Records & Data

African-American

- - Bolton, Dickens & Co. Record of Slaves, 1856-1858 – records of one of the largest slave dealers in Memphis

Bible

- - BLAIR, George Duglas
  - GLENN Family Bible Records
  - Shelby County Bible Records – on the USGenWeb Archives site

Biographies

- - Goodspeed’s Shelby County Biographies – more than 250 bios of Shelby County individuals
  - Misc. Biographies – various bios submitted to this site

Births

- - 1874-1912 Shelby County Births – free search from the Shelby County Register of Deeds

Cemeteries

- - Shelby County Cemetery Listings – listings submitted to this site
  - Gravestone Inscriptions of Shelby County – produced by the TN Genealogical Society
  - Elmwood Cemetery Burials (1853-1919) – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - Elmwood Cemetery – some history & photos
  - Zion Community Project – oldest African-American cemetery in Memphis
  - Map of Shelby County cemeteries – see local cemeteries on a Google map
  - BillionGraves — images of tombstones at various cemeteries
  - Find-A-Grave Shelby County Cemeteries – browse through a list of cemeteries
  - Cemeteries listed on the USGenWeb Archives site – a list of records for more than 40 cemeteries

Census

- - 1820-1880 Shelby County Census Transcriptions – on the USGenWeb Archives site
  - 1850 Census (Mortality Schedule) – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
  - 1850 Census (Slave Schedule) – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
  - 1865 Memphis Census – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - 1870 Shelby County Census – transcriptions by Ed & Valerie Cox
  - 1900 US Census – search for free at FamilySearch
  - 1910 Shelby County Census – transcriptions by Ed & Valerie Cox
  - 1910 US Census – search for free at FamilySearch
  - 1920 US Census – search for free at FamilySearch
  - 1930 US Census – search for free at FamilySearch
  - 1940 US Census – search for free at FamilySearch

Court

- - 1893-2000 Circuit Court Indexes– from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - 1820-1900 Probate Court Record Loose Paper Index – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds

Crimes

- - Shelby County Inmates at the TN State Penitentiary, 1831-1850
  - Shelby County Inmates at the TN State Penitentiary, 1851-1870

Deaths/Obituaries

- - Obituaries & death notices – miscellaneous lists; extracted from historical newspapers
  - 1848-1962 Death Records – free search from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - Book: Shelby County Newspaper Abstracts through 1859 – includes deaths & marriages
  - 1878 Yellow Fever Epidemic deaths – are located in this online book starting on page 207 (as numbered on the microfilm image); more than 5000 deaths included
  - 1914-1966 Tennessee Death Certificates – you can search and view for free at FamilySearch.org; requires free registration to view the images
  - Misc. obituaries – submitted to the USGenWeb Archives

Directories

- - 1849-1943 Memphis Directories – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds

Education

- - Ray Holt Memphis School Article Collection
  - Shelby County Schools, 1922
  - Snowden Yearbooks, 1941-1995
  - Lemoyne-Owen College – historically black college
  - Rhodes College Yearbooks, 1899-1984
  - Memphis Tech High School – rosters from 1922-1987

Electronic Books

- - History of Memphis : the history of the city of Memphis, being a compilation of the most important documents and historical events connected with the purchase of its territory, laying off of the city and early settlement (1873)

Immigration

- - 1856-1906 Memphis Naturalization Records – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds

Land

- - Heritage Farms of Shelby County

Marriages

- - Shelby County Marriages – extracted from historical newspapers; By Groom | By Bride
  - 1780-2002 TN Marriage Index – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - 1820-1977 Marriage Records – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - 1920-1989 Marriage Index – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - Book: Shelby County Newspaper Abstracts through 1859 – includes deaths & marriages
  - Chancery Court Divorce Index 1945-1997 –from the Shelby County Register of Deeds
  - Tennessee Marriages, 1790-1950 – FamilySearch.org
  - Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002 – Familysearch.org

Military

- - Shelby County Military Records – at the USGenWeb Archives
  - 1861-1865 TN Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers – from FamilySearch.org
  - 1861-1865 TN Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers – from FamilySearch.org
  - 1891-1965 Confederate Pension Applications, Soldiers and Widows – from FamilySearch.org
  - 1860-1866 Index to the Civil War in Memphis Newspapers
  - Union Provost Marshall Database – info re Shelby County individuals (TN State Library & Archives)

Newspapers

- - Early Memphis Newspaper Indexes – University of Memphis Libraries
  - Misc. News Extracts – submitted to this site
  - Memphis Daily Appeal,1847-1886 – full-text of more than 5400 of these historical issues!
  - Book: Shelby County Newspaper Abstracts through 1859 – includes deaths & marriages
  - Misc. Newspaper transcriptions – at the USGenWeb Archives

Photos

- - Vintage Memphis Photos

Taxes

- Digest of the acts repealing the charters of certain municipal corporations; the proclamation of the governor thereon; the acts establishing taxing districts, and the ordinances of the taxing district of Shelby County, Tennessee (1879 b00k)

Wills

- - 1830-1847 Will Index – index to the will transcriptions by the Works Progress Administration
  - 1820-1980 Probate Court Loose Wills Index – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds; you can view the actual wills from 1830-1980
  - 1830-1980 Loose Wills Book Indexes – from the Shelby County Register of Deeds