Black Ripley
The histories of African-Americans in Ripley, TN and the surrounding areas.
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Lauderdale County in the Tennessee Encyclopedia
Lauderdale county in the Tennessee Encyclopedia
Continue reading →Mailing List
Lauderdale TN – Mailing List TNLAUDER Topic: Lauderdale County, Tennessee genealogy and history research. Questions: For questions about this list, contact the list administrator at . Subscribing: Subscribe to this list by sending an email or visiting the administration page … Continue reading →
FamilySearch Research for Lauderdale County
FamilySearch Research for Lauderdale County
Continue reading →Surnames associated with Lauderdale County
Please submit your information in this format: Surname: Years in Lauderdale County: Migration path of your ancestor: Your full name (First name only used by request): Your home page (if this is applicable): Surname Year(s) in Lauderdale County, TN Migration … Continue reading →
Resources in Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County Courthouse County Courthouse 100 Court Square Ripley, TN 38063 (731) 635-3500 FAX: (731) 635-9682 Lauderdale County Library Lauderdale County Library 120 Lafayette Ave. Ripley, TN 38063 (731) 635-1872 (list of microfilm and genealogy related printed copies available at … Continue reading →
Research Links
Genealogy Links for the Beginner Useful Sites on the Internet Family Tree Maker Five Steps to Getting Started Cyndi’s List Internet Research Sites Ancestry’s Social Security Death Index Genealogy Links for Researchers Tennessee Links by Cyndi Howell LDS Searchable Database … Continue reading →
Volunteer Lookups
Volunteer Lookups The following volunteers will lookup information from the materials they own. Please adhere to the criteria the volunteer has specified. Requests that do not specify the information requested by the volunteer will be disregarded. Lauderdale County, Tennessee Marriages … Continue reading →
Goodspeed’s Lauderdale County History, Part 2
Lauderdale County History (Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887), continued: Ripley the county seat, was formed in June, 1836, upon fifty acres of land donated to the county by John Brown. The town is centrally located on the Newport News & Mississippi … Continue reading →
Goodspeed’s Lauderdale County History, Part 1
Lauderdale County History (Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1887) The eastern portion of Lauderdale is on the plateau of West Tennessee and the western in the Mississippi Bottoms. The highlands of the plateau run in a general northeast and southwest direction through … Continue reading →