Tennessee State Penitentiary
1851 – 1870
FamilySearch — Research Strategies
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 links. FamilySearch Wiki Marshall County Tennessee FamilySearch Updates FamilySearch Blog What’s New at FamilySearch FamilySearch Family Tree The largest shared family tree in the world, editable by anyone. Information about living individuals is masked. RootsTech This annual event has hundreds…
Tennessee Electronic Library — Free for Tennesseans
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…
Tennessee Genealogical Society Journals On-line
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.
Ancestry Magazine (1994-2010) Free to Read On-Line
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.