Newspapers, Manuscripts, & Microfilm

Guide to Church Records at the Library & Archives: Manuscripts & Books
Church records can be very useful for genealogy researchers as they often contain membership lists, baptism, confirmation, marriage, and burial records. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has a large number of church records that date to the founding of the state. This guide is a compilation of all church records in the Library and Archives' collections and is divided according to location: Church Records on Microfilm; Church Records in Manuscripts, Small Collections, and Manuscripts Files; and Published Church Records Found in the Library Collection. Additions to our church record collection are listed in a separate guide.

Guide to Manuscript Materials
This page is a guide to microfilmed manuscript collections at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

19th Century Newspapers Database
A full-text searchable, facsimile-image database of 200 newspapers from around the country, chronicling 19th-century American culture, daily life and events.

Chronicling America
A cooperative project with University of Tennessee Libraries and the Library of Congress providing Tennessee newspapers from the Tennessee State Library and Archives holdings in searchable digital format.

Death Notices in Nashville Newspapers 1855-1907
This page is the introduction to an index to death notices that were published in five Nashville newspapers during 1855 through 1907. Death notices were extremely brief and usually did not include any information on the family of the deceased; a death notice usually lists only the name, age, race, and cause of death.

How Do I Find Newspapers?
This page has instructions for ordering a search of a Tennessee newspaper.

Library and Archives Workshop: Election Records at the Tennessee State Library and Archives
Explore record groups as well as printed and digital election-related materials such as newspapers.

Library and Archives Workshop: It's Not All Online
Presenter Melissa Barker is a certified archives manager for the Houston County Archives and a professional genealogist who works with clients researching their Tennessee ancestors. Barker discusses the importance of visiting an archive when seeking out records that are not online.

Library and Archives Workshop: Using Historical Newspapers for Your Research
In this installment of the Tennessee State Library and Archives free workshop series, genealogist Taneya Koonce will navigate attendees through the benefits of using newspapers when putting together the puzzle pieces in genealogical and historical research.

Manuscript Collections Finding Aids and Guides
This page is an intro page to manuscripts finding aids and microfilm guides at the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Nashville Obituaries & Death Notices for 1913
This page is the introduction to an index to obituaries that appeared in the newspaper "The Nashville Tennessean" or "Nashville Banner" during 1913.

Newspapers Obituary Indexes in Public Libraries
This page lists libraries in Tennessee that have indexes to obituaries that appeared in local newspapers.

Newspapers on Microfilm at the Tennessee State Library and Archives
This page is the introduction to the newspapers held at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. The index is arranged by community and list the newspaper title, the dates of publication, and the dates held by the Library and Archives.

Ordering Newspaper Searches
This page has instructions for ordering a search of a Tennessee newspaper held by the Tennessee State Library and Archives.

Tennessee Newspapers Arranged by County
This page provides a county by county listing of newspapers published in Tennessee. The name of the city that published the newspaper is entered below the name of the county.

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