{"id":337,"date":"2012-08-16T01:54:16","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T05:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion2\/?page_id=337"},"modified":"2022-01-10T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T18:39:55","slug":"research-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/research-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Aids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Databases<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"a collection of databases for Tennessee research\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/roots-l\/USA\/tn\/data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROOTS-L Tennessee<\/a> \u2013 a collection of databases for Tennessee research<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"searchable database of surnames\" href=\"http:\/\/rsl.rootsweb.com\/cgi-bin\/rslsql.cgi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RootsWeb Surname List<\/a> \u2013 searchable database of surnames<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Genealogical and Historical Societies<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"link to: West Tennessee Historical Society\" href=\"http:\/\/wths-tn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Tennessee Historical Society<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 Within its twenty-one counties, it supports historical programs, archives, publications, preservation, markers, museums, and other historical collections.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"link to: Tennessee Genealogical Society\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tngs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee Genealogical Society<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 founded in 1952 and located outside of Memphis. All members have use of their Regional History &amp; Genealogy Center. <em>See their<\/em> <a title=\"link to: Tennessee Genealogical Society - BLOG\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tngsblog.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLOG<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Libraries and Museums<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"link to: Memphis Public Library\" href=\"https:\/\/memphisroom.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis Public Library<\/a> \u2013 their genealogy collection includes more than 20,000 genealogy books, as well as other kinds of material<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"link to: Obion County Public Library\" href=\"http:\/\/oclibrary.org\/genealogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obion County Public Library<\/a> \u2013 the Tennessee Room has a uniquely expansive research collection including over 1,500 microfilm records, an expansive newspaper collection, state periodicals, city and state records, census information, deeds, wills, family tree information, assorted historical maps, and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Strategies &amp; Resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"link to: Ainsearchin' News\" href=\"https:\/\/tngs.org\/Ansearchn-News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ansearchin\u2019 News<\/a> \u2013 online historical archive of the journal of the TN Genealogical Society (1954-2009)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"link to: Finding Your Roots in TN\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/bernicebennett\/2012\/05\/25\/genealogical-resources-in-tennessee-with-tina-sansonee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Finding Your Roots in TN<\/a> \u2013 online radio show from May 2012 discussing genealogical research in TN<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"link to: Obion County, TN Wiki\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/Obion_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Obion County, Tennessee Wiki<\/a> \u2013 from FamilySearch.org<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"link to: TNGenWeb Special Projects\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/special-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TNGenWeb Special Projects<\/a> &#8211; in-depth information on Tennessee history, including Native-American history, early state laws, the state in pre- &amp; early statehood, land history, military history and more.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"link to: TSLA for Obion County\" href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/pages\/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-obion-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSLA &#8211; Tennessee State Library and Archives, Obion County<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"link to: West TN Heritage Study Center\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westtnheritage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Tennessee Heritage Study Center<\/a>, unit of the University of Tennessee at Martin. Genealogy and the social history, cultures, and family history of Tennessee and it counties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Databases ROOTS-L Tennessee \u2013 a collection of databases for Tennessee research RootsWeb Surname List \u2013 searchable database of surnames Genealogical and Historical Societies West Tennessee Historical Society\u00a0\u2013 Within its twenty-one counties, it supports historical programs, archives, publications, preservation, markers, museums, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/research-aids\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3258,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/337\/revisions\/3258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/obion\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}