{"id":47,"date":"2012-05-19T20:29:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-20T01:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2024-11-16T13:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T19:05:47","slug":"research-aids","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/research-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Aids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Research Resources &amp; Strategies<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/special-projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TNGenWeb Special Projects<\/a> \u2013 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.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a 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> &#8211; online radio show from May 2012 discussing genealogical research in TN with Tina Sansone<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sos.tn.gov\/tsla\/pages\/genealogical-fact-sheets-about-shelby-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shelby County Fact Sheet<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; from the TN State Library &amp; Archives<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/Shelby_County,_Tennessee_Genealogy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Shelby County, TN FamilySearch Wiki&nbsp;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Libraries\/Museums<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.townofarlington.org\/departments\/sam_t_wilson_library\/hours_of_operation.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Arlington (Wilson Library)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Collierville (Burch Library)&nbsp;&#8211; visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colliervillelibrary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> and\/or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ColliervilleBurchLibrary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Facebook page<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.germantown-tn.gov\/index.aspx?page=471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germantown Regional History and Genealogy Center<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.germantowntnmuseum.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Germantown Tennessee Museum<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/memphisroom.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Memphis &amp; Shelby County Room<\/a> &#8211; blog of the Memphis Public Library<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Millington Public Library &#8211; visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/millingtonpubliclibrary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> or follow their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/MPLibraryNow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter feed<\/a>!<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Memphis Public Library Digital Archives<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessee.gov\/tsla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee State Library &amp; Archives<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uldr.memphis.edu:8443\/vital\/access\/manager\/Communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Memphis, Digital Collections<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Organizations<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShelbyCountyHistoricalCommission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shelby County Historical Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Tennessee Genealogical Society<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tngs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/TNGen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook group<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TnGenSoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter account<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tngs.org\/Ansearchn-News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ansearchin&#8217; News<\/a> &#8211; online historical archive of the journal of the TN Genealogical Society<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cordovacommunitycenter.com\/?page_id=6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cordova Museum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">West TN Historical Society &#8211; visit their <a href=\"http:\/\/wths-tn.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/West-Tennessee-Historical-Society\/214160585283752\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook pages<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: medium;\" href=\"http:\/\/register.shelby.tn.us\/wths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West TN Historical Society Papers, 1947-2009 <\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">&#8211; scanned back issues on the Register of Deeds website<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Resources &amp; Strategies TNGenWeb Special Projects \u2013 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. Finding Your Roots in TN &#8211; online radio show from May 2012 discussing genealogical research in TN with Tina Sansone Shelby County Fact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/research-aids\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Research Aids&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-47","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1099,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/shelby\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}