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 your Google Books library (“My Library”). Click here to begin browsing the collection.
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 the public from any computer with Internet access in Tennessee. That’s access to more than 400,000 electronic resources including magazines, scholarly journals, podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, federal census records and Tennessee primary source materials! The Tennessee Electronic Library is made…
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 with transcribed and abstracted records from across the state. You may search by keyword (unreliable) or browse issues. You may also download issues for your personal use. Click here to read more.
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Celebrity singer and actress Dinah Shore was born Francis “Fannie” Rose Shore in Winchester on February 19, 1916. Click here to read the Tennessee Encyclopedia‘s article. Click here to visit her Wikipedia page. Click here to visit her IMDB page.
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Land Grant Genealogy 5 by Jack Masters covers Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Lincoln, Marshall & Moore Counties in Southern Middle Tennessee. This book features North Carolina and Tennessee Land Grants on the Elk River in Southern middle Tennessee. 1438 transcribed Land Grants cover the period 1783 – 1831. All grants are placed on modern topographical maps for ease in location. Includes all name and place index with 123 map pages. Click here to read a detailed description. [Note: TNGenWeb…
Authors Donald Hill, of Birmingham, Alabama, and Willie Sue Partin Hill, of Decherd, Tennessee, compiled a history of the Wilder’s Chapel community in 2009 and deposited the text at the USGenWeb Archives. Click here to read the text.
This is a crucial document for anyone researching Franklin County, because it contains a descriptive inventory of microfilm created by the Tennessee State Library & Archives or the Genealogical Society of Utah (LDS/FamilySearch). Become familiar with this document to determine what records are available for the time period in which your ancestors lived in Franklin County. Records from the County include the various courts, the Register of Deeds, the School Board, the Trustee. Municipal records cover the cities of Cowan,…
Sanborn maps are available for viewing and downloading free at the Library of Congress. These full-color images show buildings in the area covered, with notations of which were insured by Sanborn. Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. May 1894 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Dec 1899 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Feb 1905 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Winchester, Franklin County, Tennessee. Mar 1910 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from…