archive, and disseminate the stories of all the people in Tennessee who have been involved … Continue reading →
FamilySearch has a number of excellent resources for researchers to pore over in search of individual, location, and topical information. These are sections we highly recommend. Note: You will need a free FamilySearch login to view the material at these … Continue reading →
The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a virtual online library that gives Tennessee residents access to magazines, journals, newspapers, essays, e-books, primary source materials, test preparation, homework help, genealogy records, career search, and more! TEL resources are available free to … Continue reading →
The Tennessee Genealogical Society’s quarterly publication is known as Ansearchin’ News. Digitized versions are viewable on-line for free from 1954 through ten years ago. More-recent issues are available on-line to TGS members at the Web site. The publications are loaded … Continue reading →
Full issues of Ancestry magazine for the period January, 1994, through April, 2010, are available for reading at Google Books. There is a search function for either a single issue or all issues. You can also add the issues to … Continue reading →
John Fletcher, Sr., and Leah A. Brooks were married 10 September 1807 in Carter County. Their son, Andrew Jackson Fletcher, was a prominent 19th Century Tennessee statesman. Their grandson, Andrew Jackson Fletcher, was memorialized in a biographical sketch in … Continue reading →
Jackie Peters and Dawn (Trivette) Peters were married 60 years before Dawn’s untimely passing in January, 2023. For most of those 60 years, they worked tirelessly to collect, preserve, and disseminate family and local history of their native Carter County. … Continue reading →
Location Latitude Longitude GPS Latitude Decimal GPS Longitude Decimal Backwoods School (historical) 361027N 0820847W 36.1742824 -82.1465151 Bitter End School (historical) 361212N 0820219W 36.2034542 -82.0387314 Blue Springs School (historical) 362128N 0820706W 36.3578907 -82.1184603 Buck Mountain School (historical) 361055N 0815954W 36.1820678 -81.998451 … Continue reading →
Location Latitude Longitude GPS Latitude Decimal GPS Longitude Decimal Bear Wallow Mine 362504N 0820651W 36.4178892 -82.114294 Blevins Mine 362814N 0820201W 36.4706692 -82.0337351 Blue Spring Mine 362125N 0820622W 36.3570579 -82.1062374 Bowers Branch Prospect 362140N 0820547W 36.361225 -82.0965147 Bowers Mine 362100N 0820718W … Continue reading →
The Loose Records Project was coordinated with the Genealogical Society of Utah (FamilySearch) to locate, conserve, organize, and microfilm unbound documents under the purview of the present-day Probate Court. These links also relate to the records below: Wills & Estate … Continue reading →
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