Tennessee Genealogy

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County hubs for all 95 counties, TSLA-oriented free stacks, research guides, directory, dated history anchors, and moderated surname queries — year-first method for Tennessee family history.

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Tennessee has 95 counties. Each hub includes history notes, a record matrix, towns, neighbors, and research starting points—built for year-first, jurisdiction-first genealogy.

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 Macon Madison Marion Marshall Maury McMinn McNairy 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

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Featured resources

Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA)
Cornerstone free stacks for Tennessee film, manuscripts, and research guides.
Tennessee Virtual Archive (TeVA)
Digitized photographs, maps, and documents for place context.
TNGenWeb
Volunteer county pages and abstracts — verify every cite on film.
FamilySearch — Tennessee wiki
Catalog paths, wiki research outline, and film notes.
Chronicling America (LOC)
Historic newspaper page images; confirm title runs before citing continuity.
Tennessee Encyclopedia
Place and topic context only — not a substitute for clerk volumes.
East Tennessee Historical Society
First Families and regional research programs.
Tennessee Historical Society
Statewide history programs and research orientation.

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This week September 14–20, 2026

This week in Tennessee history

1908 Tue Sep 15

Vital registration densification era
Civil certificates thicken; earlier identity still needs church/newspaper/probate.
1863 Sat Sep 19

Battle of Chickamauga begins (regional)
North Georgia battle reshapes Chattanooga campaign research.

Hamilton County
1863 Sat Sep 19

Chickamauga battle context (1863)
Use service records and county home-front evidence together; do not treat battle books as vital substitutes.

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On this day September 18

This day in Tennessee history

1863
Battle of Chickamauga begins (regional) (nearby: September 19)
North Georgia battle reshapes Chattanooga campaign research.

Hamilton County
1863
Chickamauga battle context (1863) (nearby: September 19)
Use service records and county home-front evidence together; do not treat battle books as vital substitutes.

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