Honoring our Heroes Projects

Visit our newest projects !



Fallen Heroes

Honoring all who have given their life in defense of our freedom.



Honoring Our Veterans

Honoring all who have served in our military in defense of our freedom.



These projects are not just Davidson County, we welcome ALL submissions to honor those who have served.

If you would like to add a name to either one of our projects, use the links there, or contact me for help.

Weekly Discovery's 7 Census Search Strategies

Read the reprint from this week's issue of Ancestry.com's newsletter, Weekly Discovery, "7 Census Search Strategies" if you are having trouble locating those relatives you know should be there, or especially if you are just starting out with the census.

http://sites.google.com/site/davidsoncounty/research-tips-and-techniques/weekly-discovery-reprints/7-census-search-strategies


In addition, we have had several new queries come in this week. Please be sure to check out the query page any time you visit the web site, you might have just the information someone has been hoping for, or even better, you might see something you've been looking for yourself !

Tennessee Electronic Library

Are you a Tennessee resident ? If you are, and are not taking advantage of TEL, you are missing a great research tool. If you are already utilizating TEL, do you know that you can now access Heritage Quest, a paid service, free of charge through TEL, making TEL an even more valuable resource.

The Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL) is a collection of 40+ databases that
provide access to over 400,000 magazine, journal, and newspaper articles,
essays, podcasts, videos, e-books, primary source materials, and more! TEL is
available free of charge to any Tennessee resident and is accessible 24/7 from any computer with access to the internet.

http://www.tntel.tnsos.org/

New Queries Added

I have just added 4 new queries to our query page ... and don't forget those already out there. If you aren't in the habit of visiting that page, please do so, you never know when you might have just the information someone is looking for (or they might have just what you need).

You can find it at:

http://sites.google.com/site/davidsoncounty/home/queries-and-look-ups/newest-queries


Also, our parent site, TNGenWeb has opened our new query board there for all the counties in Tennessee, as well as general Tennessee information. Be sure to visit there as well.

http://boards.tngenweb.org/

The query boards can be a great resource for information if we all participate. So, any time you are at our site and have a moment, take a quick peek and see what's new there .... the names are listed alphabetically, but I will work on a way to highlight the newest entries so that if you drop in regularly you can quickly scan what's new.

Also, please remember, if you have a suggestion for something you would like to see on the Davidson County site, or have an idea for a way you think we can do something better, feel free to drop me an e-mail (evancol@yahoo.com)... the site is for everyone, so I would love to have your input.

Thanks,
Jane

Black Nashville

Did you know that Nashville had a newspaper for the African American community? I didn't. You cannot run out and get a copy, it was only published the first half of the 1900's.

But, you can re-live history and maybe find some of your own by subscribing to and reading Black Nashville, a blog dedicated to African American history in Nashville, and predominately featuring information/articles from the Black Globe, that very Nashville publication.

Even if you won't find your own history among the Globe's pages, it is still a rich part of the history of Nashville.

Find it here ...

http://blacknashville.wordpress.com/

Queries and Widgets

TNGenWeb has the new query board up and ready for your posts....

http://boards.tngenweb.org/list.php?67


Check here to find our new widget for the blog. You can grab it for your home page or blog. It is a great way to keep up with when we post new content to the Davidson County web site. It reads the blog and will give you the newest information available.

Also, be sure and check out the new widget available on our Davidson County web site, a widget that you can use to submit information to be placed on our query pages. It can be found on the front page of the Davidson County site, along with the widget for this blog and the information for the TNGen query board.

And you will want to watch the blog for other interesting information. Between postings about new web site content, we will be featuring "getting to know" segments that will focus on resources available to the Davidson County researcher.

Feel free to include in comments here any resource you would like more information on, or maybe something you need/want that you are not aware if there is a research resource available.

Thanks for stopping by.

jane

Age Calculator and More !

Check out our page of tools to help you with those aggravating calculations.

http://sites.google.com/site/davidsoncounty/research-tips-and-techniques/handy-tools

Welcome to Davidson County

Welcome to the Davidson County Blog. I will post web site updates here, as well as information from the TNGen site, so you can follow the blog or grab the widget and always know when new content is available on the Davidson County web site. Also, from time to time, I will feature interesting finds from around the web. Feel free to make suggestions or share your finds through the comments.