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Basic Links Ethnic, Religious & Cultural Links Family Histories, Collections & Biographies Historical Societies History and Map Links	Libraries and Books Sites Military Links Newspaper and Other Media Links Vital and Census Records State Facts

• Cyndi's List ~ Tennessee
  
• Lineages' Genealogy Site: Tennessee
  
• Genealogy Helplist Tennessee
  
• Tennessee Genealogy Links
  
• Tennessee Genealogy Forum
  
• Tennessee at RootsWeb
  
• Tennessee Resources at RootsWeb
  
• American Local History Network - Tennessee
  
• Ancestors: Tennessee Resource Guide
  
• Tennessee Anytime: The Official Site of the State of Tennessee
  
• TNGenWeb
  
• Social Security Death Index at RootsWeb
  
• NARA Archival Information Locator (NAIL)
  

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• First People of Tennessee
  
• Cherokee by Blood
  
• Indian Land Cessions in Tennessee
  
• The Keetoowah Society and the Avocation of Religious Nationalism within the Cherokee Nation 1855-1867
  
• People of Color South In Old Tennessee
  
• African American Cemeteries Online - Tennessee
  
• African Ancestry in Tennessee
  
• Freedmen's Bureau Records for Tennessee
  
• Hancock County, Home of the Melungeons
  
• Brush Creek Primitive Baptist Church Records
  
• Baptist History and Heritage Society
  
• Disciples of Christ Historical Society
  
• History of the Evangelical Lutheran Tennessee Synod
  
• Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
  

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• Genealogy and Tennessee
  
• Women in Tennessee History: A Bibliography
  
• Jackson County, Tennessee - Family Surname Resources
  
• Bright Hope Iron Furnace Ledger
  
• Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors - Vintage Images from Tennessee's Past
  
• Goodspeed's History of Greene County
  
• Sumner Family Association
  
• Bibliography of Tennessee Local History Sources
  
• Biographical Files at Disciples of Christ Historical Society
  

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• American Association for State and Local History (Nashville)
  
• Baptist History and Heritage Society
  
• Blount County Genealogy & Historical Society
  
• Cheatham County Historical And Genealogical Association
  
• Coffee County Historical Society
  
• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865
  
• Delta Genealogical Society
  
• Disciples of Christ Historical Society
  
• East Tennessee Historical Society
  
• Franklin County Historical Society
  
• Giles County Historical Society
  
• Grundy County Historical Society
  
• Hancock County Tennessee Historical and Genealogical Society
  
• Hardin County Historical Society
  
• Hawkins County Genealogical & Historical Society
  
• Hickman County Historical Society
  
• Kingston Springs Historical Association
  
• Lawrence County Genealogical Society
  
• Macon County Historical Society
  
• Maury County Historical Society
  
• Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society
  
• Mount Juliet-West Wilson County TN Historical Society
  
• Obion County Historical Society
  
• Oliver Springs Historical Society
  
• Overton County Historical/Genealogical Society - Link may be temp. broken
  
• Pellissippi Genealogical & Historical Society
  
• Roane County Genealogical Society has been disbanded
  
• Roane County Heritage Commission
  
• Smoky Mountain Historical Society
  
• Sullivan County Genealogical Society
  
• Tennessee Division Sons of Confederate Veterans
  
• Tennessee Kin Club
  
• Tennessee Genealogical Society
  
• Tennessee Historical Society
  
• Tennessee Society Children of the American Revolution
  
• Tennessee Society Daughters of the American Revolution
  
• Tennessee Society Sons of the Revolution
  
• Tennessee State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
  
• Vonore Historical Society
  
• Wayne County Historical Society
  
• West Tennessee Historical Society
  
• White County Genealogical-Historical Society
  

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• Goodspeed's History of Greene County
  
• Early Tennessee Detail Maps
  
• Three Grand Divisions of Tennessee
  
• Tennessee Roads Before 1800
  
• The Land of Our Ancestors
  
• GNIS
  

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• Tennessee State Library & Archives
  
• Public & Regional Libraries
  
• University of Tennessee Libraries
  
• Archives of Appalachia - East Tennessee State University
  
• Southern Baptist Historical Library & Archives
  
• Jean and Alexander Heard Library - Vanderbilt University
  

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• Tennesseans in the Revolutionary War
  
• Tennesseans in the War of 1812
  
• Tennessee Confederate Pension Applications
  
• Tennesseans in the Civil War
  
• Tennessee and the Civil War
  
• Civil War Rosters Tennessee Links
  
• Civil War Military Links at TNGenWeb by County
  
• Tennessee Federal Military Rosters
  
• Tennessee Confederate Military Rosters
  
• Civil War Battles Fought in Tennessee
  
• Tennesseans in World War I
  
• Vietnam Conflict Casualty List
  
• Korean Conflict Casualty List
  

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• News and Newspapers Online North America - Tennessee
  
• Tennessee Newspapers - Newlinks
  
• Home Town News - Tennessee
  
• Tennessee Newspaper Project
  
• "Abstracts from Tennessee Newspapers"
  
• Tennessee Books We Own
  

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• Vital Records Information ~ Tennessee
  
• Finding Birth & Death Records in Tennessee - who to contact
  
• Distant Cousin: Tennessee Online Census - County Index
  
• The USGenWeb Census Project - Tennessee
  
• Tennessee USGenWeb Archives
  
• Census Links: Tennessee
  
• Census Online Links - Tennessee
  
• Census Years for the State of Tennessee
  
• Tennessee Newspaper Obituary Indexes in Public Libraries
  
• In The Shadow Of The Smokies - Cemetery Index
  
• Tennessee Tombstone Transcription Project
  
• Tennessee Cemeteries - Interment
  
• Tennessee Cemeteries at Cemetery Junction
  
• Tennessee Cemetery Inscription Search
  
• Tennessee Find a Grave
  
• African American Cemeteries Online - Tennessee
  

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• Tennessee's Counties*

  Anderson Bedford Benton Bledsoe Blount Bradley Campbell Cannon Carroll Carter Cheatham Chester Claiborne Clay Cocke Coffee Crockett Cumberland Davidson Decatur DeKalb Dickson Dyer Fayette

  Fentress Franklin Gibson Giles Grainger Greene Grundy Hamblen Hamilton Hancock Hardeman Hardin Hawkins Haywood Henderson Henry Hickman Houston Humphreys Jackson Jefferson Johnson Knox Lake

  Lauderdale Lawrence Lewis Lincoln Loudon McMinn McNairy Macon Madison Marion Marshall Maury Meigs Monroe Montgomery Moore Morgan Obion Overton Perry Pickett Polk Putnam Rhea

  Roane Robertson Rutherford Scott Sequatchie Sevier Shelby Smith Stewart Sullivan Sumner Tipton Trousdale Unicoi Union Van Buren Warren Washington Wayne Weakley White Williamson Wilson *From US Census Bureau

  
  
• The State Flag of Tennessee:
  • Adopted April 17, 1905, the flag features three stars representing the grand divisions of the state: East, Middle and West. The stars are bound together in indissoluble unity by an unending white band.


• Tennessee has Six State Songs:
  • The first of six official state songs is:
    • "My Homeland, Tennessee" Written by Nell Grayson Taylor
  • This song became the second in 1935:
    • "When It's Iris Time In Tennessee" Written by Willa Waid Newman
  • The song that became the third in 1955 was:
    • "My Tennessee" Written by Frances Hannah Tranum
  • This song became the fourth in 1965:
    • "Tennessee Waltz" Written by Redd Stewart Composed by Pee Wee King
  • This song became the fifth in 1982:
    • "Rocky Top" Written by Boudleaux and Felice Bryant
  • And the sixth of six official state songs in 1992:
    • "Tennessee" Written by Vivian Rorie

• Tennessee was named after the Cherokee Indian villages called "Tanasi".
• On June 1, 1796, Tennessee was the 16th state to be admitted to statehood.
• Motto: Agriculture and commerce.
• Nicknamed: The Volunteer State.
• State Bird: Mockingbird, selected in 1933.
• Tree: Tulip Tree, adopted in 1947.
• Flower: Iris, adopted in 1933.

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created by angelbear
Last Updated May 10, 2003.