{"id":49,"date":"2021-08-11T17:31:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T17:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/?p=49"},"modified":"2025-12-19T20:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T20:32:04","slug":"local-genealogy-history-contacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/local-genealogy-history-contacts\/","title":{"rendered":"Local &#038; Regional Genealogy &#038; History Contacts"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overton County<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>County Historian:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:dishman@twlakes.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"mailto\" data-id=\"mailto:dishman@twlakes.net\">Mr. Ronald Dishman<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Overton County Historical\/Genealogical Society<br>P O Box 753, Livingston, TN 38570<br>E-mail: <a href=\"mailto:pstover@twlakes.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pstover@twlakes.net<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Web site (possibly outdated): http:\/\/sites.rootsweb.com\/~tnoverto\/OCHS\/index.htm<\/p>\r\n<p>OCHS Facebook Group: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/584095365778693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/584095365778693<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Overton Co TN Genealogy Chat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1496202347341890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1496202347341890\">Facebook Group<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Overton County Heritage Museum <br><\/strong>318 W Broad St, Livingston, TN 38570<br>Phone: (931) 403-0909<\/p>\r\n<p>Museum on Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OvertonCountyHeritageMuseum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OvertonCountyHeritageMuseum<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fentress County<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>County Historian:<\/strong> Ms. Lorraine Cargile (no e-mail listed), 1042 West Cover Rd., Jamestown, TN 38556<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Fentress County Historical Society<\/strong><br>PO Box 1431, 103A Smith Street South<br>Jamestown, TN 38556<br>Phone: (931) 879-4333<br>E-mail: FentressHistory@gmail.com<br>Historical Society <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fentresscountyhistoricalsociety\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Fentress County Tennessee Genealogy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/495879293771319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/495879293771319\">Facebook Group<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Fentress Co TN Genealogy Chat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1670861133194450\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1670861133194450\">Facebook Group<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Fentress County \/ Jamestown Chamber of Commerce <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamestowntn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.jamestowntn.org\/\">Web Site<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Lost Jamestown Forum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/lostjamestown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Group<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pickett County<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>County Historian:<\/strong> Mr. Richard W. Pierce (no contact information available)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Pickett County Historical &amp; Genealogical Society <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2648211438538345\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2648211438538345\/\">Facebook Group<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upper Cumberland Genealogical Association<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>UCGA is an active group that covers multiple counties, including Overton, Fentress, and Pickett. <a href=\"http:\/\/ucga.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/ucga.info\">Click here<\/a> to visit the Web site.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">East Tennessee Historical Society (Knoxville)<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>ETHS covers the 35-county region of East Tennessee and is active on multiple social media platforms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.easttnhistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.easttnhistory.org\/\">Click here<\/a> for the Web site.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A portion of the Overton, Fentress &amp; Pickett region falls geographically in the 40-county region of Middle Tennessee. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtgs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.mtgs.org\/\">Click here<\/a> for the Web site.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tennessee Genealogical Society<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Tennessee Genealogical Society encompasses the entire state. <a href=\"https:\/\/tngs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tngs.org\/\">Click here<\/a> for the Web site.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tennessee County Historians Full Listing<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/researchers-genealogists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" type=\"URL\" id=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/products\/tsla\/tennessee-county-historians\">Click here<\/a> to view the listing maintained by the Tennessee State Library &amp; Archives<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>FamilySearch Wiki has a page that lists several genealogical and historical societies. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/Tennessee_Societies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/Tennessee_Societies\">Click here<\/a> for the Web site.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overton County County Historian: Mr. Ronald Dishman Overton County Historical\/Genealogical SocietyP O Box 753, Livingston, TN 38570E-mail: pstover@twlakes.net Web site (possibly outdated): http:\/\/sites.rootsweb.com\/~tnoverto\/OCHS\/index.htm OCHS Facebook Group: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/584095365778693 Overton Co TN Genealogy Chat Facebook Group Overton County Heritage Museum 318 W <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/local-genealogy-history-contacts\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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":[9,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-history-information","category-research-repositories-contacts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4957,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/4957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/ofp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}